Artist	Song
Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	The First Day of Spring
from The Typewriter: Leroy Anderson Favorites (1995)
Philharmonia Virtuosi & Richard Kapp	Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring (Variations On a Shaker Melody)
from Drive Time: Blue Ridge Parkway (2005)
Joseph Cooper	The Rustle of Spring, Op. 32, No. 3 (1896)
from Essential Piano (2005)
Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner	On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
from Fantasia On Greensleeves (1997)
Idil Biret	Wiosna (Spring), Op 74, No. 2
from Chopin: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 10 (2000)
Candida Thompson, Henk Rubingh, Jan Jansen, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Liz Kenny, Maarten Jansen & Stacey Watton	The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269, "Spring": I. Allegro
from Vivaldi: the Four Seasons Etc (2005)
Candida Thompson, Henk Rubingh, Jan Jansen, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Liz Kenny, Maarten Jansen & Stacey Watton	The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269, "Spring": II. Largo
from Vivaldi: the Four Seasons Etc (2005)
Candida Thompson, Henk Rubingh, Jan Jansen, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Liz Kenny, Maarten Jansen & Stacey Watton	The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269, "Spring": III. Allegro
from Vivaldi: the Four Seasons Etc (2005)
Daniel Barenboim	Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs without words), Op. 62: No. 6 Andante Grazioso In a "Spring Song"
from Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words (1997)
Mariss Jansons & Wiener Philharmoniker	Voices of Spring, Op. 410 (Frühlingsstimmen)
from New Year's Concert 2006 (Bonus Video Version) (2006)
Risto Lauriala	Moods, Op. 10: Spring Idyll (Jarni Idylla)
from Suk: About Mother - Moods - Song of Love - Six Piano Pieces, Op. 7 (2002)
Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan	Pelléas et Mélisande: 4. A Spring in the Park
from Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites & Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande (1983)
Joanne Barry	Silver Spring, Op. 6
from William Mason: Piano Music (2003)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy	The Seasons, Op. 67: II. Spring
from Prokofiev: Cinderella & Glazunov: The Seasons (2003)
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Jean & Takako Nishizaki	Joy of Spring
from 'Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto (1991)
Contrasts Quartet	Spring Music (For Violin / Cello And Piano): I. Aubade
from Ned Rorem - Nine Episodes For Four Players - Dances - Spring Music (2005)
Lang Lang	Spring Wind (wang chunfeng)
from Dragon Songs (2006)
Michalis Kontaxakis	Preludios de Primavera (Preludes of Spring): I. Primavera
from Michalis Kontaxakis - Guitar Recital (2006)
Alain Lefèvre	Printemps Canadien (Canadian Spring)
from Hommage à André Mathieu (2005)
Jenö Jandó & Takako Nishizaki	Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24 'Spring': Allegro
from Beethoven: No. 5 'Spring' and No. 9 'Kreutzer' Sonatas (1990)
Jenö Jandó & Takako Nishizaki	Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24 'Spring': Adagio Molto Espressivo
from Beethoven: No. 5 'Spring' and No. 9 'Kreutzer' Sonatas (1990)
Jenö Jandó & Takako Nishizaki	Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24 'Spring': Scherzo: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
from Beethoven: No. 5 'Spring' and No. 9 'Kreutzer' Sonatas (1990)
Jenö Jandó & Takako Nishizaki	Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24 'Spring': Rondo: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
from Beethoven: No. 5 'Spring' and No. 9 'Kreutzer' Sonatas (1990)
Royal Artillery Band/Major Geoffrey Kingston	The Three Elizabeths: II. Spring Time In Angus
from 'London Calling': Music For Wind Band, Volume 1 (1999)
Cleveland Quartet	String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387 - "Spring": I. Allegro vivace assai
from Mozart: String Quartets No. 14, K.387 & No. 15, K.421 (1996)
Cleveland Quartet	String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387 - "Spring": II. Menuetto: Allegro
from Mozart: String Quartets No. 14, K.387 & No. 15, K.421 (1996)
Cleveland Quartet	String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387 - "Spring": III. Andante cantabile
from Mozart: String Quartets No. 14, K.387 & No. 15, K.421 (1996)
Cleveland Quartet	String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387 - "Spring": IV. Molto allegro
from Mozart: String Quartets No. 14, K.387 & No. 15, K.421 (1996)
Barry Wordsworth & BBC Concert Orchestra	On A Spring Note
from British Light Music - Sidney Torch: London Transport Suite, Petite Valse, Barbecue (1996)
Mikhail Pletnev	Lyric Pieces III, Op. 43: 6. to the Spring
from Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Sonata & Fugues (2000)
Mischa Maisky & Pavel Gililov	It Was In Early Spring, Op.38, No.2 [To Bylo Ranneyu Vesnoï]
from Vocalise (2006)
Igor Golovschin & Moscow Symphony Orchestra	Symphonic Poem: Spring, Op. 65 (Vesna)
from Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos - Spring (1997)

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You can picture it now – the flowers blooming, young love . . . blossoming. The epic grandeur of new life is invigorated. And what music will we choose as the soundtrack for these fleeting days? A heavy metal dirge? A bluegrass hoedown? No and no. iTunes brings out the best in symphonies and sonatas for this edition of the List. Serve chilled with a dash of optimism.

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