Midsummer Moods
Lie back, put your feet up and get into the midsummer mood. Featuring a wide variety of composers – from Vivaldi to Wagner, Grieg to Gershwin – this playlist offers the perfect accompaniment to lazy sunny days, sultry long evenings and clear, warm nights.
- Gershwin • Porgy and Bess (1935): Summertime (Clara, Act I) • Summertime, and the Livin' Is EasyPorgy and Bess (1935): Summertime (Clara, Act I)
Summertime, and the Livin' Is EasyLeontyne Price (Soprano), Skitch Henderson
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra℗ 1963 - Viardot-García • Six Mélodies et une havanaise • 7. Havanaise VWV 1019Six Mélodies et une havanaise
7. Havanaise VWV 1019Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo-soprano), Myung-Whun Chung (Piano)℗ 1996 - Puccini • La rondine: 'Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta' (Magda, Act I) • Ch'il bel sogno di DorettaLa rondine: 'Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta' (Magda, Act I)
Ch'il bel sogno di DorettaLeontyne Price (Soprano), Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma℗ 1960 - Canteloube • Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 1 (1923-1954) (Version for Voice and Orchestra) • 1. La pastoura als camps (La bergère aux champs)Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 1 (1923-1954) (Version for Voice and Orchestra)
1. La pastoura als camps (La bergère aux champs)Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Jeffrey Tate
English Chamber Orchestra℗ 1995 - Canteloube • Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 1 (1923-1954) (Version for Voice and Orchestra) • 2. Baïlèro (Chant de bergers de Haute-Auvergne)Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 1 (1923-1954) (Version for Voice and Orchestra)
2. Baïlèro (Chant de bergers de Haute-Auvergne)Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Jeffrey Tate
English Chamber Orchestra℗ 1995 - Bizet • L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1 op. 23bis WD 40 • 3. Adagietto. AdagioL'Arlésienne Suite No. 1 op. 23bis WD 40
3. Adagietto. AdagioSemyon Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris℗ 1994 - Cilea • L'arlesiana: 'È la solita storia del pastore' (Federico, Act II) • È la solita storia del pastoreL'arlesiana: 'È la solita storia del pastore' (Federico, Act II)
È la solita storia del pastoreRoberto Alagna (Tenor), Richard Armstrong
London Philharmonic Orchestra℗ 1995 - Bizet • L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (compiled by E. Guiraud) • 1. Pastorale. Andante sostenuto assaiL'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (compiled by E. Guiraud)
1. Pastorale. Andante sostenuto assaiSemyon Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris℗ 1994 - Bizet • L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (compiled by E. Guiraud) • 3. Menuet. Andantino quasi allegrettoL'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (compiled by E. Guiraud)
3. Menuet. Andantino quasi allegrettoSemyon Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris℗ 1994 - Bizet • L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (compiled by E. Guiraud) • 4. Farandole. Allegro deciso (Tempo di marcia) – Allegro vivo e decisoL'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (compiled by E. Guiraud)
4. Farandole. Allegro deciso (Tempo di marcia) – Allegro vivo e decisoSemyon Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris℗ 1994 - Webern • Im Sommerwind, Idyl for Large Orchestra • Ruhig BewegtIm Sommerwind, Idyl for Large Orchestra
Ruhig BewegtFrançois-Xavier Roth, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln℗ 2012 - Suk • A Summer's Tale op. 29 • 2. Midday
- Grieg • Lyric Pieces for Piano (Book 10) op. 71 • 2. Sommeraften (Summer’s Eve)Lyric Pieces for Piano (Book 10) op. 71
2. Sommeraften (Summer’s Eve)Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)℗ 2002 - Tchaikovsky • The Seasons op. 37a TH 135 • June. Barcarolle (Andante cantabile)The Seasons op. 37a TH 135
June. Barcarolle (Andante cantabile)Yefim Bronfman (Piano)℗ 1998 - Clarke • Midsummer Moon for Violin and Piano (1924)Midsummer Moon for Violin and Piano (1924)Bekova Sisters
Elvira Bekova (Violin), Eleonora Bekova (Piano)November 1999, Snape (Suffolk), Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk - Quilter • Summer SunsetSummer SunsetAmanda Pitt (Soprano), Joanne Thomas (Mezzo-soprano), David Owen Norris (Piano)2004, Southampton, Turner Sims Concert Hall, University of Southampton
- Quilter • Love calls through the summer nightLove calls through the summer nightCarolyn Sampson (Soprano), Iestyn Davies (Countertenor), Joseph Middleton (Piano)September 2016, Westleton, Potton Hall
- Mahler-Werfel • Lieder (Songs) (1899-1910) • 3. Laue SommernachtLieder (Songs) (1899-1910)
3. Laue SommernachtAngelika Kirchschlager (Mezzo-soprano), Helmut Deutsch (Piano)℗ 1996 - Stanford • Eight Part-Songs op. 119 • 3. The Blue BirdEight Part-Songs op. 119
3. The Blue BirdNigel Short, TenebraeNovember 2015, London, All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak - Wagner • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg WWV 96: 'Was duftet doch der Flieder' (Hans Sachs, Act 2) • Was duftet doch der FliederDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg WWV 96: 'Was duftet doch der Flieder' (Hans Sachs, Act 2)
Was duftet doch der FliederBryn Terfel (Bass-baritone), Claudio Abbado
Berliner Philharmoniker℗ 2002 - Strauss • Die Tageszeiten for Chorus and Orchestra op. 76 TrV 256 • 2. Mittagsruhe: Über Bergen, Fluß und TalenDie Tageszeiten for Chorus and Orchestra op. 76 TrV 256
2. Mittagsruhe: Über Bergen, Fluß und TalenMarek Janowski, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin2012 - 2014, Berlin, Haus des Rundfunks - Roussel • Symphony No. 1 op. 7 (1904-1906) “Le poème de la forêt” • III. Soir d’étéSymphony No. 1 op. 7 (1904-1906)
III. Soir d’étéStéphane Denève, Royal Scottish National OrchestraOctober 2008, Glasgow, Glasgow City Halls - Roussel • Symphony No. 1 op. 7 (1904-1906) “Le poème de la forêt” • IV. Faunes et dryadesSymphony No. 1 op. 7 (1904-1906)
IV. Faunes et dryadesStéphane Denève, Royal Scottish National OrchestraOctober 2008, Glasgow, Glasgow City Halls - Atterberg • Symphony No. 3 in D major op. 10 (1916) “Vastkustbilder” • III. Sommarnatt (Summer Night)Symphony No. 3 in D major op. 10 (1916)
III. Sommarnatt (Summer Night)Neeme Järvi, Göteborgs SymfonikerNovember 1997, Göteborg, Concert Hall Gothenburg - Piazzolla • Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (1970) (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra) • 1. Verano Porteño (Summer). LentónLas Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (1970) (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra)
1. Verano Porteño (Summer). LentónLeticia Moreno (Violin), Andrés Orozco-Estrada
London Philharmonic Orchestra℗ 2017 - Mendelssohn Bartholdy • A Midsummer Night's Dream, Concert Overture op. 21 MWV P 3 • Allegro di moltoA Midsummer Night's Dream, Concert Overture op. 21 MWV P 3
Allegro di moltoChristian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker℗ 2003