The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Francesco Geminiani & Boston Baroque & Martin Pearlman & Christina Day Martinson

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as part of his Op. 8 collection. Rooted in the Baroque idiom, the work employs virtuosic solo violin writing, vivid programme-driven tone-painting and the standard three-movement concerto structure to depict seasonal contrasts, and it occupies a prominent place in Vivaldi's output and in the development of the solo concerto in the 18th century.
First released: 13th January 2009

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    La Primavera (Spring) Concerto no. 1 in E major: I. Allegro
    3:13
  2. 2.
    La Primavera (Spring) Concerto no. 1 in E major: II. Largo
    2:30
  3. 3.
    La Primavera (Spring) Concerto no. 1 in E major: III. Allegro, danza pastorale
    3:59
  4. 4.
    L'Estate (Summer) Concerto no. 2 in G minor: I. Allegro non molto
    5:36
  5. 5.
    L'Estate (Summer) Concerto no. 2 in G minor: II. Adagio
    2:11
  6. 6.
    L'Estate (Summer) Concerto no. 2 in G minor: III. Presto tempo impestuoso d'estate
    2:59
  7. 7.
    L'Autunno (Autumn) Concerto no. 3 in F major: I. Allegro, ballo en canto de' villanelli
    4:51
  8. 8.
    L'Autunno (Autumn) Concerto no. 3 in F major: II. Adagio ubriachi dormienti
    2:42
  9. 9.
    L'Autunno (Autumn) Concerto no. 3 in F major: III. Allegro la caccia
    3:25
  10. 10.
    L'Inverno (Winter) Concerto no. 4 in F minor: I. Allegro non molto
    3:28
  11. 11.
    L'Inverno (Winter) Concerto no. 4 in F minor: II. Largo
    1:55
  12. 12.
    L'Inverno (Winter) Concerto no. 4 in F minor: III. Allegro
    3:26
  13. 13.
    Concerto Grosso no. 4 in F major: I. Adagio
    1:38
  14. 14.
    Concerto Grosso no. 4 in F major: II. Allegro
    2:04
  15. 15.
    Concerto Grosso no. 4 in F major: III. Vivace
    1:16
  16. 16.
    Concerto Grosso no. 4 in F major: IV. Adagio
    1:43
  17. 17.
    Concerto Grosso no. 4 in F major: V. Allegro
    2:19
  18. 18.
    Concerto Grosso no. 12 in D minor
    10:00

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