There’s a romance about that, as if a layer of dust has been blown off… I love the slight grittiness and earthy feeling that gut strings have.
It’s like shining a light through something from a fresh angle. According to the liner notes, both the Chineke! Orchestra (a British ensemble consisting primarily of Black, Asian, and other ethnically diverse musicians) plus violin soloist Elena Elena Urioste “are playing on gut strings and period instruments: the sort that Vivaldi would have heard, and played in his own time.” Richter says of this new version that “I don’t see this as a replacement, but it is another way of looking at the material. Now, a decade later, we have another recomposition of the score by Richter, this time around one of the main differences being that not only do we have (other than Richter) different musicians, but they are playing different sorts of instruments. It was initially released by Deutsche Grammophon in the summer of 2012 and then later rereleased in 2014 in an expanded version that was also reviewed in Classical Candor by John Puccio: The first release, titled Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, featured Daniel Hope on solo violin with the Kammerorchester Berlin under conductor André de Ridder along with Richter on electronic synthesizers. 1966) has now released the second recording of his “recomposed” version of Vivaldi’s masterpiece.
Still, it was surprising to learn that composer Max Richter (b. If you take a look at John’s review, you will note that I Musici themselves have recorded the work several times over the years, but they are certainly not the only recognizable musical name to have had more than one go at recording Vivaldi’s greatest hit. For Vivaldi fans old and new, there are countless recordings of the piece available, including the recent version by I Musici recently reviewed by John J. From Vivaldi to Mozart to Beethoven and before long, the unthinkable – they find themselves addicted to Mahler, or in extreme cases, they might even find themselves frantically seeking out alternative editions of Bruckner symphonies. Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons has long been a favorite of classical music fans, often serving as the gateway drug that hooks innocent young ears on the genre.
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