To some, they are a beautiful and majestic escape from the workaday world—uplifting and spiritual. To others a barrier—challenging, even threatening.
In this hour, mountain music by Berlioz, Strauss, Hovhaness and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title | Group/Artist | Catalog # | UPC |
| Grieg & Sibelius (for Evening in the Mountains | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner | Philips 412 727-2 | 028941272720 |
| Berlioz: Harold en Italie | Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal | Denon CO-73207 | 081757320726 |
| Berwald: Symphonies 1-4 (for Memory Of the Norwegian Alps) | Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard | Brilliant Classics 93699 | 5028421936994 |
| Delius: Appalachia - The Song Of the High Hills | BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Andrew Davis | Chandos CHSA 5088 | 095115508824 |
| Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain, etc. | Seattle Symphony, Schwarz | Delos | |
| Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata; String Quartet No. 2, etc | Nash Ensemble (Ian Brown, solo) | Hyperion CDA67313 | 034571173139 |
| Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie | London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink | LSO Live LSO0689 | 822231168928 |
