40 Most Beautiful Winter Classics

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Album Summary

Performers

• Piero Toso (Violin)
• Joost Linden
• Viktoria Postnikova (Piano)
• Barbara Bonney (Soprano)
• Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
• Monique Haas (Piano)
• Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• David Lutz (Piano)
• Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
• Rodolfo Mederos (Bandoneon)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Izumi Tateno (Piano)
• Andreas Staier (Piano)
• Jennifer Larmore (Mezzo Soprano)
• Antoine Palloc (Piano)
• Michael George (Bass Baritone)
• Natalie Cole (Voice)
• Christoph Prégardien (Tenor)

Conductors

• Christie, William
• Davis, Andrew
• Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
• Jennings, Joseph
• Koopman, Ton
• Lazarev, Alexander
• Legrand, Michel
• Masur, Kurt
• Pohjola, Erkki
• Redel, Kurt
• Scimone, Claudio
• Serebrier, Jose
• Stapleton, Robin
• Sutej, Vjekoslav
• Svetlanov, Evgeny
• Szilvay, Geza

Ensembles

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• Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
• BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
• Concentus Musicus Wien
• I Solisti Veneti
• Les Arts Florissants
• Munich Pro Arte Orchestra
• New York Philharmonic
• Tapiola Choir
• USSR State Symphony Orchestra
• Vienna Concentus Musicus
• Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Composers

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)
• Harri Wessman (1949 - )
• Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936)
• Jaakko Kuusisto (1974 - )
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Gustav Mahler (Composer) (1860 - 1911)
• Michel Legrand (1932 - )
• Jule Styne (1905 - 1994)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
• Selim Palmgren (1878 - 1951)
• Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011)
• Felix Bernard (1897 - 1944)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Ned Rorem (1923 - )
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687)
• Lora Aborn

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Works Details

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"

• Performer: Piero Toso (Violin)
• Conductor: Claudio Scimone
• Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti
• Running Time: 8 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 :: Act 2. Sinfonia (Shepherds'

• Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
• Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien
• Running Time: 4 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1734

Corelli, Arcangelo : Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6 :: Adagio - Allegro - Adagio

• Conductor: Claudio Scimone
• Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629

• Performer: Joost Linden
• Conductor: Ton Koopman
• Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1689

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : German Dances (3), K 605

• Conductor: Kurt Redel
• Ensemble: Munich Pro Arte Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1791

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Les saisons, Op. 37b :: December - Noël

• Performer: Viktoria Postnikova (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Les saisons, Op. 37b :: January - Au coin du feu

• Performer: Viktoria Postnikova (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Les saisons, Op. 37b :: February - Carnaval

• Performer: Viktoria Postnikova (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875-1876

Mendelssohn, Felix : Songs (6), Op. 19a

• Performers: Barbara Bonney (Soprano); Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: Circa 02/21/1830-06/20/1832.
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Debussy, Claude : Préludes, Book 1

• Performer: Monique Haas (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1909

Debussy, Claude : Children's Corner

• Performer: Monique Haas (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1906-1908

Mahler, Gustav : Winterlied, song for tenor & piano (no 2 of 3 Songs)

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); David Lutz (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 02/27/1880

Prokofiev, Sergei : Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78 :: The Battle on the Ice

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1938

Piazzolla, Astor : Invierno porteño

• Performers: Daniel Barenboim (Piano); Rodolfo Mederos (Bandoneon)
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: circa 1969

Legrand, Michel : A Rose in the Snow

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michel Legrand
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Rorem, Ned : Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Wessman, Harri : Vesi väsyy lumen alle (Water under snow is weary)

• Conductor: Erkki Pohjola
• Ensemble: Tapiola Choir
• Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Styne, Jule : Let It Snow!

• Conductor: Joseph Jennings
• Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1945

Haydn, Franz Joseph : The Seasons :: Winter

• Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
• Ensemble: Vienna Concentus Musicus
• Notes: Composition written: 1801.
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1801

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: March

• Conductor: Alexander Lazarev
• Ensemble: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: Waltz of the Snowflakes

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1892

Glazunov, Alexander : The Seasons, Op. 67 :: Winter. Introduction

• Conductor: José Serebrier
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1899

Glazunov, Alexander : The Seasons, Op. 67 :: Winter. Scene

• Conductor: José Serebrier
• Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1899

Glazunov, Alexander : The Seasons, Op. 67 :: Winter. Variation 1

• Conductor: José Serebrier
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1899

Glazunov, Alexander : The Seasons, Op. 67 :: Winter. Variation 2

• Conductor: José Serebrier
• Running Time: 1 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1899

Glazunov, Alexander : The Seasons, Op. 67 :: Winter. Variation 3

• Conductor: José Serebrier
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1899

Glazunov, Alexander : The Seasons, Op. 67 :: Winter. Variation 4

• Conductor: José Serebrier
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1899

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : The Snow Maiden :: Introduction

• Conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov
• Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1903

Tippett, Michael : Ritual Dances from "The Midsummer Marriage", for chorus ad lib & orchestra :: The water in winter

• Conductor: Andrew Davis
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1953

Kuusisto, Jaakko : First Snow, for orchestra

• Conductor: Géza Szilvay
• Running Time: 6 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Palmgren, Selim : Snowflakes, for piano, Op 57/2

• Performer: Izumi Tateno (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Lully, Jean-Baptiste : Bellérophon :: Scène du froid

• Conductor: William Christie
• Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Schubert, Franz : Gefror'ne Thränen ("Gefror'ne Tropfen fallen"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/3 (Op.

• Performers: Andreas Staier (Piano); Christoph Prégardien (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1827

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter daydreams" :: 1. Daydreams of a Wintry Road

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
• Running Time: 11 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1866

Hoiby, Lee : Winter Song ("The browns, the olives, and the yellows died"), for voice & piano

• Performers: Jennifer Larmore (Mezzo Soprano); Antoine Palloc (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Aborn, Lora : 'Tis Winter Now

• Performers: Jennifer Larmore (Mezzo Soprano); Antoine Palloc (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.

Holst, Gustav : In the bleak mid-winter

• Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano); Michael George (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Robin Stapleton
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1904-1905

Bernard, Felix : Winter Wonderland

• Performer: Natalie Cole (Voice)
• Conductor: Vjekoslav Sutej
• Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934