The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Joseph Silverstein & Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725. The music exemplifies Baroque concerto practice with vivid programme-style depictions of seasonal scenes through contrasting movements, virtuosic solo violin writing and clear basso continuo textures, and it occupies a central place in Vivaldi's output and in the development of the early 18th-century violin repertoire.

The Four Seasons by Vivaldi - album cover

First released: 1982

Baroque Classical

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1.
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”: I. Allegro
3:23
2.
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera” II. Largo
2:38
3.
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”: III. Allegro Pastorale
4:12
4.
Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”: I. Allegro non molto
5:20
5.
Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”: II. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte
2:37
6.
Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”: III. Presto
2:45
7.
Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 “L’autunno”: I. Allegro
4:46
8.
Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 “L’autunno”: II. Adagio molto
2:36
9.
Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 “L’autunno”: III. Allegro
3:22
10.
Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”: I. Allegro non molto
3:15
11.
Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”: II. Largo
2:26
12.
Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”: III. Allegro
2:59