MV: Spring

SPRING (VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS)
Orchestra: Musici di San Marco
Conductor: Alberto Lizzio

Spring is the first concerto of The Four Seasons, which is a set of four violin concertos composed by Antonio Vivaldi in 1723. 

The movements of Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op.8, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring) are:

1. Allegro
2. largo
3. Allegro Pastorale

The sonnet for the Spring is as follows in its orginal Italian with an English translation:

Italian	English
La Primavera	Spring
Allegro Giunt' è la Primavera e festosetti La Salutan gl' Augei con lieto canto, E i fonti allo Spirar de' Zeffiretti Con dolce mormorio Scorrono intanto: Vengon' coprendo l' aer di nero amanto E Lampi, e tuoni ad annuntiarla eletti Indi tacendo questi, gl' Augelletti; Tornan' di nuovo al lor canoro incanto: Largo E quindi sul fiorito ameno prato Al caro mormorio di fronde e piante Dorme 'l Caprar col fido can' à lato. Allegro Di pastoral Zampogna al suon festante Danzan Ninfe e Pastor nel tetto amato Di primavera all' apparir brillante.	Allegro Springtime is upon us. The birds celebrate her return with festive song, and murmuring streams are softly caressed by the breezes. Thunderstorms, those heralds of Spring, roar, casting their dark mantle over heaven, Then they die away to silence, and the birds take up their charming songs once more. Largo On the flower-strewn meadow, with leafy branches rustling overhead, the goat-herd sleeps, his faithful dog beside him. Allegro Led by the festive sound of rustic bagpipes, nymphs and shepherds lightly dance beneath the brilliant canopy of spring.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(Vivaldi)