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Essential Classics for Gardening

Georgia Mann introduces an hour of beautiful classical music inspired by spring, summer, and nature 鈥� the perfect mood music for doing the gardening. Listen to The Aviary from Camille Saint-Sa毛ns' Carnival of the Animals, solo piano music by Amy Beach and William Grant Still's Summerland. MM.

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  • Alphonse Jean Hasselmans

    Concert Study: 'La Source'

    Performer: Marisa Robles.
    • Pieces From My Childhood.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Saint-Sa毛ns: Carnival of the Animals - Aviary

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Toby Hughes. Performer: Adam Walker.
    • The Kanneh-Masons.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 23.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op 101 No 7

    Performer: Rudolf Firku拧n媒.
    • Dvorak: Piano Concerto/Humoresques: Firkusny/Saint Louis SO/Susskind.
    • MMG.
    • 10.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Flower Duet from Lakme

    Performer: Katherine Bryan. Performer: Kevin Gowland. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Silver Voice, opera arias played by flute and orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 008.

  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Percy Grainger: In A Nutshell: Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Op 43 No.1 Butterfly & No.4 Little Bird

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker - Suite)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Telarc.
    • 9.

  • Grace Williams

    When the green woods laugh

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.

  • William Grant Still

    Summerland (3 Visions)

    Performer: Zina Schiff. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Two Roses: No 1 (Au sein de la nature)

    Performer: Mengjie Han.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op 33 No 3 (The Bird): 4th mvmt (Rondo - Presto)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Gli Uccelli [The birds] - suite, Preludio (Allegro moderato)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Istv谩n Kert茅sz.
    • Decca.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite suite de concert Op.77: 3. Un sonnet d'amour

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 4.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E major, Op.11 No.5 (Minuet)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Royal Classics.

  • Amy Beach

    Young Birches, Op 128 No 2

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • ARABESQUE.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Spring

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 101.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • Delius: Brigg Fair and other orchestral works: RPO/Beecham.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Sch枚n Rosmarin (Old Viennese Dances)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Samuel Sanders.
    • Itzhak Perlman - The Complete Warner Recordings.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.