Le quattro stagioni

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & I Fiamminghi & Rudolf Werthen

Le quattro stagioni is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as the first four concertos of his Op. 8 collection, Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione. These Baroque works employ vivid programme-writing through virtuosic solo-violin lines, orchestral colour and illustrative gestures to evoke seasonal scenes, and they typify Vivaldi's mature instrumental style and the early-18th-century development of programme music.

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  1. 1.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera": I. Allegro
    3:05
  2. 2.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera": II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
    2:10
  3. 3.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera": III. Allegro pastorale
    3:57
  4. 4.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate": I. Allegro non molto
    5:27
  5. 5.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate": II. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
    2:07
  6. 6.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate": III. Presto
    2:36
  7. 7.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno": I. Allegro
    5:05
  8. 8.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno": II. Adagio molto
    2:17
  9. 9.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno": III. Allegro
    3:14
  10. 10.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno": I. Allegro non molto
    3:05
  11. 11.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno": II. Largo
    2:00
  12. 12.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno": III. Allegro
    3:08
  13. 13.
    Concerto in B-flat major, RV 583: I. Largo e spiccato - Allegro non molto
    4:51
  14. 14.
    Concerto in B-flat major, RV 583: II. Andante
    3:26
  15. 15.
    Concerto in B-flat major, RV 583: II. Allegro
    4:34

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