The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed Max Richter

• Max Richter (b. 1966): Vivaldi, The Four Seasons:
• 1Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring 0 (2022)00:42
• 2Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring 1 (2022)02:32
• 3Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring 2 (2022)03:20
• 4Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring 3 (2022)03:03
• Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Summer
• 5Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Summer 1 (2022)03:52
• 6Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Summer 2 (2022)03:42
• 7Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Summer 3 (2022)03:18
• Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Autumn
• 8Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Autumn 1 (2022)05:25
• 9Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Autumn 2 (2022)02:58
• 10Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Autumn 3 (2022)01:32
• Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Winter
• 11Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Winter 1 (2022)02:56
• 12Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Winter 2 (2022)02:36
• 13Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Winter 3 (2022)04:06
• Total Runtime40:02

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When Max Richter’s Recomposed first exploded into our collective ears almost a decade ago, a 59-minutes-28-seconds sonic starburst, the effect for so many people was total. We hadn’t heard anything like that, ever. Experiencing it felt as though we were being catapulted onto another plane, reverberated through the cosmos by this epiphanic soundworld. In this “alternative rendering”, Chineke!, the groundbreaking British ensemble consisting of majority Black, Asian and ethnically diverse musicians, and the brilliant soloist, Elena Urioste, are playing on gut strings and period instruments: the sort that Vivaldi would have heard, and played, in his own time.

Richter is enthusiastic about this blend. “I love the slight grittiness and earthy feeling that gut strings have,” he says. “I wanted to match that flinty, haptic, tactile texture with the electronic elements.” The new record is produced on an analogue mixing desk, with the composer himself playing an early Moog, dating from the seventies. “Those are the first-generation synths, and I’ve heard them described as the Stradivarius of the synthesiser,” he laughs. “They have a certain presence and authority about them. I mean, they are crude in a way, but they are also like someone inventing the wheel. They have gravitas.”

Max Richter, synthesizer programming, Moog synthesizer
Elena Urioste, violin
Chineke! Orchestra

Max Richter
The work of the award-winning British composer Max Richter includes concert music, film scoring, and a series of acclaimed solo albums.

Working with a variety of collaborators including Tilda Swinton, Robert Wyatt, Future Sound of London, and Roni Size, Max's work explores the meeting points of many contemporary artistic languages, and, as might be expected from a student of Luciano Berio, Max’s work embraces a wide range of influences.

Recent projects include the ballet INFRA, for Wayne McGregor at The Royal Ballet, with scenography by Julian Opie, the award-winning score to Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir, and the music installationThe Anthropocene, with Darren Almond at White Cube.

Max's music has formed the basis of numerous dance works, including pieces by Lucinda Childs, NDT, Ballet du Rhin, American Ballet Theatre, Dresden Semper Oper, The Dutch National Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, among many others, while film makers using work by Max include Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island).

Recent commissions include the opera SUM, based on David Eagleman’s acclaimed book, premiered at The Royal Opera House, London and Mercy, commissioned by Hilary Hahn.

Current projects include Vivaldi Recomposed for Deutsche Grammophon, recorded by British violinist Daniel Hope and the Konzerthaus Orchester, Berlin, as well as a variety of other recording and film projects.

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