The Four Seasons / Violin Concertos
Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Nicholas McGegan & Elizabeth Blumenstock
The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725. The works exemplify Baroque concerto form through virtuosic solo violin writing, vivid orchestral colouring and programme-driven musical depiction, and they illustrate key developments in the solo violin concerto that influenced early 18th-century musical practice.
First released: 2011
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- 1.Concerto in E major, RV 269 “La primavera”: Allegro3:25
- 2.Concerto in E major, RV 269 “La primavera”: Largo2:18
- 3.Concerto in E major, RV 269 “La primavera”: Allegro3:47
- 4.Concerto in G minor, RV 315 “L’estate”: Allegro non molto5:19
- 5.Concerto in G minor, RV 315 “L’estate”: Adagio1:45
- 6.Concerto in G minor, RV 315 “L’estate”: Presto2:50
- 7.Concerto in F major, RV 293 “L’autunno”: Allegro4:58
- 8.Concerto in F major, RV 293 “L’autunno”: Adagio molto2:00
- 9.Concerto in F major, RV 293 “L’autunno”: Allegro3:13
- 10.Concerto in F minor, RV 297 “L’inverno”: Allegro non molto3:11
- 11.Concerto in F minor, RV 297 “L’inverno”: Largo1:53
- 12.Concerto in F minor, RV 297 “L’inverno”: Allegro3:12
- 13.Concerto in B-flat major, RV 375: Allegro5:21
- 14.Concerto in B-flat major, RV 375: Largo4:09
- 15.Concerto in B-flat major, RV 375: Allegro4:25
- 16.Concerto in E minor, RV 277 “Il favorito”: Allegro4:34
- 17.Concerto in E minor, RV 277 “Il favorito”: Andante4:37
- 18.Concerto in E minor, RV 277 “Il favorito”: Allegro4:23
- 19.Concerto in E major, RV 271 “L’amoroso”: Allegro3:42
- 20.Concerto in E major, RV 271 “L’amoroso”: Cantabile2:57
- 21.Concerto in E major, RV 271 “L’amoroso”: Allegro3:32





