The Four Seasons

Album by Antonio Vivaldi & Susanne Dumoulin & Roman Baroque Orchestra & Daniel Lechner

The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1725 as part of his collection Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op. 8. These Baroque concertos employ programme music techniques, featuring virtuosic solo violin writing, vivid orchestral effects and recurring ritornello structures to depict seasonal imagery, and they occupy an important place in the development of the solo concerto and Vivaldi's output.

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  1. 1.
    "La Primavera" (Spring), Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269: I. Allegro
    3:35
  2. 2.
    "La Primavera" (Spring), Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269: II. Largo
    2:49
  3. 3.
    "La Primavera" (Spring), Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269: III. Allegro Pastorale
    4:06
  4. 4.
    "L'Estate" (Summer), Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315: I. Allegro non molto
    5:59
  5. 5.
    "L'Estate" (Summer), Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315: II. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
    2:11
  6. 6.
    "L'Estate" (Summer), Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315: III. Presto
    2:57
  7. 7.
    "L'Autunno" (Autumn), Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293: I. Allegro
    3:28
  8. 8.
    "L'Autunno" (Autumn), Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293: II. Adagio molto
    3:59
  9. 9.
    "L'Autunno" (Autumn), Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293: III. Allegro
    3:21
  10. 10.
    "L'Inverno" (Winter), Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297: I. Allegro non molto
    3:33
  11. 11.
    "L'Inverno" (Winter), Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297: II. Largo
    2:22
  12. 12.
    "L'Inverno" (Winter), Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297: III. Allegro
    3:32

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