The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Virtuosi di Kuhmo & Pekka Kuusisto

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725. The works exemplify Baroque concerto form and early programme music, using vivid instrumental textures and imitative violin writing to depict seasonal scenes, and they occupy a prominent place in the Baroque violin repertoire and the development of descriptive instrumental music.

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  1. 1.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera": I. Allegro
    3:12
  2. 2.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera": II. Largo
    2:46
  3. 3.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera": III. Allegro
    4:03
  4. 4.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315, "L'estate": I. Allegro non molto - Allegro
    5:14
  5. 5.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315, "L'estate": II. Adagio
    2:06
  6. 6.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315, "L'estate": III. Presto
    2:49
  7. 7.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293, "L'autunno": I. Allegro
    4:33
  8. 8.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293, "L'autunno": II. Adagio molto
    2:40
  9. 9.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293, "L'autunno": III. Allegro
    3:22
  10. 10.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno": I. Allegro non molto
    3:23
  11. 11.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno": II. Largo
    1:58
  12. 12.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno": III. Allegro
    3:11
  13. 13.
    Concerto in A minor, op. 3, RV 356 "L'esto armonico": I. Allegro moderato
    2:52
  14. 14.
    Concerto in A minor, op. 3, RV 356 "L'esto armonico": II. Largo
    2:01
  15. 15.
    Concerto in A minor, op. 3, RV 356 "L'esto armonico": III. Presto
    2:21

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