• Max Richter Vivaldi Recomposed
• Max Richter Vivaldi The Four Seasons
• Max Richter Vivaldi Winter 3 Score

Max Richter Vivaldi Recomposed

Richter rewrote Vivaldi's Four Seasons. He discarded about three quarters of Vivaldi's original, substituted his own music and tucked in some light electronics for a total Four Seasons makeover. It sounds a little hipper — lighter on its feet in places, darker and more cinematic in others. Still, Richter's remodeled version retains the basic shape, and much of the spirit, of the master's original four violin concertos — each about ten minutes and in three movements, sequenced fast-slow-fast.

Max Richter Vivaldi The Four Seasons

Richter recorded his rejiggered Seasons with violin soloist Daniel Hope and together they brought the project to (Le) Poisson Rouge, the Greenwich Village music space, where cameras were set up and ready to roll.

Max Richter Vivaldi Winter 3 Score

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Event description British composer Max Richter is now part of Deutsche Grammophon’s acclaimed Recomposed series, in which contemporary artists are invited to re-work a traditional piece of music. Editors’ Notes Vivaldi’s beloved 1725 masterwork has proved irresistible to extremely broad audiences—the seasonally themed movements are among the most ubiquitous repertoire in classical music. Using the work as inspirational source material, British composer Max Richter offers a brilliant, haunting reconstruction of the concerti.