The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Adelina Oprean & European Union Chamber Orchestra & Jörg Faerber

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725. The concertos employ Baroque programme writing with vivid instrumental depiction of seasonal scenes, featuring virtuosic solo violin writing, ritornello-based structures and contrasts of texture and dynamics, and they occupy a prominent place in Vivaldi's output and in the development of the solo concerto in 18th-century instrumental music.
First released: November 1988

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    La Primavera, Sonnet in Italian
    1:02
  2. 2.
    Spring, Sonnet in English
    0:49
  3. 3.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, RV 269 “La Primavera”: Allegro
    3:12
  4. 4.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, RV 269 “La Primavera”: Largo e pianissimo sempre
    2:37
  5. 5.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, RV 269 “La Primavera”: Allegro
    4:06
  6. 6.
    L’Estate, Sonnet in Italian
    1:01
  7. 7.
    Summer, Sonnet in English
    0:54
  8. 8.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, RV 315 “L’Estate”: Allegro non molto
    5:34
  9. 9.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, RV 315 “L’Estate”: Adagio – Presto
    2:19
  10. 10.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, RV 315 “L’Estate”: Presto
    2:43
  11. 11.
    L’Autunno, Sonnet in Italian
    0:58
  12. 12.
    Autumn, Sonnet in English
    0:50
  13. 13.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, RV 293 “L’Autunno”: Allegro
    4:43
  14. 14.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, RV 293 “L’Autunno”: Adagio molto
    3:40
  15. 15.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, RV 293 “L’Autunno”: Allegro
    3:07
  16. 16.
    L’Inverno, Sonnet in Italian
    1:03
  17. 17.
    Winter, Sonnet in English
    0:57
  18. 18.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 297 “L’Inverno”: Allegro non molto
    3:28
  19. 19.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 297 “L’Inverno”: Largo
    2:19
  20. 20.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 297 “L’Inverno”: Allegro
    2:57

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