Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

La Primavera (detail) by Sandro Botticelli (c1445-1510)

CDA66339

Recording details: December 1988
Kimpton Parish Church, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: November 1989
Total duration: 57 minutes 29 seconds

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

The Four Seasons

Catherine Mackintosh (violin), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

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	MP3	FLAC	ALAC
	£1.25	£1.25	£1.25	Concerto No 1 in E major 'The Four Seasons, Spring' RV269 [9'55]
1	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	Allegro: Spring's awakening – The song of the birds – Springs bubble – Thunder – Birdsong [3'31]
2	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Largo e pianissimo sempre: The sleeping goatherd – Rustling of leaves and fronds – The barking dog [2'28]
3	£0.50	£0.50	£0.50	Allegro: Country Dance [3'56]
	£1.30	£1.30	£1.30	Concerto No 2 in G minor 'The Four Seasons, Summer' RV315 [10'25]
4	£0.70	£0.70	£0.70	Allegro non molto: Languor from the heat – The cuckoo – The turtle-dove – The goldfinch – Gentle breezes – Diverse winds – The north wind – Young countryman's lament [5'22]
5	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Adagio – Presto: Flies and bluebottles [2'08]
6	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Presto: A summer storm [2'55]
	£1.35	£1.35	£1.35	Concerto No 3 in F major 'The Four Seasons, Autumn' RV293 [10'38]
7	£0.65	£0.65	£0.65	Allegro: Dance and song of country folk – The drunkard – The sleeping drunkard [5'03]
8	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Adagio molto: The sleeping drunkards [2'19]
9	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Allegro: The hunt – The fleeing beast – Guns and hounds – The fleeing beast dies [3'16]
	£1.10	£1.10	£1.10	Concerto No 4 in F minor 'The Four Seasons, Winter' RV297 [8'41]
10	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	Allegro non molto: Frozen shivering in the ice and snow – Bleak wind – Running and stamping of feet because of the cold – Winds – Chattering of teeth [3'34]
11	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Largo: Rain [1'53]
12	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Allegro: Crossing the ice – Going gently and carefully – Falling to the ground – Walking on boldly – The sirocco – The north wind and all the others [3'14]
	£0.95	£0.95	£0.95	Violin Concerto in D major RV230 [7'30]
13	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Allegro [2'21]
14	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Larghetto [2'49]
15	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Allegro [2'20]
	£1.30	£1.30	£1.30	Violin Concerto in C minor 'Amato bene' RV761 [10'20]
16	£0.50	£0.50	£0.50	Allegro [4'08]
17	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Largo [2'25]
18	£0.50	£0.50	£0.50	Allegro [3'47]

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