Listen to our recommended recording of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons performed by Janine Jansen now. Our guide to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons analyses the secret of the concertos’ runaway success and explains why this now-familiar music was so radical for its time. The four violin concertos broke new ground with their programmatic depiction of the changing seasons and their technical innovations. Vivaldi’s best-known work The Four Seasons, a set of four violin concertos composed in 1723, are the world’s most popular and recognized pieces of Baroque music. He introduced a range of new styles and techniques to string playing and consolidated one of its most important genres, the concerto. Antonio Vivaldi’s influence on the development of Baroque music was immense.
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