"Presto" is the 3rd movement from Antonio Vivaldi's "Summer", from "The Four Seasons". This version is an extract from Patrick Rondat's neoclassical guitar version in his "Amphibia" album (1996).
The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni), Antonio Vivaldi's best known work, was composed in 1723 and was first published in 1725. Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "L'estate" (Summer), paints a picture of an Italian summer, with movement 3 portraying a violent storm. The concerti are said to be based off of 4 sonnets, which are thought to be written by Vivaldi himself.
Sonnet poem for movement 3:
"Alas, his fears are well founded
There is thunder and lightning in the sky
And the hail cuts down the lofty ears of corn."
