The Four Seasons: Music and Sonnets

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Robert Atchison & Michael Gambon & Altamira Chamber Orchestra

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as part of the collection Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (Op. 8). The pieces use Baroque idioms, including energetic ritornello structures, virtuosic solo violin writing and vivid programme-driven gestures often accompanied by short sonnets, and they exemplify Vivaldi's mature style while helping to shape the development of the solo concerto in the early 18th century.

The Four Seasons: Music and Sonnets by Antonio Vivaldi - album cover

First released: 10th October 2011

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Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera": Narration
0:26
2.
Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera": I. Allegro
3:35
3.
Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera": Narration
0:09
4.
Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera": II. Largo e pianissimo
3:00
5.
Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera": Narration
0:08
6.
Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera": III. Allegro pastorale
4:25
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Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315, "L’estate": Narration
0:30
8.
Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315, "L’estate": I. Allegro ma non molto
5:29
9.
Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315, "L’estate": Narration
0:10
10.
Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315, "L’estate": II. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
2:24
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Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315, "L’estate": Narration
0:10
12.
Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315, "L’estate": III. Presto
3:04
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Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293. "L’autunno": Narration
0:15
14.
Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293. "L’autunno": I. Allegro
5:25
15.
Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293. "L’autunno": Narration / II. Adagio molto
2:51
16.
Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293. "L’autunno": Narration
0:17
17.
Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293. "L’autunno": III. Allegro
3:34
18.
Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297, "L’inverno": Narration / I. Allegro non molto
3:34
19.
Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297, "L’inverno": Narration
0:09
20.
Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297, "L’inverno": II. Largo
2:13
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Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297, "L’inverno": Narration
0:30
22.
Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297, "L’inverno": III. Allegro
3:32
23.
Concerto in E-flat major, op. 8 no. 5 "La tempesta di mare": I. Presto
3:08
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Concerto in E-flat major, op. 8 no. 5 "La tempesta di mare": II. Largo
2:32
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Concerto in E-flat major, op. 8 no. 5 "La tempesta di mare": III. Presto
3:53