Classic in the Snow | DiePress.com

Winter is back! Reason enough to trace ice and snow into music history. Antonio Vivaldi actually froze – and as a result, according to degrees, the winter became more and more bleak.

Excerpts from the following recordings can be heard:

Antonio Vivaldi: From Concerto in G Minor “Dear Winter”
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Joseph Hayden: We recall from “Creation”, Part One
Walter Perry – Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraAnd Herbert von Karajan

Franz Schubert: “Spring Dream” from “The Winter Journey”
Jonas Kaufmann – Helmut Deutsch (Sony)

Giacomo Puccini: The beginning of the third scene of “La Boheme”
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

Giacomo Puccini: Duet from Act 2 of “La fanciulla del West”
Eleonore Stieber, Mario del Monaco Orchestra of Maggio Music – Dimitri Mitropoulos (Regis)

Richard Wagner: Introduction to the Valkyrie Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Knapperzbusch

Richard Strauss: Countess Dialogue and Countess Waldner from “Arabella”
Ira Malaniuk and Otto Edelmann – Wiener PhilharmonicGeorge Solti

Alban Berg: Beginning of Issue 1 of the op. “Altenberg-Lieder” 4
London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Hans and Haines: Interlude from “Elegy for Young Lovers”
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra – HW Henzi

Georgy Sviridov: Waltz echo from “Blizzard”
Moscow Radio Orchestra – Vladimir Fedoseev

Label, unless otherwise noted: Universal