“Pure composition is 100% of the piece and has to tell the whole story itself. When you do ‘hybrid media,’ it’s different. I like the puzzle-solving aspect of it. Cinema is sort of the ultimate collaborative medium, because a lot of different personalities have to be accommodated to get the story across. In a way, it’s like solving a Rubik’s cube.”

— Max Richter, on film composition

Max Richter, photograph by Wolfgang Borrs

“I wanted to recapture my original experience and fall back in love with it (‘Four Seasons’). I wanted to re-explore the piece’s landscape and discover new facets in that landscape. I wanted to rediscover it for myself, and within myself.”

— Max Richter, on recomposing Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"

(below) listen now: "recomposed" (a reinterpretation of vivald's "Four seasons") by Max Richter (deccarecords)

Antonio Vivaldi’s Le Quattro Stagioni - “The Four Seasons” may be the most widely heard piece of classical music ever composed. On Vivaldi Recomposed Max Richter, the award-winning British composer, who has written concert music, film scores, and a series of acclaimed solo albums, has rewritten The Four Seasons with stunning results. Richter’s co-conspirators on Vivaldi Recomposed are Daniel Hope, the British violinist; German conductor André de Ridder; and the Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Listen now to see how Richter has recomposed The Four Seasons, presenting this famous work in a completely different light to a modern audience. Out now on Amazon: http://amzn.to/RHcvuc Out now on iTunes: http://bit.ly/R81Mvz