Max Richter - Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

"The album shows Richter reinterpreting what is arguably one of the most familiar pieces of classical music ever written: Vivaldi's Four Seasons. "You can’t get away from the piece," Richter says. "It’s part of the musical landscape, and a part of my own daily life. I hear it all the time in supermarkets, I have to endure it whenever I make a phone call and I’m put on hold, and it’s always turning up in TV ads." Which isn't to say it's bad: "It is such engaging, attractive material that it’s easy for young people to connect with it; it’s very immediate. As everyone does, I had the piece in my brain and knew my favourite moments."The extent of Richter's reinterpretation varies over the course of the album—he says some parts are almost entirely original, while others are tweaked on a surgical level. The end product is performed by the English violinist Daniel Hope, German conductor André Ridder and the Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin."


http://www.maxrichte...ews/view/193/MR

I hope it will be half as good as this interpretation...

(From this http://open.spotify....W1G0dv2INXEEy3F album.)

wow.....i am really, really excited about this....that sounded amazing!

Most would call it sacrilegious, I would call it fucking awesome. Really looking forward to this one !

  On 8/8/2012 at 9:02 PM, Smuckers said:

http://youtu.be/tidGU4S69DI

I love how smug he looks from about 1:14-1:20.

But uh, I guess I am also looking forward to this despite not usually being too big on Richter.

Out now. It's pretty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MYmjJjMnb8

very tastefully done

Man, this is fucking dope. Just booked a ticket for his night at The Barbican on Oct 31st.

  On 9/5/2012 at 7:59 PM, Smuckers said:

Man, this is fucking dope. Just booked a ticket for his night at The Barbican on Oct 31st.

i am mad jelly.

This sounds very good indeed!

it's out and it's really good, so majestic and dramatic..dem strings

first listen. been a fan since blue notebook. got tired of the voices after a while. this is wonderful so far plus no voices. sad i slept on this glad i found it now.

i made a spotify playlist and had the vivaldi version and then the recomposed version. I noticed 2 things. richter's is much much sadder (but i guess that is kinda his sound). and a little repetitive too. i know themes etc but I started to get bored of that same sound after a few.

Max Richter vs Vivaldi

i like it a lot. autumn 3 is my fav right now

though too short :(

max richter signs to deutsche grammophon: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/artist/richter/

Really hoping this means the re-issues will be on vinyl, trying to track down one of those Fat Cat pressings is near impossible.