Le Quattro Stagioni

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Piero Toso & I Solisti Veneti & Claudio Scimone

Le quattro stagioni is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as part of his Op. 8. The music exemplifies Baroque concerto form, featuring virtuosic solo violin writing, vivid programme gestures and contrasting orchestral ritornellos, and the work occupies a prominent place in Vivaldi's output and in the development of early 18th-century instrumental programme music.

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  1. 1.
    Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La Primavera”: I. Allegro
    3:38
  2. 2.
    Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La Primavera”: II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
    2:19
  3. 3.
    Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La Primavera”: III. Danza pastorale. Allegro
    4:13
  4. 4.
    Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”: I. Allegro non molto
    4:38
  5. 5.
    Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”: II. Adagio
    2:39
  6. 6.
    Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”: III. Tempo impetuoso d’Estate
    2:46
  7. 7.
    Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 “L’autunno”: I. Allegro
    4:56
  8. 8.
    Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 “L’autunno”: II. Adagio
    2:39
  9. 9.
    Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 “L’autunno”: III. La Caccia
    3:28
  10. 10.
    Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”: I. Allegro non molto
    3:24
  11. 11.
    Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”: II. Largo
    2:33
  12. 12.
    Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”: III. Allegro
    2:47

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