The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Toronto Chamber Orchestra & Kevin Mallon & Siqing Lü

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by the Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725. The concertos exemplify Baroque programme music, featuring virtuosic violin writing, vivid tonal imagery and ritornello-form structures that depict seasonal scenes, and they represent a significant element of Vivaldi's instrumental output and the early 18th-century repertoire.
First released: November 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Four Seasons, Spring: I. Allegro
    3:20
  2. 2.
    The Four Seasons, Spring: II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
    2:31
  3. 3.
    The Four Seasons, Spring: III. Danza pastorale. Allegro
    3:59
  4. 4.
    The Four Seasons, Summer: I. Allegro non molto
    5:23
  5. 5.
    The Four Seasons, Summer: II. Adagio - Presto
    2:06
  6. 6.
    The Four Seasons, Summer: III. Presto
    2:46
  7. 7.
    The Four Seasons, Autumn: I. Allegro
    4:51
  8. 8.
    The Four Seasons, Autumn: II. Adagio molto
    2:40
  9. 9.
    The Four Seasons, Autumn: III. Allegro
    3:21
  10. 10.
    The Four Seasons, Winter: I. Allegro non molto
    3:17
  11. 11.
    The Four Seasons, Winter: II. Largo
    2:06
  12. 12.
    The Four Seasons, Winter: III. Allegro
    3:26
  13. 13.
    Violin Concerto in E-flat major, op. 8 no. 5 "La tempesta di mare": I. Presto
    2:42
  14. 14.
    Violin Concerto in E-flat major, op. 8 no. 5 "La tempesta di mare": II. Largo
    2:56
  15. 15.
    Violin Concerto in E-flat major, op. 8 no. 5 "La tempesta di mare": III. Presto
    3:21
  16. 16.
    Violin Concerto in G minor, op. 12 no. 1: I. Allegro
    3:54
  17. 17.
    Violin Concerto in G minor, op. 12 no. 1: II. Largo
    4:30
  18. 18.
    Violin Concerto in G minor, op. 12 no. 1: III. Allegro
    3:03

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