Episode 108: 20108 Natural Connection

The effect of the ever-changing seasons has been a perpetual inspiration for composers since Ancient Greece’s Delphic hymns and before, down to the present day, arguably finding its richest expression, as Robert Matthew-Walker’s erudite booklet notes argue, in the generations who alternatively espoused Romanticism and Impressionism.TracksChristian Sinding: Rustle of Spring, Op. 32 No. 3 (2:56)Franz Liszt: Au lac de Wallenstadt (Années de pèlerinage) (3:31)Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Song of the Lark (The Seasons, Op. 37a) (2:23)Béla Bartók: From the Diary of a Fly (Mikrokosmos) (1:29)Claude Debussy: Jardins sous la Pluie (Estampes) (3:46)Liszt: Au bord d’une source (Années de pèlerinage) (4:06)Liszt: Orage (Années de pèlerinage) (4:31)Bartók: The Night’s Music (Out of Doors) (5:18)Debussy: Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque) (5:06)Camille Saint-Saëns: The Swan, arr. Godowsky (2:34)Edvard Grieg: Butterfly (Lyric Pieces, Op. 43) (2:00)Grieg: Little Bird (Lyric Pieces, Op. 43) (1:40)Maurice Ravel: Oiseaux Tristes (Miroirs) (4:25)Liszt: Les jeaux d’eau à la villa d’Este (Années de pèlerinage) (7:28)Ravel: Jeux d’eau (5:43)Sergei Rachmaninov: Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 (2:22)Rachmaninov: Daises, Op. 38 No. 3 (2:17)Tchaikovsky: Autumn Song (The Seasons, Op. 37a) (4:32)Debussy: The Snow is Dancing (Children’s Corner) (2:41)Debussy: L’isle joyeuse (5:58)Grieg: To the Spring (Lyric Pieces, Op. 43) (3:04)Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] album is broadcast with the permission of Sean Dacy from Rosebrook Media.