The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Anne‐Sophie Mutter & Wiener Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as part of his collection Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione. The concertos exemplify Baroque concerto form and programme music, using virtuosic solo violin writing, vivid orchestral textures and recurring ritornello structures to depict seasonal scenes, and they are a prominent work in Vivaldi's output that helped shape early 18th-century instrumental repertoire.

The Four Seasons by Vivaldi - album cover

First released: 1984

Baroque Concerto Classical

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The Four Seasons: Spring: Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269: I. Allegro
3:19
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The Four Seasons: Spring: Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269: II. Largo e pianissimo
3:06
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The Four Seasons: Spring: Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269: III. Danza pastorale: Allegro
4:38
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The Four Seasons: Summer: Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315: I. Allegro
5:34
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The Four Seasons: Summer: Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315: II. Adagio
2:02
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The Four Seasons: Summer: Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315: III. Presto
2:48
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The Four Seasons: Autumn: Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293: I. Allegro
4:54
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The Four Seasons: Autumn: Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293: II. Adagio
2:49
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The Four Seasons: Autumn: Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293: III. La Caccia: Allegro
3:25
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The Four Seasons: Winter: Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297: I. Allegro non molto
3:28
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The Four Seasons: Winter: Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297: II. Largo e cantabile
2:01
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The Four Seasons: Winter: Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297: III. Allegro
3:12