The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725. The music exemplifies Baroque concerto writing, pairing virtuosic solo violin passages with contrasting orchestral ritornello sections and vivid programme-driven depictions of seasonal scenes, and it occupies a central place in Vivaldi's output and in the development of programme music in the Baroque era.

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  1. 1.
    Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "La Primavera" (Spring): I. Allegro
    3:29
  2. 2.
    Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "La Primavera" (Spring): II. Largo
    2:25
  3. 3.
    Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "La Primavera" (Spring): III. Allegro pastorale
    4:04
  4. 4.
    Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "L'Estate" (Summer): I. Allegro non molto
    5:34
  5. 5.
    Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "L'Estate" (Summer): II. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
    2:26
  6. 6.
    Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "L'Estate" (Summer): III. Presto
    2:54
  7. 7.
    Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "L'Autunno" (Autumn): I. Allegro
    4:42
  8. 8.
    Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "L'Autunno" (Autumn): II. Adagio molto
    2:57
  9. 9.
    Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "L'Autunno" (Autumn): III. Allegro
    3:21
  10. 10.
    Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'Inverno" (Winter): I. Allegro non molto
    3:22
  11. 11.
    Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'Inverno" (Winter): II. Largo
    1:57
  12. 12.
    Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'Inverno" (Winter): III. Allegro
    3:17

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