[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]
Antonio Vivaldi — The Four Seasons: Spring - allegro
Album: Janine Jansen, vioin - 2004 recording
Avg rating:
8.7

Your rating:
Total ratings: 2548









Released: 1725
Length: 3:14
Plays (last 30 days): 0
share tweet wikiwebsitesearchamg
cd
mp3
search
(instrumental)
Comments (118)add comment
Janine Jansen, Vioin - 2004 recording.

Great Vioin playing! 
Posted 5 months ago by dmiley    [ Reply ]
It's pouring rain in Toronto today, has been for 24 hours.
It is NOT Spring 
Posted 7 months ago by Mannick    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

I can never forget how our World Music teacher at CU, in the Warner Imig Building, just up the street, told us that Rock Music was essentially a modern version of Classical Music, with even the same basic structure. "You've got your signature key, your variations on a theme, and your return to Tonic..." And he sent us to the Music Library to confirm just how digable those old cats were. Blew us away! Well, ROCK ON, all ye powder-wigged, frock-coated, tight-legged ghosts, and may we all joyously rock right along forever with ye!


Cool!     You always have great stories!
Posted 9 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
I can never forget how our World Music teacher at CU, in the Warner Imig Building, just up the street, told us that Rock Music was essentially a modern version of Classical Music, with even the same basic structure. "You've got your signature key, your variations on a theme, and your return to Tonic..." And he sent us to the Music Library to confirm just how digable those old cats were. Blew us away! Well, ROCK ON, all ye powder-wigged, frock-coated, tight-legged ghosts, and may we all joyously rock right along forever with ye!
Posted 9 months ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Astounding how this music (all four seasons) transcends time. 
Posted 1 year ago by einsteinstoe    [ Reply ]
I'm sitting in the Social Security office, not by choice.  My number is 165, they just called 132.
Thank you Mr. Vivaldi for your soothing Baroque music!
Posted 1 year ago by cantdowoU    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
I wish I was a violin




cello, nice to meet you.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 Gerry941 wrote:


Are you sure? Don't forget there are always strings attached.


G string? I'm in.
Posted 1 year ago by dougalbumski    [ Reply ]
GREAT PERFORMANCE!  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:

Sounds as good as my original LP I bought in 1725. 




LOL!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:
good cover, but i like the original better.


What would be the original? Janine is BTW a great artist!
Posted 1 year ago by PaoloManana    [ Reply ]
 smackiepipe wrote:

It's got a good beat. You can dance to it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ypuw-UgWAQ

Posted 1 year ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
Lois Lane?
Posted 1 year ago by ArrayMac    [ Reply ]
 woodchuk wrote:



Ahh...the year Keith Richards was born!


Keef deserves respect for the music and for having the will, the grace and the courage to remind Mick Jagger that, however nice it was to be on QE2's list of honors, the Stones were never about that kind of thing. Anyone who can play bows their head in respect to him and just because you don't is no reason to be impertinent.
Posted 1 year ago by bufallo    [ Reply ]
As soon as the apocalypse makes itself apparent, i'm taking this music with me in whatever reproducible form that still exists. It's the cure for pain.
Posted 1 year ago by bufallo    [ Reply ]
Si no se escucha las cuatro estaciones es una franca falta de respecto a  la obra de l maestro. There in not such a thing al "graetets hists"
Posted 1 year ago by sergioso    [ Reply ]
A couple of hours ago we had this lovely baroque violin number:

and now we have this:

What's next?
Who's next?
Posted 1 year ago by obispo    [ Reply ]
Pardon me, would any of you have any Grey Poupon?
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
one of the best songs
Posted 2 years ago by smithhjeff    [ Reply ]
Radiohead
The Beach Boys
Martha Wainwright
Vivaldi

THANK YOU BILL
Posted 2 years ago by StratoHari    [ Reply ]
 woodchuk wrote:



Ahh...the year Keith Richards was born!


Rick Wakeman has described The Four Seasons as the world's first concept album.
Posted 2 years ago by TonyFoxcranham    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:

Sounds as good as my original LP I bought in 1725. 




Ahh...the year Keith Richards was born!
Posted 2 years ago by woodchuk    [ Reply ]
Since seeing this video, I haven't been able to separate the two! https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
This was one of the big songs used in Carl Sagan's Cosmos (1980). 
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
I wish I was a violin




Are you sure? Don't forget there are always strings attached.
Posted 2 years ago by Gerry941    [ Reply ]
Am I on hold? 

Tip top!
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
Bravo! I find that if I keep a bit of Vivaldi, Mozart, Ludvig Van, Ilyich, and Shubert in amongst my i-Tunes, Life is quantum-level better...  
Posted 3 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 sqqqrly wrote:


15 years using RP, member since Sep 15, 2005
0 years using spotify


1 month Spotify free, and sure as hell ain't gonna relapse.
Posted 3 years ago by TreacleTart    [ Reply ]

Martha Wainwright "Don't Forget" to Vivaldy's "Four Seasons"
What an excellent thematic progression!!Score for Bill!!!

Posted 3 years ago by mikedgreene    [ Reply ]
 JoeSpinell wrote:

The top 2 of all-time musical geniuses are Vivaldi and Beethoven. Not even Mozart can create such complex vivid layers and subtle flowing range of emotions as these motherfuckers. This is pure warm cream poured into my ears everytime.



I disagree (although we are discussing apples and oranges). No composer is even close to Чайко́вский (Tchaikovsky) in their music's emotional content. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart - their music does not concern emotions per se.  It is about the communication of people with God. Not the old Пётр (Pyotr). His music is all emotions. Nothing else. 
Posted 3 years ago by pyocin    [ Reply ]
 nomnol wrote:
My favourite of the four seasons. 


most of people prefer winter
Posted 3 years ago by kusljic    [ Reply ]
 JoeSpinell wrote:

The top 2 of all-time musical geniuses are Vivaldi and Beethoven. Not even Mozart can create such complex vivid layers and subtle flowing range of emotions as these motherfuckers. This is pure warm cream poured into my ears everytime.



I think Mozart was a pretty talented motherfucker as well. 
Posted 3 years ago by Duc1098    [ Reply ]
I personally prefer Bach of the Baroque composers but Bill clearly likes The Red Priest. 
Posted 3 years ago by reallylost    [ Reply ]
Bill, why would you play Vivaldi after Martha Wainwright?

Oh right, because it's awesome and nowhere else would ever do that.

Thanks  
Posted 3 years ago by M_F_B    [ Reply ]
Walking through some woods this fine spring morning and this piece popped up. Another job well done RP. Brilliant
Posted 3 years ago by exjunkie    [ Reply ]
I saw what you did there, Bill. Vernal Equinox!
Posted 3 years ago by mjbaumann    [ Reply ]
 teleskialaska wrote:
Blind Faith to Vivaldi.  Nowhere else does that happen.  RP is the best. 
 
Interesting - it's 7th March 2021 and we have just had Blind Faith (Sea of Joy) and now we have Vivaldi (Spring) but your post is 2 years ago. Are we on a 2 year loop?
Posted 3 years ago by reallylost    [ Reply ]
 sjccroquet wrote:
 justin4kick wrote:
I wish I was a violin


 

Are you sure? 

img-snap09212b
 

Posted 3 years ago by markoong    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:
Sounds as good as my original LP I bought in 1725. 
 
Was that a 78?
Posted 3 years ago by dmcanany    [ Reply ]
Make it a trio. Bach easily matches them in my opinion.


 JoeSpinell wrote:
The top 2 of all-time musical geniuses are Vivaldi and Beethoven. Not even Mozart can create such complex vivid layers and subtle flowing range of emotions as these motherfuckers. This is pure warm cream poured into my ears everytime.
 

Posted 3 years ago by manidaniel    [ Reply ]
So fitting, we're all waiting for Spring now.
Posted 3 years ago by tichy    [ Reply ]
My favourite of the four seasons. 
Posted 4 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
 sqqqrly wrote:


15 years using RP, member since Sep 15, 2005
0 years using spotify
 
Mostly the same history hete, except I have about .04167 years of spotify use....LLRP!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
I wish I was a violin


 

Are you sure? 

img-snap09212b
Posted 4 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
 jp33442 wrote:
 jamesallen wrote:
Lovely. You guys really know how to mix your music. Who needs Spotify?
 Agree ready to dump Spotify 

 

15 years using RP, member since Sep 15, 2005
0 years using spotify
Posted 4 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
 teleskialaska wrote:
Blind Faith to Vivaldi.  Nowhere else does that happen.  RP is the best. 
 
And again one year later
Posted 4 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
 jamesallen wrote:
Lovely. You guys really know how to mix your music. Who needs Spotify?
 Agree ready to dump Spotify 

Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
My father was a big classical music listener, I actually do have this on vinyl now.
Posted 4 years ago by phlacey01    [ Reply ]
Thank you, Bill.  The sweet sound of Spring in my ears to accompany the smell in my nostrils and the sight of nature's rebirth.  I certainly do love these little surprises you provide.
Posted 4 years ago by Osbo    [ Reply ]
The top 2 of all-time musical geniuses are Vivaldi and Beethoven. Not even Mozart can create such complex vivid layers and subtle flowing range of emotions as these motherfuckers. This is pure warm cream poured into my ears everytime.
Posted 4 years ago by JoeSpinell    [ Reply ]
fucking brilliant
Posted 4 years ago by flavaflav    [ Reply ]
Lovely. You guys really know how to mix your music. Who needs Spotify?
Posted 4 years ago by jamesallen    [ Reply ]
I have a bootleg copy
Posted 4 years ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:
Sounds as good as my original LP I bought in 1725. 
 
Excellent! I have also a live "pirate" recorded in 1746 but the sound is quite bad.. 

. ;-)
Posted 4 years ago by globecroqueur    [ Reply ]
Since seeing this video, the two are inextricably linked...https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:
Sounds as good as my original LP I bought in 1725. 
 

Lol
Posted 4 years ago by cloudymcloudface    [ Reply ]
 ProjectGemini07 wrote:
But it's Fall...
 
No, it's Winter.
Posted 4 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
A bit further back than Blind Faith's Sea of Joy, indeed! 

<<They were a revolution in musical conception: in them (The Four Seasons) Vivaldi represented flowing creeks, singing birds (of different species, each specifically characterized), a shepherd and his barking dog, buzzing flies, storms, drunken dancers, hunting parties from both the hunters' and the prey's point of view, frozen landscapes, and warm winter fires.>> (Wikipedia.)

Thx Bill! 

Posted 4 years ago by (former member)    [ Reply ]
But it's Fall...
Posted 5 years ago by ProjectGemini07    [ Reply ]
It's October... surely the Concerto No. 3 "Autumn" would more apropos? *smile*
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
Well the combination has just happened again! Blind Faith to Vivaldi!
Posted 5 years ago by RandyChard    [ Reply ]
Sounds as good as my original LP I bought in 1725. 
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
i have a dance ultramax version, but this is the closest i can find on the internet
Posted 5 years ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
When in doubt, go to The Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
never, ever tire of hearing this beautiful piece of music.... gorgeous!!!
Posted 5 years ago by swtobias508    [ Reply ]
Beautiful version of this piece, but I think it's worth pointing out that there is also a great deal of powerful and wonderful music written over the last 400 years. Vivaldi is great, but a lot of other composers were too.  I love RP, but I do think it could use more of the last 400 years, or at least more of the past 100.
Posted 5 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
good cover, but i like the original better.
Posted 5 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
so overplayed.(not on RP)  but i STILL love it, especially with headphones.
Posted 5 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
I always think 'Lex Luthor.' when I hear this.
Posted 5 years ago by ArrayMac    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:
I can picture people banging their head to this back in the day
 
{#Lol}{#High-five}
Posted 5 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
Blind Faith to Vivaldi.  Nowhere else does that happen.  RP is the best. 
Posted 5 years ago by teleskialaska    [ Reply ]
 Bravo! {#Clap}

RazzCat wrote:
 
I can't think of any radio or other station I've ever heard that could give my ears the pleasure they get from RP.
 
U2 -> Blind Faith -> Vivaldi -> Crosby, Stills & Nash...
 
Genius!
 
Thank you, Bill & Rebecca... :)
 

Posted 5 years ago by evansdad    [ Reply ]
I can picture people banging their head to this back in the day
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Those EVH solos rock
Posted 5 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
 iloveradio wrote:

Amen to you. Not bad cover art as well.

 
I think they missed a trick... substitute the violin for an empty champagne glass and hey presto! you sell 100,000 more copies of the album.
 
Posted 5 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this, I think of the local PBS station, which plays this whenever they have dead air for some reason.... LOL.
Posted 6 years ago by poetdancer    [ Reply ]
 I totally agree. RP bringing joy to our home for so many years. Namaste.

RazzCat wrote:
 
I can't think of any radio or other station I've ever heard that could give my ears the pleasure they get from RP.
 
U2 -> Blind Faith -> Vivaldi -> Crosby, Stills & Nash...
 
Genius!
 
Thank you, Bill & Rebecca... :)
 

Posted 6 years ago by chinacat    [ Reply ]
 
I can't think of any radio or other station I've ever heard that could give my ears the pleasure they get from RP.
 
U2 -> Blind Faith -> Vivaldi -> Crosby, Stills & Nash...
 
Genius!
 
Thank you, Bill & Rebecca... :)
Posted 6 years ago by RazzCat    [ Reply ]
 VH1 wrote:

{#Clap}{#Daisy}

 
Move over a bit VH1. I'd love to join you. {#Boohoo}{#Sunny}
Posted 6 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
I wish I was a violin


Posted 6 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 itaish wrote:
Classical music played on RP always consists of the most trivial tunes that everybody know. Personally I'd rather not to have classical at all in that case. 

 

When it comes to classical music here, we get the top 40.  
Posted 7 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Thank you Antonio Vivaldi  for
The Four Seasons: Spring - allegro               My rating: 9 - OUTSTANDING

Posted 7 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]

Posted 7 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 SurfDoc wrote:
What station plays this, love you RP!

 
Amen to you. Not bad cover art as well.
Posted 7 years ago by iloveradio    [ Reply ]
What station plays this, love you RP!
Posted 7 years ago by SurfDoc    [ Reply ]
 English_For_Ever wrote:
Wonderful,Wonderful RP, you bring such joy into my life with your choice of music from around the world and timeless classics from when musicians could play their instruments live without spending hours in a recording studio getting it 'right'....thank you

 
Ditto :)
Posted 7 years ago by nhorrocks    [ Reply ]
Wonderful,Wonderful RP, you bring such joy into my life with your choice of music from around the world and timeless classics from when musicians could play their instruments live without spending hours in a recording studio getting it 'right'....thank you
Posted 8 years ago by English_For_Ever    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

{#Think} Funny: I feel the same way about trivial comments...

Sorry to pile on, but there's always the PSD button. You could also upload some non-trivial classical music for Bill and Rebecca's consideration. 

Meanwhile the rest of us are going to enjoy ourselves.

A Stockhausen is not a Stockholm.  

 
{#Clap}{#Daisy}
Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
Perfect way to begin my day...Thanks RP
Posted 8 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 ozzie1313 wrote:
One season played, three to go.  RP's musical palette includes all expressions of music (sans hip hop, arguably not music at all) and always broadens my knowledge and enjoyment of music.  Barber's Adagio for Strings once in a while would be great to add. Who says Dead Heads are myopic.
 
One third of one season.
Posted 8 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
You can dangle your violin in front of me any time you want me to be your slave...................

This piece was written a long time before Allegro meant  light probiotic cheeses or paving blocks. 
Posted 8 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
RP: {#Boohoo} Me: {#Music}
Posted 8 years ago by tfioreze    [ Reply ]
One season played, three to go.  RP's musical palette includes all expressions of music (sans hip hop, arguably not music at all) and always broadens my knowledge and enjoyment of music.  Barber's Adagio for Strings once in a while would be great to add. Who says Dead Heads are myopic.
Posted 8 years ago by ozzie1313    [ Reply ]
 itaish wrote:
Classical music played on RP always consists of the most trivial tunes that everybody know. Personally I'd rather not to have classical at all in that case. 

 
{#Think} Funny: I feel the same way about trivial comments...

Sorry to pile on, but there's always the PSD button. You could also upload some non-trivial classical music for Bill and Rebecca's consideration. 

Meanwhile the rest of us are going to enjoy ourselves.

A Stockhausen is not a Stockholm.  
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 itaish wrote:
Classical music played on RP always consists of the most trivial tunes that everybody know. Personally I'd rather not to have classical at all in that case. 

 
Rather than being like you are.... (obliquely obvious, after all 'classical' suggests that they are well known, no?), why don't you simply upload some non-trivial classical tunes for consideration to RP?
Posted 8 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Maybe you could petition RP to play Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, instead of the "trivial" Vivaldi - that would set the cat among the classical pigeons. To be more 'challenging', maybe a bit of Harrison Birtwhistle or Stockhausen...

For all that the classical "tunes" are "trivial" (not IMO, but WTF do I know?), I congratulate RP for including them in the eclectic mix. They certainly represent a change of gear...

 
Asked if he had ever conducted any Stockhausen, he said, "No, but I once trod in some."
Posted 8 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
 itaish wrote:
Classical music played on RP always consists of the most trivial tunes that everybody know. Personally I'd rather not to have classical at all in that case. 

 
Please enlighten we heathens with your list of non-trivial classical music.  To your point of not having it at all, push PSD or go elsewhere.

Enjoy the rest of your day.


Posted 8 years ago by Chrisjea    [ Reply ]
Great timing.  It's going to be 60 degrees at midnight in Boston tonight.  {#Daisy}
Posted 8 years ago by djblitz    [ Reply ]
With the snow coming down all around us, this is hope....
Posted 8 years ago by Chinto    [ Reply ]
Thank you.  I am in Memphis TN  the weather is hazardous today.  The beauty of this music soothed me.   

 
Posted 8 years ago by baylees    [ Reply ]
 itaish wrote:
Classical music played on RP always consists of the most trivial tunes that everybody know. Personally I'd rather not to have classical at all in that case. 

 
Maybe you could petition RP to play Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, instead of the "trivial" Vivaldi - that would set the cat among the classical pigeons. To be more 'challenging', maybe a bit of Harrison Birtwhistle or Stockhausen...

For all that the classical "tunes" are "trivial" (not IMO, but WTF do I know?), I congratulate RP for including them in the eclectic mix. They certainly represent a change of gear...
Posted 8 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 itaish wrote:
Classical music played on RP always consists of the most trivial tunes that everybody know. Personally I'd rather not to have classical at all in that case. 

 
I guess one person's "trivial" is another person's, well, "not trivial."  That's my trivial opinion anyway.
Posted 8 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
There is so much beauty in simplicity, and so much simplicity in beauty! {#Sunny}
Posted 8 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
Classical music played on RP always consists of the most trivial tunes that everybody know. Personally I'd rather not to have classical at all in that case. 
Posted 8 years ago by itaish    [ Reply ]
 SuperWeh wrote:

..... and a rhythm section is an essential part of music for me.

 
Well, that will eliminate big chunks of the broader musical scape.
Posted 9 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]

I guess I have to like it, otherwise people that in reality never really listen to classical music anyway will tell me that I don't have "taste" and "don't know how to appreciate music", and "why don't I listen to justin bieber instead", bla bla bla. You know what?, I don't like this, the violin noodling gets on my nerves, and a rhythm section is an essential part of music for me.


Posted 9 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
That's why I love you, Radio Paradise. A playlist that goes directly from Gypsy Tailwind to Antonio Vivaldi couldn't get more eclectic than that :)
Posted 9 years ago by tfioreze    [ Reply ]
{#Boohoo}{#Yes}
Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
That violin she's so casually dangling is the 1727 Stradivari "Barrere" violin. Tells you something about her standing as a musicion that she gets to use this instrument. Her playing proves it. Ten from me.
Posted 9 years ago by HomeTuner    [ Reply ]
Beautiful girl on cover {#Bananajam}
Posted 9 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
even though i do not listen to this kind of music (my loss i know) this surely deserves nothing but a 10
Posted 9 years ago by ploba    [ Reply ]
very nice recording!...(my stand partners in college orchestra never looked like her.){#Cheesygrin}
Posted 10 years ago by fiddler    [ Reply ]
 Droidac wrote:
Great song, but does not work on a Friday night while I'm out at the  bbq.
 
You're missing it then {#Cool}
Posted 10 years ago by Xstar    [ Reply ]
Great song, but does not work on a Friday night while I'm out at the  bbq.
Posted 10 years ago by Droidac    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy}  {#Daisy}   {#Daisy}
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
It's got a good beat. You can dance to it.
Posted 10 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Perfection
Posted 10 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Beautiful...
Posted 10 years ago by dschless    [ Reply ]