"Daniel Hope and the Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin symphony orchestra, and conducted by André de Ridder. On the album, Hope plays the ""Ex-Lipinski"" violin, an instrument made by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù in 1742 and made available to the violinist by a German family who asked to remain anonymous. Richter’s recomposed version of Vivaldi's ""The Four Seasons"" was premiered in the UK at the Barbican Centre on 31 October 2012, performed by the Britten Sinfonia, conducted by André de Ridder, with violinist Daniel Hope the soloist. The album topped the iTunes classical chart in the UK, Germany, and the US. The"
"Mandolin Concerto (Vivaldi) The Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425, was written by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi in 1725 and is often accompanied by ""The Four Seasons"" (1725). The music consists of virtuosic treatment of the solo instrument, the mandolin, and the interplay between the soloist and accompaniment of the orchestra. The demands are considered higher than other concerti by Vivaldi, and the work is one of the most famous mandolin pieces. Music from the concerto was featured in the 1979 movie ""Kramer vs. Kramer"". There are three movements: The first movement is a rapid, cheerful tune lasting"
"slightly more than three minutes. Throughout the piece, Vivaldi creates sharp and low contrasts between the mandolin and the rest of the orchestra, attracting much attention to several crescendos within the music. The second movement, is slightly less than three minutes long, and in contrast to the rapid and enthusiastic tune of the first movement, is slower and thoughtful in its composition. Mandolin Concerto (Vivaldi) The Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425, was written by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi in 1725 and is often accompanied by ""The Four Seasons"" (1725). The music consists of virtuosic treatment of the"
"concerto, a violin concerto in E major, , is included as No. 5 in Vivaldi's Op. 8 ""Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione"". ""The Four Seasons"", the first four concertos of that collection, also include a few musical depictions of stormy weather. According to Federico Maria Sardelli the chamber concerto version of ""La tempesta di mare"", RV 98, was possibly written for Ignazio Sieber, during the time in which he worked with the composer at the Ospedale della Pietà from 1713 to 1716. This means that this version of the concerto may have been the earliest flute concerto ever composed, and"
"Concerto alla rustica The Concerto for Strings in G major, RV 151, commonly referred to as the Concerto alla rustica (), is a concerto for orchestra without soloists by Antonio Vivaldi. It was written between mid-1720 and 1730, and is one of the composer's best-known concertos. The ""Concerto alla rustica"", unlike some other of Vivaldi's concertos, did not include a descriptive programme. It was composed some time between mid-1720, and 1730, during which time Vivaldi was working on his ""Contest Between Harmony and Invention"", Op. 8—the work from which his best-known set of compositions, ""The Four Seasons"", derive. The manuscript"
"based upon the concerto for four violins, two violas, cello, and basso continuo (RV 580). During his lifetime, Vivaldi was popular in many countries throughout Europe, including France, but after his death his popularity dwindled. After the end of Baroque period, Vivaldi's published concerti became relatively unknown, and were largely ignored. Even his most famous work, the ""Four Seasons"", was unknown in its original edition during the Classical and Romantic periods. In the early 20th century, Fritz Kreisler's Concerto in C, in the Style of Vivaldi (which he passed off as an original Vivaldi work) helped revive Vivaldi's reputation. This"
"to a kind of tonality. Within this broad scenario there was room for the kind of paradoxes I enjoy: a first movement in which nothing seems capable of repetition followed by one with literal repeats, a third movement of great formal and metrical simplicity followed by a finale filled with intricate metrical modulations."" The concerto has a duration of approximately 20 minutes and is composed in four movements: The work is scored for a solo viola and an orchestra consisting of two flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), two oboes (2nd doubling English horn), clarinet, bass clarinet, two bassoons (2nd doubling contrabassoon),"
"musicians have sought distinguish their recordings of ""The Four Seasons"", with historically informed performances, and embellishments, to the point of varying the instruments and tempi, or playing notes differently from the listener's expectation (whether specified by the composer or not). It is said that Vivaldi's work presents such opportunities for improvisation. Derivative works of these concerti include arrangements, transcriptions, covers, remixes, samples, and parodies in music—themes in theater and opera, soundtracks in films (or video games), and choreography in ballet (along with contemporary dance, figure skating, rhythmic gymnastics, synchronized swimming, etc.)—either in their entirety, single movements, or medleys. Antonio Vivaldi"
"Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons is the 2012 album by neo-classical composer Max Richter, released on August 31, 2012 on Universal Classics and Jazz (Germany), a division of Universal Music Group, and Deutsche Grammophon. The album is a complete recomposition and reinterpretation of Vivaldi's ""The Four Seasons"". Although Richter said that he had discarded 75% of Vivaldi's original material, the parts he does use are phased and looped, emphasising his grounding in postmodern and minimalist music. The album was composed by Max Richter, played by the violinist"
"the concerto genre. Violin Concerto No. 2 in four movements was commissioned by violinist Robert McDuffie, and subtitled ""The American Four Seasons"" (2009), as an homage to Vivaldi's set of concertos ""Le quattro stagioni"". It premiered in December 2009 by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and was subsequently performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra in April 2010. The Double Concerto for Violin and Cello and Orchestra (2010) was composed for soloists Maria Bachmann and Wendy Sutter and also as a ballet score for the Nederlands Dans Theater. Other orchestral projects of 2010 are short orchestral scores for films; to a multimedia"
"music. For instance operas like Marin Marais' ""Alcyone"" contained famous storm scenes. Telemann wrote a secular cantata (""The Storm""), TWV 20:42, after an Italian libretto by Metastasio. Vivaldi wrote several ""tempesta di mare"" concertos. Two variants of RV 433, RV 98 and , are in the chamber concerto and concerto grosso format respectively. RV 98 is scored for flute, oboe, violin, bassoon, and continuo, from which Vivaldi created the RV 570 concerto grosso by adding orchestral violins to reinforce the solo oboe and violin, and a viola part doubling the bass at the upper octave. An unrelated ""tempesta di mare"""
"The accompaniment in these four concertos consists of violins (three parts), violas (two parts), cellos and continuo (figured bass part for violone and harpsichord). Most likely in the period from July 1713 to July 1714, during his tenure as court organist in Weimar, Bach transcribed three of these violin concertos, Nos. 3, 9 and 12, for solo harpsichord (BWV 978, 972 and 976 respectively). Similarly, in the same period, he transcribed two (Nos. 8 and 11) of the four concertos for two violins (Nos. 2, 5, 8 and 11), for unaccompanied organ (BWV 593 and 596). Vivaldi's Op. 3 also"
"Times"" music critic Olin Downes . The symphony is scored for an orchestra consisting of 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, tam-tam, cymbals, xylophone, celesta, 2 harps, piano, and strings. The symphony has four movements This is according to , and The liner card and electronic track listing for the CPO CD of the work (CPO 999 517-2) gives: With the exception of the expanded listing of the first movement, however, the booklet accompanying the CD agrees with the two Villa-Lobos catalogues. gives"
"piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (bass drum, xylophone), celesta, harp, and strings. The concerto has four movements: The first movement is in sonata-allegro form. After an orchestral introduction featuring a mirror motif, the main theme enters at rehearsal number 3. It is in A minor and resembles a slow waltz, alternating and metres. A bridge, in which the opening mirror motif is played by the piano, leads to the second, chromatic, Gershwinesque theme at rehearsal no. 11, in the distant key of"
"composer. Campoli's recorded legacy was enormous, including a renowned recording of Elgar’s Violin Concerto in B minor. Previously unpublished recordings, including material recorded at Campoli's home, are referred to on Brightcecilia Classical Music Forums. There is a compact disc of a recording of Vivaldi's ""The Four Seasons"" made by him taken from acetates of a French radio broadcast; these are thought to date from early in 1939, predating the first electrical recordings of the work. At the beginning of the 1960s, Campoli was living in Southgate, London. In 1961, a private recording of him playing the Beethoven concerto with the"
"in its last agonies and, in the fourth movement, bleeding to death."" The symphony is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in A, two bassoons, two horns in D, E and A, two trumpets in D (first, third and fourth movements only), timpani (first, third and fourth movements only) and strings. The composer also made a transcription of the entire symphony for piano trio which bears the same opus number. This symphony consists of four movements: A typical performance runs 33 to 36 minutes. The Introduction, ""Adagio molto"", begins in D major, changing to B major in measure"
"works with every type of gong and drum, I've concluded that non-pitched percussion is superfluous, even in Beethoven. I am morally against all cymbal crashes, and feel that snares and bongos are strictly ornamental."" He added, ""The four elements of music are melody, harmony, counterpoint, and rhythm. Rhythm is the most dispensable."" The concerto has a duration of roughly 24 minutes and is cast in seven movements. The work is scored for a solo percussionist and a chamber orchestra comprising flute, oboe, clarinets, horn, trumpet, trombone, and strings. The soloist's percussion battery consists of vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, and xylophone. The"
"fourth tutti and episode: The music of this movement is exclusively performed by the three concertato instruments, with the right hand of the harpsichordist being allotted the soloist role, and the other instruments, together with the continuo line of the harpsichordist's left hand, producing the orchestral accompaniment – as a whole this distribution of roles is quite different from that of a trio sonata movement. The violone part of the early version of the concerto breaks off after the first movement, leaving uncertain whether it was intended to perform only in the outer movements or also in the middle movement:"
"Vivaldi (1678–1741). In addition to his nearly 60 extant ripieno concertos, Vivaldi composed approximately 425 concertos for one or more soloists, including about 350 solo concertos (two-thirds for solo violin) and 45 double concertos (over half for two violins). Vivaldi's concertos firmly establish the three-movement form as the norm. The virtuosity of the solo sections increases markedly, especially in the later works, and concurrently the texture becomes more homophonic. Concertos for instruments other than violin began to appear early in the 18th century, including the oboe concertos of George Frideric Handel and the numerous concertos for flute, oboe, bassoon, cello,"
"4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals, bass drum, drum, side drum, tam-tam, bells, sistrum, small frame drum, chocalho, sleigh bells, triangle, xylophone, celesta, 2 harps, piano, and strings. The wind band consists of: E clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, euphonium, cornets, bugles, horn, 1 or more saxhorns, bass trombone, contrabass trombone in E, contrabass trombone in B, bass drum. There is also a concertino ensemble made up of E clarinet, soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones, euphonium, small frame drum, triangle, cymbals, and bass drum. The work is in four movements: The Fourth Symphony employs the principle of cyclic form."
"major, K. 361. Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds The Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds in E flat major is a work thought to be by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and orchestra, K. 297b (Anh. C 14.01). He originally wrote a work for flute, oboe, horn, bassoon, and orchestra, K. Anh. 9 (297B), in Paris in April 1778. There is considerable debate about the relation of the work as it is performed today to this original work. The Sinfonia Concertante is scored for solo oboe, solo clarinet, solo horn, solo bassoon, and an orchestra of two horns,"
"Vivaldi's ""The Four Seasons"". When the work was presented to McDuffie, it emerged that his interpretation of the seasons was somewhat different from Glass'. For this reason, Glass presents this as an opportunity for the listener to make his/her own interpretation. The titles of the movements therefore offer no clues as to where Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter might fall, with the composer welcoming other interpretations. Instead of the cadenza typically found in most violin concertos, Glass provided a number of solo pieces for the violinist, which act as a prelude to the first movement, and three ""songs"" that precede"
"teases out and heightens this colour, sometimes with Vivaldi uppermost, sometimes himself. It is a subtle and often moving piece of work, which suggests that after years of tedious disco and trance versions of Mozart, the field of the classical remix has finally become interesting. Main personnel Additional personnel Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons is the 2012 album by neo-classical composer Max Richter, released on August 31, 2012 on Universal Classics and Jazz (Germany), a division of Universal Music Group, and Deutsche Grammophon. The album is a"
"the harpsichordist and conductor Ondřej Macek, whose Hofmusici orchestra performed the work at Prague Castle on 3 May 2008—its first performance since 1730. A composition by Vivaldi is identified by RV number, which refers to its place in the ""Ryom-Verzeichnis"" or ""Répertoire des oeuvres d'Antonio Vivaldi"", a catalog created in the 20th century by the musicologist Peter Ryom. ""Le quattro stagioni"" (The Four Seasons) of 1723 is his most famous work. Part of ""Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione"" (""The Contest between Harmony and Invention""), it depicts moods and scenes from each of the four seasons. This work has been described"
"and the ""Variations on a Theme by Haydn"" (now sometimes called the ""Saint Anthony Variations"") in versions for two pianos and for orchestra. The final movement of the Fourth Symphony, Op. 98, is formally a passacaglia. His chamber works include three string quartets, two string quintets, two string sextets, a clarinet quintet, a clarinet trio, a horn trio, a piano quintet, three piano quartets, and four piano trios (the fourth being published posthumously). He composed several instrumental sonatas with piano, including three for violin, two for cello, and two for clarinet (which were subsequently arranged for viola by the composer)."
"The concerto is broken up into four separate movements, which are as follows: Piano soloist; 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets (2nd doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, two tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (including snare drum, triangle & clash cymbals), and strings. The original version (from the LP recorded in 1974) is now available in a newly remastered edition on the Lyrita label with the composer as soloist, accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Leonard Dommett. This was the only recording of the concerto for a long time. In"
". The work is scored for solo piano and an orchestra consisting of piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (tam-tam, cymbals, coco, bell, bass drum), and strings. The concerto has four movements: The first movement is not in any traditional form, but instead consists of eight successive sections built around two themes, both of which are exposed in the first section. The first theme is predominantly contrapuntal in texture and features quartal harmonies, while the second theme is homophonic and uses tertian harmonies"
"piano/1997/ 11,30min. 5. Sonata No2 for violin and piano/1998/, to Movses Pogossian 12 min. 6. ""The sun, the wine and the wind of time"" for doodouk, violin, violoncello and piano./1998/ 16,5min. 7. ""To Autumnal Leaves and to Stars"" for alto saxophone, violin, violoncello, percussion and piano./1999/ 8min./later included in ""The Four Seasons""/ 8. ""Two Devotions"" for Tar, Kemancha, Dhol, Tam-Tam, Piano and string quartet./1999/ 25min. 9. ""The Eclipse"" for alto saxophone, violin and piano./1999/ 14,10min. 10. Trio N1 for violin, violoncello and piano. /2000/ commissioned for Pittsburgh Trio 15,10min. 11. Sonata for alto saxophone and piano/2000/ 15,30min. /commissioned by John"
"Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds The Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds in E flat major is a work thought to be by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and orchestra, K. 297b (Anh. C 14.01). He originally wrote a work for flute, oboe, horn, bassoon, and orchestra, K. Anh. 9 (297B), in Paris in April 1778. There is considerable debate about the relation of the work as it is performed today to this original work. The Sinfonia Concertante is scored for solo oboe, solo clarinet, solo horn, solo bassoon, and an orchestra of two horns, two oboes, and"
"Lute concerto in D major (Vivaldi) The lute concerto in D major, RV 93, is one of four works featuring the solo lute written by Antonio Vivaldi. Vivaldi wrote the piece in the 1730s, a period in which he wrote two of his other works featuring the lute, the trios for violin and lute in G minor and C major. The concerto is in three movements: The first movement is in a fast tempo and begins with a ritornello played by the violins and then repeated by the solo lute. According to AllMusic critic Brian Robins, the ritornello ""contrasts a"
"files by the Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory in 2004. OCLC number 75376442. LCCN 2005650237. The work is scored for four soloists: bassoon, trumpet, viola, and timpani, accompanied by an orchestra consisting of three flutes, three oboes, three clarinets, three bassoons (third doubling contrabassoon), four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, three percussionists, piano, two harps, and strings. In ""Soli III"" the principle of featuring soloists in turn is expanded to the form of a concerto grosso or sinfonia concertante, with the soloists accompanied by an orchestra . Unlike in a concerto grosso, however, the solo instruments do"
"of Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1929), his Sonata of 1924 and his Serenade in A (1925). He kept the performance rights to himself for a number of years, wanting the engagements for playing this work for himself, as well as urgently desiring to keep ""incompetent or Romantic hands"" from ""interpreting"" the piece before undiscriminating audiences. The orchestra is scored for two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, two bassoons (second bassoon doubling contrabassoon), four horns, four trumpets, three trombones and tuba, double bass (div. a3) and accompanied by timpani. Although combining winds and piano was unusual at"
"the quotations are there, but I could ""not"", could ""not"", ""not"" include them"". The symphony is scored for the following instrumentation. Percussion aside, the score is remarkably restrained in its use of instrumental forces. Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony requires six flutes, six clarinets, eight horns, two tubas, six timpani and as many as fourteen double basses as part of its orchestra; his Seventh six trumpets and six trombones. Yet here, the composer is content with far more economical means: his woodwind and brass sections are of early Romantic proportions (and indeed very similar to the orchestra for his Ninth Symphony), and"