Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

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Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Studio album by Max Richter

Publication
(s)

2012

Label (s) Universal Classics and Jazz, Deutsche Grammophon

Format (s)

CD, LP, digital

Genre (s)

Post- minimalism , baroque music

Title (number)

18th

running time

43:58

occupation Daniel Hope , André de Ridder , Konzerthauskammerorchester Berlin
chronology
Infra
(2010) 		Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons Sleep
(2015)

Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons is Max Richter's adaptation of Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons . The work was recorded by Daniel Hope and members of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin , conducted by André de Ridder .

History of origin

Christian Kellersmann , Managing Director of Universal Classic and Jazz , founded the Recomposed series at Deutsche Grammophon in 2005 , the basic idea of ​​which was simple: an artist processes, remixes , “recomposed” material from the company's classical archive for his album. After the first publications, which Kellersmann had to push as a producer himself, artists came unsolicited with new suggestions. Max Richter wanted to edit Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"; initially he wanted to use the recording by Trevor Pinnock with The English Concert for appropriate remixes . "But a short time later he changed his plans: he didn't want to remix, but rather rewrite and re-record the concert."

Max Richter said the four seasons were one of the first pieces of classical music he heard. However, the work would have "lost its magic" through frequent use in popular culture. That's why he finally decided to write “a completely new version”.

Track list

No. title length
1. Jump 0 0:42
2. Spring 1 2:31
3. Spring 2 3:19
4th Spring 3 3:09
5. Buzzer 1 4:11
6th Buzzer 2 3:59
7th Buzzer 3 5:01
8th. Autumn 1 5:42
9. Autumn 2 3:08
10. Autumn 3 1:45
11. Winter 1 3:01
12. Winter 2 2:51
13. Winter 3 4:39
14th Shadow 1 3:53
15th Shadow 2 2:30
16. Shadow 3 3:33
17th Shadow 4 2:33
18th Shadow 5 3:01
Overall length: 43:58

reception

Hellmuth Vensky praised the album at the time : Max Richter had “worked on the material”: Although there was “hardly a single note left”, “Vivaldi's birds are still chirping, the heat is shimmering, the thunder is rumbling. The Vivaldi for the 21st century "is" an ideal companion through the year. "

The Musikexpress awarded 4 out of 5 stars. Albert Koch wrote: “Richter takes the original score as a loose framework for his compositional technique. Sometimes it deviates dramatically, sometimes there are only slight changes and shifts. There is no electronic alienation here. Repetitive patterns, reminiscent of electronic music, are in the score and were played by the orchestra. "Key tracks" are Spring 1 and Summer 1 .

Jed Distler was critical of Gramophone : The work is indeed a "melodious", but ultimately "faceless deconstruction", in part "thin" and "mindless".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Kellersmann Klassik completely renovated
  2. ↑ Florian Fricke: Vivaldi á la Max Richter . Deutschlandfunk , September 6, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ Hellmuth Vensky: Classic Remixes: Courage is the best re-composer . In: The time . August 24, 2012, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed July 12, 2016]).
  4. ^ Max Richter :: Recomposed: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons. Retrieved July 12, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Jed Distler: JUDGE The Four Seasons: Recomposed. In: gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved September 2, 2016 .

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