The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Jaime Laredo

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725. The works exemplify Baroque concerto style with vivid programme music that depicts seasonal scenes through solo violin virtuosity, ritornello structures and energetic string textures, and they form a central part of Vivaldi's instrumental output and of the Baroque repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Concerto in E major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "La primavera": I. Allegro
    3:19
  2. 2.
    Concerto in E major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "La primavera": II. Largo
    2:36
  3. 3.
    Concerto in E major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "La primavera": III. Allegro. "Danza pastorale"
    4:22
  4. 4.
    Concerto in G minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "L'estate": I. Allegro non molto
    4:33
  5. 5.
    Concerto in G minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "L'estate": II. Adagio
    1:55
  6. 6.
    Concerto in G minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "L'estate": III. Presto. "Tempo impetuoso d'estate"
    2:40
  7. 7.
    Concerto in F major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "L'autunno": I. Allegro
    4:44
  8. 8.
    Concerto in F major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "L'autunno": II. Adagio molto
    1:49
  9. 9.
    Concerto in F major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "L'autunno": III. Allegro. "La caccia"
    3:30
  10. 10.
    Concerto in F minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "L'inverno": I. Allegro non molto
    3:10
  11. 11.
    Concerto in F minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "L'inverno": II. Largo
    2:02
  12. 12.
    Concerto in F minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "L'inverno": III. Allegro
    3:00

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