Spring has sprung! Open the windows, let the sunshine in, and listen to this playlist of upbeat, energetic classical pieces for the season.

Track listings:

  1. Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, "Italian": I. Allegro vivace - Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra
  2. Ottorino Resphighi: Three Boticelli Pictures: I. La Primavera - Tamás Vásáry, Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  3. Marco Uccellini: Aria Quinta "sopra La Bergamasca" - Nicholas McGegan, The Arcadian Academy
  4. Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum mobile: "Musical Joke" - David Curtis, Orchestra of the Swan
  5. Bedrich Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Overture - Jiří Bělohlávek, BBC Symphony Overture
  6. Antonín Dvořàk: String Quartet No. 12, "The American": I. Allegro - Škampa Quartet
  7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E-flat: I. Allegro maestoso - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bruno Giuranna, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
  8. Clara Schumann: 4 Polonaises: No. 1 in E-flat - Angela Tirino
  9. Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture - Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
  10. Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1, "Spring": IV. Allegro animato e grazioso - Paavo Järvi, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
  11. Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 73, "The Hunt": IV. Presto - Antal Doráti, Philharmonia Hungarica
  12. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Petit suite de concert: III. Un sonnet d'amour - Paul Freeman, Chicago Sinfonietta

Want even more music? Listen to this eclectic mix of jazz, Celtic, and classical springtime favorites.