The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Bernard Lanner & London Chamber Orchestra

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725. The concertos exemplify Baroque concerto form and early programme music, using vivid rhythmic gestures, distinctive melodic motifs and solo violin virtuosity to evoke seasonal and natural scenes, and they occupy a central place in Vivaldi's output and in the Baroque instrumental repertoire.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Four Seasons: Spring: I. Allegro
    3:28
  2. 2.
    The Four Seasons: Spring: II. Largo
    2:27
  3. 3.
    The Four Seasons: Spring: III. Allegro Pastorale
    4:11
  4. 4.
    The Four Seasons: Summer: I. Allegro non molto
    5:15
  5. 5.
    The Four Seasons: Summer: II. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
    2:27
  6. 6.
    The Four Seasons: Summer: III. Presto
    3:05
  7. 7.
    The Four Seasons: Autumn: I. Allegro
    5:14
  8. 8.
    The Four Seasons: Autumn: II. Adagio Molto
    2:55
  9. 9.
    The Four Seasons: Autumn: III. Allegro
    3:22
  10. 10.
    The Four Seasons: Winter: I. Allegro Non Molto
    3:20
  11. 11.
    The Four Seasons: Winter: II. Largo
    2:12
  12. 12.
    The Four Seasons: Winter: III. Allegro
    3:16
  13. 13.
    Concerto Grosso in C, RV 558: I. Allegro Molto
    6:12
  14. 14.
    Concerto Grosso in C, RV 558: II. Andante Molto
    2:17
  15. 15.
    Concerto Grosso in C, RV 558: III. Allegro
    3:42
  16. 16.
    Violin Concerto no. 5 in E-flar, RV 253: I. (Allegro E) Presto
    2:51
  17. 17.
    Violin Concerto no. 5 in E-flar, RV 253: II. Largo
    2:27
  18. 18.
    Violin Concerto no. 5 in E-flar, RV 253: III. Presto
    3:34

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