The Four Seasons
Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Zagrebački solisti & James Galway
The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as part of the larger collection Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione. The concertos exemplify Baroque concerto form and early programme music, employing virtuosic solo violin writing against a string ensemble to evoke seasonal scenes, and they occupy a central position in Vivaldi's output and in the development of the solo concerto genre.
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- 1.Concerto, op. 8 no. 1 in E "Spring": Allegro3:39
- 2.Concerto, op. 8 no. 1 in E "Spring": Largo2:44
- 3.Concerto, op. 8 no. 1 in E "Spring": Allegro5:09
- 4.Concerto, op. 8 no. 2 in G minor "Summer": Allegro non molto5:31
- 5.Concerto, op. 8 no. 2 in G minor "Summer": Adagio2:57
- 6.Concerto, op. 8 no. 2 in G minor "Summer": Presto3:01
- 7.Concerto, op. 8 no. 3 in F "Autumn": Allegro5:13
- 8.Concerto, op. 8 no. 3 in F "Autumn": Adagio molto2:53
- 9.Concerto, op. 8 no. 3 in F "Autumn": Allegro3:36
- 10.Concerto, op. 8 no. 4 in F minor "Winter": Allegro non molto3:35
- 11.Concerto, op. 8 no. 4 in F minor "Winter": Largo2:20
- 12.Concerto, op. 8 no. 4 in F minor "Winter": Allegro3:34
