Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Astor Piazzolla & Arabella Steinbacher & Münchener Kammerorchester

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, first published in 1725. The work exemplifies Baroque concerto form and programme music, featuring virtuosic solo violin writing, vivid rhythmic gestures and orchestral textures that evoke seasonal imagery, and it occupies a central place in Vivaldi's output and in the history of programme instrumental music.

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  1. 1.
    Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: III. Primavera Porteña
    4:51
  2. 2.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, op. 8, RV 269 “La Primavera”: I. Allegro
    3:23
  3. 3.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, op. 8, RV 269 “La Primavera”: II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
    2:45
  4. 4.
    Concerto no. 1 in E major, op. 8, RV 269 “La Primavera”: III. Allegro pastorale
    4:12
  5. 5.
    Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: I. Verano Porteña
    7:40
  6. 6.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315 “L’estate”: I. Allegro non molto
    5:06
  7. 7.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315 “L’estate”: II. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte
    2:26
  8. 8.
    Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315 “L’estate”: III. Presto
    2:47
  9. 9.
    Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: IV. Otoño Porteño
    6:45
  10. 10.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293 “L’autonno”: I. Allegro
    5:16
  11. 11.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293 “L’autonno”: II. Adagio molto
    2:26
  12. 12.
    Concerto no. 3 in F major, op. 8, RV 293 “L’autonno”: III. Allegro
    3:28
  13. 13.
    Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: II. Invierno Porteño
    7:45
  14. 14.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297 “L’inverno”: I. Allegro non molto
    3:39
  15. 15.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297 “L’inverno”: II. Largo
    2:00
  16. 16.
    Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297 “L’inverno”: III. Allegro
    3:40

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