
8, entitled Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention). The concertos were first published in 1725 as part of a set of twelve concerti, Vivaldi’s Op. The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season.įor example, “Winter” is peppered with silvery pizzicato notes from the high strings, calling to mind icy rain, whereas “Summer” evokes a thunderstorm in its final movement, which is why the movement is often called “Storm” (as noted in the list of derivative works). Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi’s best-known work and is among the most popular pieces in the classical music repertoire. The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Soloists (violin): Alana Youssefian (spring), Miller Freivogel (summer and winter), and Carla Moore (autumn). 4K () Award-winning San Francisco-based early music ensemble Voices of Music performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni), a group of four violin concertos, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year.


Voices of Music, Freivogel, Moore, Youssefian. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Vivaldi Four Seasons: complete, original version.
