Le quattro stagioni

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Michel Schwalbé & Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

Le quattro stagioni is a set of four violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as the opening part of his Op. 8 collection. The concertos exemplify Baroque concerto form and employ programme-like musical gestures, vivid violin virtuosity and ritornello structures to evoke seasonal atmospheres, placing them within Vivaldi's mature violin repertoire and the broader development of early 18th-century instrumental music.

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  1. 1.
    Concerto grosso in E major, PV 241 “La primavera”: 1. Allegro
    3:26
  2. 2.
    Concerto grosso in E major, PV 241 “La primavera”: 2. Largo
    3:21
  3. 3.
    Concerto grosso in E major, PV 241 “La primavera”: 3. Allegro
    4:35
  4. 4.
    Concerto grosso in G minor, PV 336 “L’estate”: 1. Allegro non molto – Allegro
    5:46
  5. 5.
    Concerto grosso in G minor, PV 336 “L’estate”: 2. Adagio
    2:17
  6. 6.
    Concerto grosso in G minor, PV 336 “L’estate”: 3. Presto
    2:52
  7. 7.
    Concerto grosso in F major, PV 257 “L’autunno”: 1. Allegro
    5:27
  8. 8.
    Concerto grosso in F major, PV 257 “L’autunno”: 2. Adagio
    2:34
  9. 9.
    Concerto grosso in F major, PV 257 “L’autunno”: 3. Allegro
    3:40
  10. 10.
    Concerto grosso in F minor, PV 442 “L’inverno”: 1. Allegro
    3:28
  11. 11.
    Concerto grosso in F minor, PV 442 “L’inverno”: 2. Largo
    2:14
  12. 12.
    Concerto grosso in F minor, PV 442 “L’inverno”: 3. Allegro
    3:20

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