I recently talked with British violinist Daniel Hope about the release of a new edition of Max Richter's Vivaldi Recomposed with Hope as violin soloist. During our conversation, he also told me the convoluted and interesting story behind the making of his most recent solo album, Spheres.
This album, released on Deutsche Grammophon in 2013, features music from the Baroque era through the present day, by J.S. Bach, Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, Richter and Gabriel Prokofiev, among others.
"Almost all of the recording projects I do, I put away and then come back to them later," he said, alluding to the exceptionally long gestation of Spheres.
The germ of an idea that became this album was planted long ago--when Hope was a young boy and met the famous astronomer Carl Sagan.
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