Le quattro stagioni

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Sharman Plesner & Balkan Baroque Band & Jean-Christophe Frisch

Le quattro stagioni is a set of four violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725. The works exemplify Baroque concerto form and programme writing, employing virtuosic violin passages, ritornello structures and orchestral colour to evoke seasonal scenes, and they occupy a prominent place in Vivaldi's output and in the history of programme instrumental music.

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  1. 1.
    Violin Concerto no. 1 in E major, op. 8, RV 269 "La Primavera": I. Allegro
    3:22
  2. 2.
    Violin Concerto no. 1 in E major, op. 8, RV 269 "La Primavera": II. Largo
    2:53
  3. 3.
    Violin Concerto no. 1 in E major, op. 8, RV 269 "La Primavera": III. Danza pastorale
    3:48
  4. 4.
    Sonetti Primavera / Estate
    2:07
  5. 5.
    Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315 "L'Estate": I. Allegro non molto
    6:04
  6. 6.
    Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315 "L'Estate": II. Adagio
    2:19
  7. 7.
    Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315 "L'Estate": III. Presto
    3:03
  8. 8.
    Violin Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293 "L'Autunno": I. Allegro
    5:51
  9. 9.
    Violin Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293 "L'Autunno": II. Adagio molto
    2:40
  10. 10.
    Violin Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293 "L'Autunno": III. Allegro
    3:22
  11. 11.
    Sonetti Autunno / Inverno
    2:39
  12. 12.
    Violin Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297 "L'Inverno": I. Allegro non molto
    3:44
  13. 13.
    Violin Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297 "L'Inverno": II. Largo
    2:08
  14. 14.
    Violin Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297 "L'Inverno": III. Allegro
    3:47

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