Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Astor Piazzolla & I Solisti Italiani

Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi, composed around 1723 and published in 1725 as part of his Op. 8. The works exemplify Baroque instrumental style and early programme music, featuring virtuosic solo violin writing and vivid orchestral textures intended to depict seasonal scenes, and they occupy a notable place in Vivaldi's output and in the development of programme composition in the Baroque era.

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  1. 1.
    Concerto I in E major, RV 269, F.I-22 “La Primavera”: I. Allegro
    3:15
  2. 2.
    Concerto I in E major, RV 269, F.I-22 “La Primavera”: II. Largo
    2:44
  3. 3.
    Concerto I in E major, RV 269, F.I-22 “La Primavera”: III. Allegro; Danza Pastorale
    3:59
  4. 4.
    Concerto II in G minor, RV 315, F.I-23 “L’Estate”: I. Allegro non molto
    5:45
  5. 5.
    Concerto II in G minor, RV 315, F.I-23 “L’Estate”: II. Adagio
    2:42
  6. 6.
    Concerto II in G minor, RV 315, F.I-23 “L’Estate”: III. Presto; Tempo impetuoso d'estate
    2:44
  7. 7.
    Concerto III in F major, RV 293, F.I-24 “L’Autunno”: I. Allegro; Ballo e canto de' villanelli
    5:05
  8. 8.
    Concerto III in F major, RV 293, F.I-24 “L’Autunno”: II. Adagio molto; Dormienti ubriachi
    3:14
  9. 9.
    Concerto III in F major, RV 293, F.I-24 “L’Autunno”: III. Allegro; La caccia
    3:31
  10. 10.
    Concerto IV in F minor, RV 297, F.I-25 “L’Inverno”: I. Allegro non molto
    3:34
  11. 11.
    Concerto IV in F minor, RV 297, F.I-25 “L’Inverno”: II. Largo
    2:10
  12. 12.
    Concerto IV in F minor, RV 297, F.I-25 “L’Inverno”: III. Allegro
    3:08
  13. 13.
    Primavera porteña
    5:20
  14. 14.
    Verano porteño
    9:30
  15. 15.
    Otoño porteño
    6:41
  16. 16.
    Invierno porteño
    6:26

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