The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Rudolf Koelman & János Balkányi & Zurich String Soloists

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, composed around 1720 and published in 1725 as part of his Op. 8. The works exemplify Baroque programme music, employing vivid instrumental textures and solo violin writing to depict seasonal scenes and illustrating Vivaldi's approach to concerto form and virtuosic violin technique.

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  1. 1.
    The Four Seasons, Concerto in E Major, RV 269 “Spring”: I. Allegro
    3:05
  2. 2.
    The Four Seasons, Concerto in E Major, RV 269 “Spring”: II. Largo e pianissimo
    1:54
  3. 3.
    The Four Seasons, Concerto in E Major, RV 269 “Spring”: III. Allegro
    3:49
  4. 4.
    The Four Seasons, Concerto in G Minor, RV 315 “Summer”: I. Allegro mà non molto
    5:38
  5. 5.
    The Four Seasons, Concerto in G Minor, RV 315 “Summer”: II. Adagio
    1:54
  6. 6.
    The Four Seasons, Concerto in G Minor, RV 315 “Summer”: III. Presto
    2:51
  7. 7.
    The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Major, RV 293 “Autumn”: I. Allegro
    5:05
  8. 8.
    The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Major, RV 293 “Autumn”: II. Adagio molto
    3:23
  9. 9.
    The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Major, RV 293 “Autumn”: III. Allegro
    3:06
  10. 10.
    The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Minor, RV 297 “Winter”: I. Allegro non molto
    3:15
  11. 11.
    The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Minor, RV 297 “Winter”: II. Largo
    1:47
  12. 12.
    The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Minor, RV 297 “Winter”: III. Allegro
    3:17

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