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. 1.
    The Four Seasons, op. 8: La Primavera. I. Allegro
    3:23
  2. 2.
    The Four Seasons, op. 8: La Primavera. II. Largo
    2:23
  3. 3.
    The Four Seasons, op. 8: La Primavera. III. Allegro
    4:24
  4. 4.
    The Four Seasons, op. 8: L’Estate. I. Allegro non molto
    5:28
  5. 5.
    The Four Seasons, op. 8: L’Estate. II. Adagio - Presto
    1:59
  6. 6.
    The Four Seasons, op. 8: L’Estate. III. Presto
    2:41
  7. 7.
    The Four Seasons, op. 8: L’Autunno. I. Allegro
    5:11
  8. 8.
    The Four Seasons, op. 8: L’Autunno. II. Adagio molto / III. Allegro
    6:02
  9. 9.
    The Four Seasons, op. 8: L’Inverno. I. Allegro non molto
    3:24
  10. 10.
    The Four Seasons, op. 8: L’Inverno. II. Largo
    2:07
  11. 11.
    The Four Seasons, op. 8: L’Inverno. III. Allegro
    2:53

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