Gardening Classics: 16 Perennial Favorites for All Seasons

On this CD:

1. Gli uccelli (The Birds), suite for orchestra, P. 154 Prelude
Composed by Ottorino Respighi
Performed by I Solisti Veneti
Conducted by Claudio Scimone

2. Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ("Spring") Op. 24 Adagio molto espressivo
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Itamar Golan, Maxim Vengerov
Conducted by Claudio Scimone

3. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera La dolcissima effgie
Composed by Francesco Cilea
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Placido Domingo
Conducted by Nello Santi

4. Pieces (2), for small orchestra, RT vi/19 On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Composed by Frederick Delius
Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

5. Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, Op. 71a Waltz of the Flowers
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
Conducted by Alexander Lazarev

6. Summertime, song (from Porgy and Bess, opera)
Composed by George Gershwin
Performed by New York Philharmonic with Roberta Alexander
Conducted by Zubin Mehta

7. The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Aleksandr Markovich, Sergei Nakariakov
Conducted by Claudio Scimone

8. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), song for voice & piano, Op. 34/2
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Barbara Bonney, Geoffrey Parsons
Conducted by Claudio Scimone

9. Violin Concerto ("L'autunno", The Four Seasons), for violin, strings & continuo in F major ("Il cimento" No. 3), Op.8/3, RV 293 La Caccia (Autumn)
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Chamber Orchestra Europe
Conducted by Marieke Blankestijn, Claudio Scimone

10. Myrthen, 26 songs for voice & piano, Op. 25 Du bist wie eine Blume
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Kiri Te Kanawa, Roger Vignoles
Conducted by Claudio Scimone

11. The Lark Ascending, romance for violin & orchestra
Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra with Tasmin Little
Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

12. Recuerdos de la Alhambra, for guitar
Composed by Francisco Tarrega
Performed by Wolfgang Lendle
Conducted by Claudio Scimone

13. Violin Concerto ("L'inverno", The Four Seasons), for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("Il cimento" No. 4) Op. 8/4, RV 297 Largo (Winter)
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Chamber Orchestra Europe
Conducted by Marieke Blankestijn, Claudio Scimone

14. The Walk To the Paradise Garden (Interlude from "A Village Romeo & Juliet")
Composed by Frederick Delius
Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

15. Rodeo, selections from the complete ballet Hoe Down
Composed by Aaron Copland
Performed by Brodsky Quartet
Conducted by Claudio Scimone

16. Cantata No. 211, "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht," ("Coffee Cantata"), BWV 211 Ei, wer schmeckt der coffee susse'
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Vienna Concentus Musicus with Rotraud Hansmann
Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt