Daniel Hope: Spheres

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Label: DG
Catalog: 4790571
Format: CD

Daniel Hope

01. Imitazione delle Campane [Westhoff: Sonata for Violin and Continuo III - arranged by Christian Badzura] 02. Andante [Einaudi: I giorni] 03. Echorus [Glass: ] 04. Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11 - Arranged By John Rutter 05. 15. Adagio sognando [Auerbach: 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano, Op.46] 06. Fratres for violin, string orchestra and percussion [Pärt: ] 07. Eliza Aria [Kats-Chernin: Wild Swans Suite - Version for Violin and Piano] 08. Musica universalis [Baranowski: ] 09. Spheres [Prokofiev, G.: ] 10. Berlin By Overnight [Richter: ] 11. Biafra [Baranowski: ] 12. Lento [Igudesman: ] 13. Passaggio [Einaudi: ] 14. 8. Andante [Auerbach: 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano, Op.46] 15. Benedictus [Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace] 16. Prelude [J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855 - Arranged by Olivier Fourés 17. Trysting Fields [Nyman: Drowning by Numbers] 18. Nachspiel [Gundermann: Faust / Episode 2]

Award-winning violinist Daniel Hope presents an eclectic and accessible mix of neo-Baroque, minimalist and soundtrack favourites, including works and arrangements by contemporary masters like Ludovico Einaudi, Arvo Pärt, Karl Jenkins, Max Richter, Gabriel Prokofiev, Alex Baranowski and many more “Spheres” features a curated collection of repertoire celebrating the idea, first brought forward by Pythagoras, that planetary movement creates its own kind of music, bringing beauty, harmony and simplicity to our complex solar system. This idea has fascinated philosophers, musicians, and mathematicians for centuries. Featured as main soloist on Max Richter’s acclaimed “Vivaldi Recomposed”, Hope is known for an effortless classical sound and intriguing approach to repertoire Daniel is collaborating in 2013 with Einaudi, and joint dates are in the planning stage.

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