The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Anshel Brusilow & The Philadelphia Orchestra & Eugene Ormandy

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725. Written in the Baroque idiom, the concertos pair a virtuosic solo violin with string ensemble and continuo, using vivid programme-like gestures to evoke seasonal scenes and exemplifying Vivaldi's influence on the development of the solo concerto in the early 18th century.

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  1. 1.
    Concerto in E major for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro
    3:27
  2. 2.
    Concerto in E major for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 269 "Spring": II. Largo
    3:39
  3. 3.
    Concerto in E major for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 269 "Spring": III. Allegro
    4:19
  4. 4.
    Concerto in G minor for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 315 "Summer": I. Allegro non molto - Allegro
    5:00
  5. 5.
    Concerto in G minor for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 315 "Summer": II. Adagio
    2:21
  6. 6.
    Concerto in G minor for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto
    3:29
  7. 7.
    Concerto in F major for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 293 "Autumn": I. Allegro
    4:21
  8. 8.
    Concerto in F major for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 293 "Autumn": II. Adagio molto
    2:10
  9. 9.
    Concerto in F major for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 293 "Autumn": III. Allegro
    2:59
  10. 10.
    Concerto in F minor for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 297 "Winter": I. Allegro non molto
    3:15
  11. 11.
    Concerto in F minor for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo
    2:23
  12. 12.
    Concerto in F minor for Violin, Strings & Basso Continuo, RV 297 "Winter": III. Allegro
    2:36

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