- Daniel Hope Vivaldi Four Seasons
- Daniel Hope Vivaldi Winter
- Daniel Hope Max Richter Vivaldi Recomposed
About
Artist: Daniel Hope Title: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi the Four Season Product Type: VINYL LP Composed in 1723, Antonio Vivaldis Four Seasons is arguably the most familiar piece of classical music in the world, and one of the most recorded pieces of all time. The winning team of Daniel Hope and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe come together again for Hope's second album on DG. This time they turn their focus to the great works for violin by Vivaldi. While not performing on period instruments, they play in period style with remarkable energy and spontaneity. And Daniel Hope plays it to perfection. Like so many others, I know this Vivaldi piece so well and have several in my collection, but I am always keen to hear another take on a well known piece, whether it be written for a different instrument, or as in this case completely recomposed.
Further Reading
Recording of the Week,Vivaldi in a new light
- Following up on his successful Vivaldi Recomposed album, English violinist Daniel Hope offers a new take on Vivaldi 's Four Seasons that's not as outwardly experimental, but certainly equally novel.
- Listen to Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons (Deluxe Version) by Max Richter, Daniel Hope, Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin & Andre de Ridder on Apple Music. Stream songs including 'Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring 0', 'Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring 1' and more.
Daniel Hope directs the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in a programme of music by the ‘Red Priest’, including the ‘Tempesta di mare’ concerto, the ‘La Follia’ sonata, and ‘Andromeda Liberata’, with guest soloist Anne Sofie von Otter.
Daniel Hope’s second album for DG finds him reunited with the esteemed Chamber Orchestra of Europe for their third partnership in the recording studio. Hope made his DG debut with Mendelssohn; he now turns his attention to Vivaldi with a selection of the composer’s greatest violin concertos. When presented by passionate, energetic performers this music is guaranteed to provide an uplifting and entertaining listening experience.
Hope and his band play on modern instruments, but in period style, a method they previously perfected in their acclaimed recording of Bach concertos (Warner). This recording attracted a remarkable amount of critical acclaim: “Modern-instrument Bach may not be fashionable, but these alert, fresh accounts of much-recorded concertos have all the zing and brio we expect from period ensembles.” (The Sunday Times)
Replace Bach with Vivaldi and the above quote anticipates what will be next. Vivacity and humour combine with Vivaldi’s timeless appeal for a best-selling formula.
Artists
Daniel Hope (violin), Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord and organ), Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo, lute, Baroque guitar), Siobhan Armstrong (Baroque harp) & Erin Headley (lirone), Lorenza Borrani (solo violin), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Lorenza Borrani (solo violin) & William Conway (solo cello)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Daniel Hope Vivaldi Four Seasons
For Seasons
- 1. 1. Allegro (Concerto In E Major 'La primavera', Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269)
- 2. 2. Largo (Concerto In E Major 'La primavera', Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269)
- 3. 3. Allegro (Concerto In E Major 'La primavera', Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269)
- 4. 1. Allegro non molto (Concerto In G Minor 'L'estate', Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315)
- 5. 2. Adagio (Concerto In G Minor 'L'estate', Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315)
- 6. 3. Presto (Concerto In G Minor 'L'estate', Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315)
- 7. 1. Allegro (Concerto In F Major 'L'autunno', Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293)
- 8. 2. Adagio molto (Concerto In F Major 'L'autunno', Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293)
- 9. 3. Allegro (Concerto In F Major 'L'autunno', Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293)
- 10. 1. Allegro non molto (Concerto In F Minor 'L'inverno', Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297)
- 11. 2. Largo (Concerto In F Minor 'L'inverno', Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297)
- 12. 3. Allegro (Concerto In F Minor 'L'inverno', Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297)
- 13. Ambre (Arr. By Christian Badzura)
- 14. Danse des sauvages (Entrée IV)
- 15. Spring 1 (Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons)
- 16. Avril 14th (Arr. By Christian Badzura)
- 17. Amazing Grace (Arr. By Daniel Hope And Dom Bouffard)
- 18. June (Arr. By Daniel Hope & Jacques Ammon)
- 19. 12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen (Arr. By Daniel Hope)
- 20. Les doutes d'août
- 21. September Song (Arr. Paul Bateman)
- 22. Aria II: Lento e sempre piano (Concerto Pastorale In G Major)
- 23. Aria 'Bete aber auch dabei' (Original Version)
- 24. Wintermezzo
- 25. Guten Abend, gut Nacht (Arr. By Daniel Hope)
For Seasons
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Jacques Ammon piano (13, 16, 18, 19, 21)
Christoph Anacker double bass (13, 16)
Christian Badzura bass synthesizer (15)
Jane Berthe harp (13, 15, 16, 19)
Claudio Bohórquez cello (23)
Dom Bouffard electric guitar (17)
Chilly Gonzales piano (20, 24)
Kaiser Quartett (13, 16)
Naoki Kitaya organ (23)
Michael Metzler percussion (14)
Anna Lucia Richter soprano (23)
Zürcher Kammerorchester/Zurich Chamber Orchestra (1–12, 14, 15, 21, 22)
Willi Zimmermann concertmaster
Donat Nussbaumer, Jana Karsko, Sandra Goldberg, Kio Seiler violin I
Silviya Savova-Hartkamp, Anna Tchinaeva, Erika Schutter, Rachel Kisacanin violin II Ryszard Groblewski (solo), Janka Szomor-Mekis, Pierre Tissonnier viola
Nicola Mosca (solo), Anna Tyka Nyffenegger cello · Seon-Deok Baik double bass Naoki Kitaya harpsichord · Emanuele Forni theorbo, Baroque guitar
Jacques Ammon piano (13, 16, 18, 19, 21)
Christoph Anacker double bass (13, 16)
Christian Badzura bass synthesizer (15)
Jane Berthe harp (13, 15, 16, 19)
Claudio Bohórquez cello (23)
Dom Bouffard electric guitar (17)
Chilly Gonzales piano (20, 24)
Kaiser Quartett (13, 16)
Naoki Kitaya organ (23)
Michael Metzler percussion (14)
Anna Lucia Richter soprano (23)
Zürcher Kammerorchester/Zurich Chamber Orchestra (1–12, 14, 15, 21, 22)
Willi Zimmermann concertmaster
Donat Nussbaumer, Jana Karsko, Sandra Goldberg, Kio Seiler violin I
Silviya Savova-Hartkamp, Anna Tchinaeva, Erika Schutter, Rachel Kisacanin violin II Ryszard Groblewski (solo), Janka Szomor-Mekis, Pierre Tissonnier viola
Nicola Mosca (solo), Anna Tyka Nyffenegger cello · Seon-Deok Baik double bass Naoki Kitaya harpsichord · Emanuele Forni theorbo, Baroque guitar
Daniel Hope Vivaldi Winter
Twenty years ago I came up with a concept that I called “For Seasons”. Since then it has evolved. Mankind has been fascinated by the seasons for an eternity. Hippocrates advised, “Look to the seasons when choosing your cures”; Albert Camus reflected: “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
The quarterly divisions of the year are characterized by weather, the hours of daylight, the chang-es in nature and the cumulative effect of these on mankind, flora and fauna. This album takes Viv-aldi’s masterpiece one step further – by placing it in the context of a 21st-century climatic response: the 12 months are each represented by a specific piece of music. And in turn, 12 visual artists respond to the music and to the seasons.
Let us hope we may all live in a world in which seasons not only exist, but in which their beauty is globally protected. And that they continue to enchant and inspire us.
Let us hope we may all live in a world in which seasons not only exist, but in which their beauty is globally protected. And that they continue to enchant and inspire us.
Vor 20 Jahren hatte ich erstmals die Idee eines »For Seasons«-Konzeptalbums. Diese Idee hat sich seither weiterentwickelt. Schon seit Ewigkeiten sind die Menschen vom Wechsel der Jahreszeiten fasziniert. Hippocrates riet dazu, sich bei der Suche nach einer medizinischen Therapie zunächst an den Jahreszeiten zu orientieren, Albert Camus sinnierte: »In den Tiefen des Winters erfuhr ich schließ-lich, dass in mir ein unbesiegbarer Sommer liegt.«
Daniel Hope Max Richter Vivaldi Recomposed
Die vier Abschnitte des Jahres sind durch das Wetter geprägt, durch die Tageslichtstunden, die Veränderungen in der Natur und ihre kumulative Wirkung auf die Menschen, die Flora und die Fau-na. Dieses Album trägt die Konzeptidee von Vivaldis Meisterwerk noch etwas weiter, es ist eine Reaktion auf das durch den Klimawandel geprägte 21. Jahrhunderts: Ein bestimmtes Musikstück steht hier stellvertretend für jeden Monat. Und zwölf bildende Künstler zeigen ihrerseits ihre Aus-einandersetzung mit der Musik und den Jahreszeiten.
Wir können nur hoffen, weiter in einer Welt leben zu düen, in der die Jahreszeiten nicht nur existieren, sondern in der ihre Schönheit weltweit geschützt wird. Und dass sie uns weiterhin ver-zaubern und inspirieren. Fortran cheat sheet.