The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & I Musici & Roberto Michelucci & Felix Ayo

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as part of his Op. 8 collection. The works exemplify Baroque concerto writing with vivid programme-like depictions of seasonal scenes through virtuosic solo violin writing and orchestral colour, and they occupy an important place in Vivaldi's output and in the development of early 18th-century instrumental music.
First released: 1991

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Concerto No. 1 in E, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro
    3:38
  2. 2.
    Concerto No. 1 in E, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": II. Largo
    3:03
  3. 3.
    Concerto No. 1 in E, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": III. Allegro
    4:29
  4. 4.
    Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": I. Allegro non molto
    5:33
  5. 5.
    Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": II. Adagio
    2:06
  6. 6.
    Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto
    3:06
  7. 7.
    Concerto No. 3 in F, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": I. Allegro
    5:33
  8. 8.
    Concerto No. 3 in F, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": II. Adagio molto
    3:25
  9. 9.
    Concerto No. 3 in F, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": III. Allegro
    3:33
  10. 10.
    Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": I. Allegro non molto
    3:28
  11. 11.
    Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo
    2:45
  12. 12.
    Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": III. Allegro
    3:10
  13. 13.
    Concerto in B Flat, RV 362 "La Caccia": I. Allegro
    3:43
  14. 14.
    Concerto in B Flat, RV 362 "La Caccia": II. Adagio
    3:07
  15. 15.
    Concerto in B Flat, RV 362 "La Caccia": III. Allegro
    2:58
  16. 16.
    Concerto in A, RV 552 "Per Eco in Lontano": I. Allegro
    6:54
  17. 17.
    Concerto in A, RV 552 "Per Eco in Lontano": II. Larghetto
    4:32
  18. 18.
    Concerto in A, RV 552 "Per Eco in Lontano": III. Allegro
    3:56