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The second is modern composer Max Richter (see week 182) who set himself the challenge, in 2012, of re-working Vivaldi’s masterwork. The first figure in this musical triangle is baroque rock star Antonio Vivaldi (see week 369) whose “Four Seasons” is famous enough that several of its soundbites are recognizable even by those who couldn’t tell Vivaldi from a Volvo. Tantalizingly brief piece of music, and two of them are people who have found Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons is out now to stream, download, and own on vinylįollow Max Richter at maxrichtermusic.There are three people behind this beautiful and He has recorded eight solo albums and has also written extensively for film and television. He studied composition and piano at Edinburgh University, the Royal Academy of Music and with Luciano Berio. Max Richter is one of the most influential figures of the contemporary music scene, producing ground-breaking work as a recording artist, composer, pianist and collaborator. My aim was to fall in love with the original again – and I have.”

Max richter vivaldi full#

“It’s so dynamic, so full of amazing images. “The original Four Seasons is a phenomenally innovative and creative piece of work,” said Max Richter. “Max Richter’s new version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons shows that the classical remix has finally come of age” stated The Telegraph, and remarked, “It’s almost impossible to come to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with completely fresh ears, but this mesmerising album enables listeners to rediscover these amazing works, creating entirely new music with a minimalist Baroque twist.” Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons, featuring violinist Daniel Hope and the Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin symphony orchestra conducted by André de Ridder, topped the classical chart in 22 countries. The colours are brighter, but that is because it’s a collaboration with a brighter, sparkier composer.” It does have a different texture than my other works. The one I had taken had begun to bore me and I wanted to see the surroundings in a fresh way I wanted to rediscover it. I suppose I was interested in finding a new route through the music. If your daily commute went through the Alps eventually you’d come to hate it, however beautiful the landscape. At the same time, intellectually, I knew it was a fantastic piece of music, and I thought about reclaiming it,” remarked Richter.

It stopped being a great piece of music and became an irritant.

As I got older I started to hear it everywhere and I started to hate it. For a child it was a perfect introduction to a whole language. “I fell in love with the Vivaldi as a kid: six or seven perfect, bite-size chunks of beautiful tunes. I wanted to get inside the score at the level of the notes and in essence re-write it, re-composing it in a literal way,” Richter explained. “I wanted to open up the score on a note-by-note level, and working with an existing recording was like digging a mineshaft through an incredibly rich seam, discovering diamonds and not being able to pull them out. He sought to do so in an accessible style that mirrored Vivaldi’s intentions with the piece, rather than to place a twentieth century Modernist imprint on it.