In a sentence or less, how would you describe the music to someone who's never heard it before? The work is a new trip through the landscape of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. How did the idea for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chamber music, classical music’s third branch (after the symphonic and operatic repertoire), is the least-known genre in the classical music universe. And it has the unfortunate reputation of being ...

It starts with a shimmer of something strange and soft, an ambient mist of strings that's both electronic and acoustic. Then something weird happens. Out of these shifting sonic tides comes an ...

A decade after his wildly successful rework of the Baroque giant’s ubiquitous string concerti, the London composer revisits the material yet again, but the differences can be hard to pick out. Save ...

Violin soloist David Felberg plus a 16-person string orchestra, harpist Keryn Wouden, and harpsichordist Luke Gullickson celebrate Chatter’s 200th Santa Fe concert with one 50-minute work, Vivaldi — ...

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 ...

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.

Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring 1 Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring 2 Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring 3 Recomposed ...