Dead my old fine hopes
And dry my dreaming but still…
Iris, blue each spring
-Basho Matsuo
Symphony No. 1 “Spring”: Robert Schumann
(Kubelik/Berlin Philharmonic)
Liebeslieder-Walzer: Johannes Brahms
(Mathis, Fassbaender, Schreier, Fischer-Dieskau, Engel, Sawallisch)
Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”: Ludwig van Beethoven
(Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic)
The Seasons: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(Ashkenazy)
The Rite of Spring: Igor Stravinsky
(Salonen/LA Phil or Boulez/Cleveland Orchestra)
Sonata No. 5 for Piano and Violin: Ludwig van Beethoven
(Oborin/Oistrakh)
Fantasy in F Minor for Two Pianos: Franz Schubert
(Lupu/Perahia)
String Quartet No. 14, K387: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(Alban Berg Quartet)
The Spring: Alexander Glazunov
(Svetlanov/USSR Symphony Orchestra)
Dichterliebe (“A Poet’s Love”): Robert Schumann
(Fischer-Dieskau/Eschenbach or Wunderlich/Giesen)