The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Itzhak Perlman & התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as part of his Op. 8 collection. Rooted in the Baroque idiom, the concertos employ virtuosic solo violin writing, ritornello form and vivid programme-driven musical gestures to evoke seasonal scenes, and they represent a key example of Vivaldi's mature instrumental output and of early 18th-century programme music.

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  1. 1.
    Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro
    3:16
  2. 2.
    Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 "Spring": II. Largo
    3:12
  3. 3.
    Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 "Spring": III. Allegro
    4:19
  4. 4.
    Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 "Summer": I. Allegro non molto
    5:16
  5. 5.
    Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 "Summer": II. Adagio
    2:34
  6. 6.
    Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto
    3:03
  7. 7.
    Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": I. Allegro
    4:56
  8. 8.
    Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": II. Adagio molto
    2:58
  9. 9.
    Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": III. Allegro
    3:15
  10. 10.
    Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 "Winter": I. Allegro non molto
    3:36
  11. 11.
    Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo
    2:22
  12. 12.
    Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 "Winter": III. Allegro
    3:08

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