The Rubicon Classics recording features soloist Fenella Humphreys and the Covent Garden Sinfonia, conducted by Ben Palmer. The album topped the iTunes classical chart in the UK, Germany, and the US.

On the album, Hope plays the ' Ex-Lipinski' violin, an instrument made by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù in 1742 and made available to the violinist by a German family who asked to remain anonymous. The Deutsche Grammophon album was played by the violinist Daniel Hope and the Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin symphony orchestra, and conducted by André de Ridder. The US launch concert in New York at Le Poisson Rouge was recorded by NPR and streamed live. Richter's recomposed version of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons was premiered in the UK at the Barbican Centre on 31 October 2012, performed by the Britten Sinfonia, conducted by André de Ridder, with violinist Daniel Hope. It has since been recorded by other artists. Ī version by Daniel Hope (violin) with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under the direction of André de Ridder was released on Augon Universal Classics and Jazz (Germany), a division of Universal Music Group, and Deutsche Grammophon, prior to its first live performance.

The piece is a complete recomposition and reinterpretation of Vivaldi's violin concertos The Four Seasons.Īlthough Richter said that he had discarded 75 percent of Vivaldi's original material, the parts he does use are phased and looped, emphasising his grounding in postmodern and minimalist music. Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons is a composition by contemporary classical composer Max Richter.

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