40 Most Beautiful Winter Classics (2 CDS)

Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4 RV 297, 'Winter': I. Allegro non molto - Antonio Vivaldi - Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti & Piero Toso

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Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4 RV 297, 'Winter': II. Largo - Antonio Vivaldi - Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti & Piero Toso

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Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4 RV 297, 'Winter': III. Allegro - Antonio Vivaldi - Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti & Piero Toso

2:44

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Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248, Pt. 2: Sinfonia - Johann Sebastian Bach - Concentus Musicus Wien, Hans Gillesberger & Nikolaus Harnoncourt

4:44

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Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, 'Christmas Concerto': III. Vivace - Allegro - Pastorale - Arcangelo Corelli - Claudio Scimone & I Solisti Veneti

5:59

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The Fairy Queen, Act 4 "When a Cruel Long Winter" (Phoebus) - Henry Purcell - Amsterdam Baroque Choir, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Joost van der Linden & Ton Koopman

2:33

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3 German Dances, K. 605, No. 3 in C Major, 'Die Schlittenfahrt' (The Sleighride) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Kurt Redel & Pro Arte Orchestra

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The Seasons, Op. 37b: XII. Christmas-tide (December) - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Viktoria Postnikova

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The Seasons, Op. 37b: I. By the Hearth (January) - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Viktoria Postnikova

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The Seasons, Op. 37b: II. Carnival (February) - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Viktoria Postnikova

3:02

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6 Songs, Op. 19a: III. Winterlied - Felix Mendelssohn - Barbara Bonney & Geoffrey Parsons

3:07

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Préludes, Book 1: VI. Des pas sur la neige - Claude Debussy - Monique Haas

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Children's Corner: IV. The Snow Is Dancing - Claude Debussy - Monique Haas

2:38

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Winterlied - Gustav Mahler - David Lutz & Thomas Hampson

4:03

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Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78: V. The Battle On the Ice - Sergei Prokofiev - Carolyn Watkinson, Gewandhausorchester, Kurt Masur & Latvija Choir

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Invierno Porteño - Astor Piazzolla - Daniel Barenboim & Héctor Console

3:45

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"A Rose in the Snow" - Michel Legrand - The Ambrosian Singers, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, London Studio Orchestra, Michel Legrand & Mitch Dalton

3:35

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Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening - Ned Rorem - Malcolm Martineau & Susan Graham

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Water Under Snow Is Weary - Harri Wessman - Erkki Pohjola, Tapiola Choir & Various Artists

4:15

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Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Jule Styne - Chanticleer

5:08

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Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons): Winter: I. "Nun senket sich das blasse Jahr" [Simon, Hanne] - Franz Joseph Haydn - Angela Maria Blasi, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Robert Holl & Vienna Philharmonic

5:57

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The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: II. March - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Alexander Lazarev & The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

2:50

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The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 1: Waltz of Snowflakes

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Kurt Masur & New York Philharmonic

3:56

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The Seasons, Op. 67: I. Winter: Introduction - Alexander Kontantinovich Glazunov - José Serebrier & Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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The Seasons, Op. 67: II. Winter: Scene - Alexander Kontantinovich Glazunov - José Serebrier & Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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The Seasons, Op. 67: III. Winter: Variation 1, 'Frost' - Alexander Kontantinovich Glazunov - José Serebrier & Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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The Seasons, Op. 67: IV. Winter: Variation 2, 'Ice' - Alexander Kontantinovich Glazunov - José Serebrier & Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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The Seasons, Op. 67: V. Winter: Variation 3, 'Hail' - Alexander Kontantinovich Glazunov - José Serebrier & Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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The Seasons, Op. 67: VI Winter: Variation 4, 'Snow' - Alexander Kontantinovich Glazunov - José Serebrier & Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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Snow Maiden: I. Introduction - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Evgeny Svetlanov & State Academic Symphonic Orchestra of Russia

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Ritual Dances from 'The Midsummer Marriage': IV. The Second Dance - The Water in Winter & Transformation and Peparation

Sir Michael Tippett - Sir Andrew Davis & BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Suite for String Orchestra and Harpsichord, Op. 7, 'Between Seasons': First Snow - Jaakko Kuusisto - Csaba Szilvay and Géza Szilvay & The Helsinki Strings

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Snowflakes (Lumihiutaleita), Op. 57, No. 2 - Selim Palmgren - Izumi Tateno

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Isis: Prelude "L'hiver qui nous tourmente" (Chorus) "Laizzez-moi, cruelle Furie!" [Io, La Furie] "Ah! quelle peine de trembler" [Chorus] Jean-Baptiste Lully - Les Arts Florissants, Sophie Daneman & William Christie

4:07

35 Die Winterreise, D. 911: III. Gefrorene Tränen - Franz Schubert - Christoph Prégardien

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Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13, 'Winter Daydreams': I. Allegro tranquillo - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Gewandhausorchester & Kurt Masur

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Winter Song - Lee Hoiby - Antoine Palloc & Jennifer Larmore

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"T'is Winter Now" - Lora Aborn - Antoine Palloc & Jennifer Larmore

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In the Bleak Mid-Winter - Gustav Holst - BBC Philharmonic, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Lichfield Cathedral Choir, Michael George & Robin Stapleton

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Winter Wonderland - Mel Tormé - Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen (Wiener Opernkinderchor), Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen, Natalie Cole, Vjekoslav Sutej & Vienna Symphony

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