The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Susanne Lautenbacher & Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn & Jörg Faerber

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725. The music exemplifies Baroque concerto form and programme music through vivid musical depictions of seasonal scenes, featuring virtuosic solo violin writing, ritornello structures and contrasting textures that illustrate Vivaldi's contribution to the development of the violin concerto.

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  1. 1.
    Concerto No. 1 E-dur, Op. 8, RV 269 "Frühling": I. Allegro
    3:35
  2. 2.
    Concerto No. 1 E-dur, Op. 8, RV 269 "Frühling": II. Largo
    2:48
  3. 3.
    Concerto No. 1 E-dur, Op. 8, RV 269 "Frühling": III. Allegro
    4:06
  4. 4.
    Concerto No. 2 g-moll, Op. 8, RV 315 "Sommer": I. Allegro non molto
    5:59
  5. 5.
    Concerto No. 2 g-moll, Op. 8, RV 315 "Sommer": II. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
    2:11
  6. 6.
    Concerto No. 2 g-moll, Op. 8, RV 315 "Sommer": III. Presto
    3:00
  7. 7.
    Concerto No. 3 F-dur, Op. 8, RV 293 "Herbst": I. Allegro
    5:02
  8. 8.
    Concerto No. 3 F-dur, Op. 8, RV 293 "Herbst": II. Adagio molto
    2:24
  9. 9.
    Concerto No. 3 F-dur, Op. 8, RV 293 "Herbst": III. Allegro
    3:20
  10. 10.
    Concerto No. 4 f-moll, Op. 8, RV 297 "Winter": I. Allegro non molto
    3:33
  11. 11.
    Concerto No. 4 f-moll, Op. 8, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo
    2:22
  12. 12.
    Concerto No. 4 f-moll, Op. 8, RV 297 "Winter": III. Allegro
    3:29

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