The Four Seasons
Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Orchestre national de France & Lorin Maazel
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. The concertos exemplify Baroque concerto form, featuring virtuosic solo violin writing and vivid programme-driven musical depictions of seasonal scenes, and they occupy a central place in Vivaldi's output and the Baroque instrumental repertoire.
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- 1.Concerto No.1, F.I. No.22 "Spring" - I - Allegro3:23
- 2.Concerto No.1, F.I. No.22 "Spring" - II - Largo2:23
- 3.Concerto No.1, F.I. No.22 "Spring" - III - Allegro4:24
- 4.Concerto No.2, F.I. No.23 "Summer" - I - Allegro non molto5:28
- 5.Concerto No.2, F.I. No.23 "Summer" - II - Adagio1:59
- 6.Concerto No.2, F.I. No.23 "Summer" - III - Presto2:41
- 7.Concerto No.3, F.I. No.24 "Autumn" - I - Allegro5:11
- 8.Concerto No.3, F.I. No.24 "Autumn" - II - Adagio molto2:38
- 9.Concerto No.3, F.I. No.24 "Autumn" - III - Allegro3:24
- 10.Concerto No.4, F.I. No.25 "Winter" - I - Allegro non molto3:24
- 11.Concerto No.4, F.I. No.25 "Winter" - II - Largo2:07
- 12.Concerto No.4, F.I. No.25 "Winter" - III - Allegro2:53

