The Four Seasons / 6 Concerti op. 8

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & I Musici & Federico Agostini

Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons) is a set of four violin concertos by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as part of the collection Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'invenzione, Op. 8. The works exemplify Vivaldi's mature Baroque concerto style and early programme music, using vivid solo-violin writing, ritornello form and contrasting orchestral textures to depict seasonal imagery and to expand the expressive and technical scope of the concerto within his career and Baroque music history.

The Four Seasons / 6 Concerti op. 8 by Vivaldi - album cover

First released: 1990

Baroque Western classical

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1.
Concerto no. 1 in E major, RV 269 "Spring": Allegro
3:24
2.
Concerto no. 1 in E major, RV 269 "Spring": Largo
2:55
3.
Concerto no. 1 in E major, RV 269 "Spring": Allegro (Danza pastorale)
4:21
4.
Concerto no. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer": Allegro non molto -
1:05
5.
Concerto no. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer": Allegro
4:14
6.
Concerto no. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer": Adagio - Presto - Adagio
2:40
7.
Concerto no. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer": Presto (Temp impestuoso d'estate)
2:50
8.
Concerto no. 3 in F major, RV 293 "Autumn": Allegro (Ballo, e canton de' villanelli)
5:04
9.
Concerto no. 3 in F major, RV 293 "Autumn": Adagio molto (Ubriachi dormienti)
3:21
10.
Concerto no. 3 in F major, RV 293 "Autumn": Allegro (La caccia)
3:28
11.
Concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 2973 "Winter": Allegro non molto
3:18
12.
Concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 2973 "Winter": Largo
2:11
13.
Concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 2973 "Winter": Allegro
3:21
14.
Concerto no. 5 in E-flat, RV 253 "The Sea-storm": Allegro
2:53
15.
Concerto no. 5 in E-flat, RV 253 "The Sea-storm": Largo
2:27
16.
Concerto no. 5 in E-flat, RV 253 "The Sea-storm": Allegro
3:53
17.
Concerto no. 6 in C major, RV 180 "Pleasure": Allegro
3:11
18.
Concerto no. 6 in C major, RV 180 "Pleasure": Largo
2:44
19.
Concerto no. 6 in C major, RV 180 "Pleasure": Allegro
2:51