The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Pinchas Zukerman & English Chamber Orchestra

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as part of the collection Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione. The concertos exemplify Baroque violin writing and programme music, using vivid solo violin virtuosity, ritornello form and contrasting orchestral textures to depict seasonal scenes, and they occupy a central place in Vivaldi's output and in the development of the solo concerto in the early 18th century.

The Four Seasons by Vivaldi - album cover

First released: 1983

Baroque Classical

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1.
Spring (“La primavera”) Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1: I. Allegro
3:40
2.
Spring (“La primavera”) Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1: II. Largo
2:45
3.
Spring (“La primavera”) Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1: III. Allegro
4:41
4.
Summer (“L’estate”) Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2: I. Allegro non molto
5:08
5.
Summer (“L’estate”) Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2: II. Adagio
2:33
6.
Summer (“L’estate”) Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2: III. Presto
3:01
7.
Autumn (“L’autunno”) Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3: I. Allegro
5:17
8.
Autumn (“L’autunno”) Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3: II. Adagio molto
2:18
9.
Autumn (“L’autunno”) Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3: III. Allegro
3:39
10.
Winter (“L’inverno”) Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4: I. Allegro non molto
3:48
11.
Winter (“L’inverno”) Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4: II. Largo
2:42
12.
Winter (“L’inverno”) Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4: III. Allegro
3:34