It isn't your grandfather's Vivaldi. But echoes of the baroque original are always near enough for even the most die-hard purists to marvel at Max Richter's reinvention of that classic chestnut, The ...

Francisco Fullana is, to my knowledge, the first violinist to record Max Richter’s ingenious Four Seasons Recomposed since the initial outing with Daniel Hope on Deutsche Grammphon (among my favorite ...

A decade on from the release of his mesmerizing Recomposed album, trailblazing composer Max Richter returns to the sound world of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Recorded with violinist Elena Urioste and the ...

Inspired equally by Bach, punk rock and ambient electronica, Max Richter's sonic world blends a formal classical training (at the Royal Academy of Music) with modern technology. Brandenburg mixes the ...

I love Vivaldi’s music. His lesser-known sacred works had a big influence on Bach, too. What I hate, however, is calling somebody up and getting the v/m greeting, “Please enjoy the music while your ...

Composer Max Richter has done a brave thing for any artist in any medium: He's messed with a classic, specifically, Vivaldi's four violin concertos known as The Four Seasons. He has a new album simply ...

Part of the BBC Proms.Max Richter’s Recomposed is the composer’s celebrated 21st-century reimagining of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Here, violinist Thomas Gould and the Britten Sinfonia breathe life ...

What is known as a cover in pop music -- a composer and/or performer making a song his or her own -- is ancient history in classical music. In medieval and Renaissance times, the chant tune on which ...

Violinist Elena Urioste and the brand new Odyssey Ensemble invite us to eavesdrop on rehearsals as they prepare to perform one of this century's best loved instrumental works. German-born British ...

Max Richter stands as one of the most prodigious figures on the contemporary music scene, with ground-breaking work as a composer, pianist, producer, and collaborator. From synthesizers and computers ...

Join us for an evening featuring the famous Antonio Vivaldi cycle «The Four Seasons» in the unique interpretation of contemporary composer Max Richter, performed by the extraordinary Mystery Ensemble.