Friday 24 March 2017


Spring is here !
Antonio Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons' is one of the most well known works in Baroque music, and certain passages from "Spring" are instantly familiar. But have you heard this version ?
The background story is: 
German-born British composer Max Richter has disassembled them and fashioned a new composition from the deconstructed pieces. Richter has created an album that speaks to a generation familiar with remixes, sampling, and sound collages, though his method transcends the manipulation of prerecorded music. Richter has actually rescored the Four Seasons and given the movements of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter thorough makeovers that vary substantially from the originals. The new material is suggestive of a dream state, where drifting phrases and recombined textures blur into walls of sound, only to re-emerge with stark clarity and poignant immediacy. Violinist Daniel Hope is the brilliant soloist in these freshly elaborated pieces, and the Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin is conducted with control and assurance by AndrĂ© de Ridder.

And this is how it sounds: "Spring 1" - recomposed by Max Richter


If you want more seasons > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oYWfJuMGMA

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