The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Anthony Marwood & Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Nicholas McGegan

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, composed in 1723. The concertos exemplify Baroque programme music, employing vivid solo violin figures, descriptive orchestral textures and seasonal motifs to evoke natural scenes, and they stand as a prominent example of Vivaldi's output and of programme instrumental writing in the early 18th century.
First released: 2002

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, RV 269 “La primavera”: I. Allegro
    3:12
  2. 2.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, RV 269 “La primavera”: II. Largo
    2:16
  3. 3.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, RV 269 “La primavera”: III. Allegro
    3:46
  4. 4.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, RV 315 “L’estate”: I. Allegro non molto
    5:12
  5. 5.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, RV 315 “L’estate”: II. Adagio
    2:07
  6. 6.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, RV 315 “L’estate”: III. Presto
    2:46
  7. 7.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, RV 293 “L’autunno”: I. Allegro
    5:09
  8. 8.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, RV 293 “L’autunno”: II. Adagio molto
    2:13
  9. 9.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, RV 293 “L’autunno”: III. Allegro
    3:15
  10. 10.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 297 “L’inverno”: I. Allegro non molto
    3:29
  11. 11.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 297 “L’inverno”: II. Largo
    1:58
  12. 12.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 297 “L’inverno”: III. Allegro
    3:01
  13. 13.
    Concerto in E-flat major, op. 8 no. 5, RV 253 “La tempesta di mare”: I. Presto
    2:51
  14. 14.
    Concerto in E-flat major, op. 8 no. 5, RV 253 “La tempesta di mare”: II. Largo
    2:30
  15. 15.
    Concerto in E-flat major, op. 8 no. 5, RV 253 “La tempesta di mare”: III. Presto
    3:41
  16. 16.
    Oboe Concerto in A minor, RV 461: I. Allegro non molto
    3:25
  17. 17.
    Oboe Concerto in A minor, RV 461: II. Larghetto
    2:46
  18. 18.
    Oboe Concerto in A minor, RV 461: III. Allegro
    3:01
  19. 19.
    Bassoon Concerto in D minor, RV 481: I. Allegro
    3:46
  20. 20.
    Bassoon Concerto in D minor, RV 481: II. Larghetto
    4:11
  21. 21.
    Bassoon Concerto in D minor, RV 481: III. Allegro molto
    2:40

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