The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra & Gerard Schwarz & Elmar Oliveira

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as part of Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (Op. 8). Scored for solo violin with string orchestra and continuo, the concertos employ vivid programme music techniques to depict seasonal scenes through rhythmic gestures, descriptive harmonies and virtuosic solo writing, and they occupy a significant place in Vivaldi's output and the development of the Baroque concerto.

The Four Seasons by Vivaldi - album cover

First released: 1980

Baroque Classical

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1.
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, P. 241 “La primavera”: I. Allegro
3:26
2.
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, P. 241 “La primavera”: II. Largo
2:52
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Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, P. 241 “La primavera”: III. Allegro
4:04
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Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, P. 336 “L’estate”: I. Allegro non molto
5:19
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Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, P. 336 “L’estate”: II. Adagio
2:09
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Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, P. 336 “L’estate”: III. Presto
2:44
7.
Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, P. 257 “L’autunno”: I. Allegro
4:36
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Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, P. 257 “L’autunno”: II. Adagio molto
2:44
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Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, P. 257 “L’autunno”: III. Allegro
3:19
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Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, P. 442 “L’inverno”: I. Allegro non molto
3:20
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Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, P. 442 “L’inverno”: II. Largo
2:12
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Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, P. 442 “L’inverno”: III. Allegro
3:09