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Dance! w/Zurcher Kammerorchester

Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: February 2, 2024

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1 SHOSTAKOVICH (arr. Paul Bateman): Waltz No. 2 from Suite for Variety Orchestra  
2 SAINT-SAËNS (arr. Paul Bateman): Danse macabre  
3 PROKOFIEV (arr. Paul Bateman): “Dance of the Knights” from Romeo and Juliet  
4 TCHAIKOVSKY (arr. Paul Bateman): “Pas de deux” from Swan Lake  
5 MOZART: Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B-flat (cadenza: Daniel Hope)  
6 SCHUBERT: Deutsche Tänze Nos. 1–5  
7 BIZET (arr. Paul Bateman): “Farandole” from L’Arlésienne  
8 OFFENBACH (arr. Paul Bateman): “Can-can (Galop infernal)” from Orphée aux enfers  
9 BRAHMS (arr. Paul Bateman): Hungarian Dance No. 5  
10 TRADITIONAL: Odessa Bulgar  
11 GARDEL (arr. Paul Bateman): Por una cabeza  
12 PIAZZOLLA: Escualo  
13 BARTÓK (arr. Arthur Willner): Román népi táncok (“Romanian Folk Dances”)  
14 LULLY: “Marche pour la cérémonie des turcs” from Le bourgeois gentilhomme  
15 HANDEL: “Rigaudon” from Water Music  
16 LOCKE: “Lilk” from The Tempest  
17 PURCELL: “Curtain Tune on a Ground” from Timon of Athens  
18 DALL’ABACO: Three movements from Concerto a più istrumenti in D  
19 MERULA: Ciaccona  
20 ANONYMOUS (16th century): Saltarello  
21 CONFORTO: “Fandango” from L’Endimione  
22 ANONYMOUS (14th century): Lamento di Tristano (e la rotta)  
23 WEINER (arr. Paul Bateman): “Róka-Tánc” (Fox Dance) from Divertimento No. 1  
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Daniel Hope has long been fascinated by the power of dance to move and inspire. Taking listeners on a journey through seven centuries of music history, his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, DANCE!, celebrates the rhythms that have set bodies in motion and lifted hearts since time began. With everything from the anonymous 14th-century Lamento di Tristano to Wojciech Kilar’s 1986 work Orawa, via classics by Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Florence Price and Duke Ellington, among many others, the album will be released digitally and on 2 CDs on 2 February 2024. 

Three of its tracks are set to be issued in the weeks to come, giving a taste of the rich variety of music on DANCE!: Waltz No. 2 from Shostakovich’s Suite for Variety Orchestra on 8 December 2023, “Ticklin’ Toes” from Florence Price’s 3 Little Negro Dances on 19 January 2024 and Carlos Gardel’s Por una cabeza alongside the album on 2 February. 

Hope first came up with a dance-based album concept over 20 years ago. Revisiting it for this DG project, he widened the repertoire considerably whilst sticking closely to his original concept – the universal significance and diversity of both dance and rhythm. He recorded DANCE! with the Zürcher Kammerorchester, of which he has been Music Director since 2016; some tracks feature the full orchestra, while others are performed by smaller ensembles created to suit the work or genre in question. Featuring new arrangements by Hope’s regular collaborator Paul Bateman, the album also boasts a stunning line-up of guest artists, including Jenö Lisztes (cimbalom), Omar Massa (bandoneon), Jacques Ammon (piano), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) and Joscho Stephan (swing guitar). 

  • Daniel Hope's latest album: 'Irish Roots,' embodies the violinist's deep connection to Ireland / ABC Classic
    Posted At: September 15, 2024
    With a wide-ranging programme featuring familiar landmarks, creative adventures and musical surprises, Daniel Hope’s latest Deutsche Grammophon album coincides with news of Hope’s appointment as the next Intendant and Artistic Director of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and Academy, a role he assumes as of 1 November 2025. Irish Roots is available on CD, digitally and on vinyl (2 LPs). Limited-edition versions ...

  • Daniel Hope: Irish Roots makes WQXR's 'Have You Heard'
    Posted At: July 19, 2024
    Looking for some fresh musical inspiration? The WQXR team has curated a list of exceptional new classical albums that are sure to captivate and delight. From the rich heritage of Irish folk tunes, to the vivid interpretations of Mahler's symphonies on period instruments, these selections offer a diverse array of sounds and stories.WQXR - Music Director Maggie Stapleton writes….Daniel Hope draws upon his Iri...

  • Daniel Hope with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra - Dance! makes 90.1WRTI: Sunday Classical: April New Release Highlights
    Posted At: April 3, 2024
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  • Have You Heard Daniel Hope's new album: DANCE! / WQXR
    Posted At: February 19, 2024
    Daniel Hope has long been fascinated by the power of dance to move and inspire. Taking listeners on a journey through seven centuries of music history, his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, DANCE!, celebrates the rhythms that have set bodies in motion and lifted hearts since time began. With everything from the anonymous 14th-century Lamento di Tristano to Wojciech Kilar’s 1986 work Orawa, via classics by P...

  • Daniel Hope performs video game music from Honkai: Star Rail / theStrad
    Posted At: May 22, 2023
    The violinist Daniel Hope has toured the world as a virtuoso soloist for 30 years and is celebrated for his musical versatility as well as his dedication to humanitarian causes. Winner of the 2015 European Cultural Prize for Music, whose previous recipients include Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Hope appears as soloist with the world's major orchestras and conductors, also di...

  • Gramophone Podcast: Daniel Hope on his new album 'America'
    Posted At: February 22, 2022
    Berlin-based violinist Daniel Hope’s latest album takes a deep dive into the rich repertoire of American music, exploring its roots and distinctive qualities. “We know a piece is from America the moment we hear it,” says Hope. “But what makes music sound American?” Daniel Hope – America provides some answers, presenting works by composers as diverse as Leonard Bernstein, Sam Cooke, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellin...

  • Daniel Hope: America is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: February 21, 2022
    Berlin-based violinist Daniel Hope’s latest album takes a deep dive into the rich repertoire of American music, exploring its roots and distinctive qualities. “We know a piece is from America the moment we hear it,” says Hope. “But what makes music sound American?” Daniel Hope – America provides some answers, presenting works by composers as diverse as Leonard Bernstein, Sam Cooke, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellin...

  • Daniel Hope - Hope makes capradio's 'The classical music we loved in 2021'
    Posted At: December 21, 2021
    As you wrap up your year, here are some of CapRadio Music's classical music hosts' favorite pieces from 2021. Victor Forman, Jennifer Reason and Mike Nelson write…..Classical music can be both timeless and intimately connected to the times we are living through today. As new music is written and old favorites reinterpreted, the music can connect the past to the present and the future. Included on capradio's...

  • Daniel Hope embarks on his most creative project to date / New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: November 10, 2021
    Daniel Hope says; “Music doesn't let me go. I always knew that it was the focus of my life, but it became a lifeline,” violinist Daniel Hope said about the pandemic. “It became a lifeline to the outside world. It was the luxury of time and connections to so many musicians that were willing to experiment and improvise that helped me find hope.”That resulted in his most creative project to date, his new recor...

  • Daniel Hope's tribute to Alfred Schnittke
    Posted At: April 27, 2021

    "The real legacy of Schnittke's music is its multidimensional exploration of what musical truth in the twentieth century might be, from chaotic polystylism to heartfelt spirituality." - The Guardian This podcast focuses on violinist Daniel Hope's encounter with one of the twentieth century's most original and fascinating composers; Alfred Schnittke. LISTEN Mr. Hope was fifteen when he first heard...

  • Daniel Hope streams Hope@Home from San Francisco / Violinist.com
    Posted At: November 18, 2020

    When the first European lockdowns began last March, the multi-talented British violinist Daniel Hope immediately sprang to action with a DIY show called Hope@Home. Hope -- who has experience writing, producing and broadcasting - seemingly overnight created a high-production, high-quality show which he broadcast every single day six weeks from his living room in Berlin. It's lovely to watch, and h...

  • Daniel Hope@Home is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: September 3, 2020

    "Hope@Home" features a selection of the livestream concerts that violinist Daniel Hope presented during his period of social distancing. Performed from his living room in Berlin as well as with an assortment of prestigious guests for Arte Concert, "Hope@Home" includes appearances from Christoph Israel, Max Raabe, Till Brönner, Joy Denalane, Matthias Goerne, and Jacques Ammon, among others. Hope comm...

  • Balm for the soul from Daniel Hope@Home / San Francisco Classical Voice
    Posted At: August 21, 2020

    It didn't take violinist Daniel Hope long to pivot in the pandemic era. By the end of March, this "he's everywhere" artist had launched Hope@Home, a series of livestreamed salons featuring fellow performers of all sorts, from pianist-composer Christoph Israel to singers, actor Sebastian Koch (Homeland), and even a pair of post horn players. The "@Home" designation was literal at first, with Hope and ...

  • Daniel Hope - Belle Epoque is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: May 11, 2020

    The Belle Époque, the period between the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 and the outbreak of World War One in 1914, was a time of apparent peace and prosperity but with a darker reality of social and economic deprivation lying not far beneath its gilded surface. This era of creativity and contradiction has long fascinated Daniel Hope: "I often wish I had a time machine to go back to the sal...

  • Daniel Hope makes notable NCCO debut with Max Richter's Recomposed / SFCV
    Posted At: January 23, 2019

    Violinist Daniel Hope has been soloist, first violinist, guest conductor, and "artistic partner" with the ensemble, and yet when he leads the New Century Chamber Orchestra Feb. 7-10, it will be a notable debut, his first appearance as new music director. The NCCO's theme is "recomposition," with Max Richter's Recomposed: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons, from Hope's 2012 bestselling Deutsche Grammophon a...

  • SMF celebrates its 30th season with a stellar lineup / Savannah Morning News
    Posted At: November 12, 2018

    From March 28 through April 13, 2019, the Savannah Music Festival (SMF) celebrates its landmark 30th season with a stellar lineup of concerts, recitals, dance parties and presentations, and family-friendly performances in nine venues across Savannah's Historic District. From its origins as Savannah On Stage, SMF has grown to become one of the nation's leading multi-disciplinary musical arts events, disti...

  • Daniel Hope set for 'buy a piece of the piece' fundraiser / theStrad
    Posted At: August 22, 2018

    The organisers of a charity concert in Heidelberg, Germany, are taking an unusual approach to ticket sales to the 23 November Stadthalle Heidelberg concert featuring violinist Daniel Hope with the ensemble L'Arte del Mondo under Werner Ehrhardt in Vivaldi's Four Seasons, followed by Max Richter's 2012 reinterpretation of the piece, ‘Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seas...

  • Daniel Hope - Journey to Mozart is finely focused and characterful / theStrad
    Posted At: May 12, 2018

    ‘I am completely in awe at the scale of his genius,' writes Daniel Hope about Mozart. A pure Mozart album would be too easy, though, and Hope takes the thoughtful route – a ‘Journey to Mozart'. So there's one of Haydn's charming but light concertos and slow movements by Josef Mysliveček – a friend and mentor of Mozart's – and Johann Peter Salomon, the violinist who enti...

  • Daniel Hope with ZCO, set for Vivaldi and Yehudi Menuhin tribute at Sydney Opera House / Daily Telegraph
    Posted At: April 14, 2018

    "EVERY time I play Mozart I can only shake my head, because I can't even begin to fathom the scale of his genius." So says dynamic British violinist Daniel Hope. His Journey to Mozart is out now. The album features pieces by Christoph Willibald Gluck, a key figure in the transition from the Baroque to Classical periods, Joseph Haydn and two lesser figures, eclipsed by Mozart, in the Czech Josef M...

  • ZCO extends Daniel Hope's MD contract through 2022 season / The Violin Channel
    Posted At: March 14, 2018

    The Zurich Chamber Orchestra has announced the contract extension of Music Director Daniel Hope - through to the end of the 2021/2022 season. The 44 year old British violin virtuoso joined the ensemble in the 2014 as their artist-in-residence – before being promoted to the music directorship in January 2016. "I am delighted to be extending my contract with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra ahead of time...

  • Daniel Hope - Journey to Mozart is KDFC: Album Of the Week
    Posted At: March 4, 2018

    After some off-the-beaten-track recordings, violinist Daniel Hope returns to core repertory with his latest, Journey to Mozart. Music of Mozart (of course), including his popular Violin Concerto #3, plus works by Mozart contemporaries: Haydn, Gluck, Myslivecek, and Salomon. Hope is joined on the album by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. For the Week of March 5th 2018, the KDFC: San Francisco pick for Al...

  • Daniel Hope - Journey to Mozart is KUSC: Album Of the Week
    Posted At: March 4, 2018

    After some off-the-beaten-track recordings, violinist Daniel Hope returns to core repertory with his latest, Journey to Mozart. Music of Mozart (of course), including his popular Violin Concerto #3, plus works by Mozart contemporaries: Haydn, Gluck, Myslivecek, and Salomon. Hope is joined on the album by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.   For the Week of March 5th 2018, the KUSC: ...

  • Daniel Hope - Journey to Mozart is WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: February 23, 2018

    A stylish player and imaginative programmer, Daniel Hope would never give us just a Mozart violin concerto album. Instead, as the title implies, he leads us towards the composer, putting him in context, and taking us down some intriguing and delightful byways. So, before Mozart's ever-charming Third Concerto, he offers works by Gluck, Haydn, and Salomon. Coaxing crisp, sprightly playing from his Zurich C...

  • Daniel Hope turns his attention to Mozart / WCRB 'CD of the Week'
    Posted At: February 19, 2018

    Violinist Daniel Hope   has released some ear-catching albums, especially in the past few years. Air - A Baroque Journey, released in 2010, is a staff favorite around our office - it's varied, it's zippy, and it's full of earworms. His vivacious For Seasons​, a recording of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons interspersed with contemporary works and supplementary art pieces, was so...

  • Daniel Hope puts the classical period in context with Journey to Mozart / Violinist.com
    Posted At: February 12, 2018

    "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians, features Violinist Daniel Hope - Journey to Mozart.    p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #606060} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #606060; m...

  • Daniel Hope celebrates Mozart's birthday with the New Century Chamber Orchestra / KDFC Radio
    Posted At: January 23, 2018

    Violinist Daniel Hope has decided to celebrate Mozart's birthday with the New Century Chamber Orchestra and two (other) soloists: Menahem Pressler, and Sebastian Knauer. They'll play the Piano Concerto no. 23, on a program that includes the 29th Symphony, and Hope playing the third Violin Concerto. They'll give four Bay Area performances (Pressler will play on the birthday itself, on the 27th at Herbst T...

  • Daniel Hope receives the ECHO KLASSIK Award for The 'Klassik Ohne Grenzen' Prize (Classical Without Borders)
    Posted At: July 27, 2017

    Daniel Hope receives the ECHO KLASSIK Award for The ‘Klassik Ohne Grenzen' Prize (Classical Without Borders). The ECHO KLASSIK trophies will be handed out on Sunday, 29 October 2017 during a gala event in the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall in Hamburg. All of the artists receiving an ECHO KLASSIK this year have made outstanding contributions to Classical Music in the 2016/17 music year. Thei...

  • Daniel Hope - For Seasons is KUCI 'Featured CD'
    Posted At: June 26, 2017

    Violinist Daniel Hope recently received a lot of attention for his work with composer Max Richter who deconstructs familiar classics by incorporating newer aesthetic sensibilities, techniques, and technology. For Seasons, not Four Seasons maintains the tremulous and and assertive elements of the Vivaldi, but new and subtly radical alterations are made both in performance style and in the use electronic i...

  • WGUC: Cincinnati offering 'Daniel Hope - For Seasons' for upcoming fund drive
    Posted At: May 23, 2017

    Concerned with nature's eternal cycle of decline and renewal, Daniel Hope's latest album for Deutsche Grammophon explores the creative relationship between music, art and the ever-changing calendar. For Seasons includes the violinist's first recording of Vivaldi's evergreen collection of seasonal concertos together with a dozen companion works associated with the months of the year. His c...

  • Daniel Hope - For Seasons is something special / ArtsHub
    Posted At: May 22, 2017

    Sometimes the chore of reviewing turns to delight. I have heard recordings and performances of Vivaldi's Four Seasons beyond number, but this one, performed by violinist Daniel Hope with members of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and guests as recorded last year by Deutsche Grammophon, is something special. It is rounded out with a selection of shorter compositions, some of them arrangements by Ho...

  • Daniel Hope - For Seasons is KDFC: Album of the Week
    Posted At: April 17, 2017

    Tune in throughout the week for tracks from KDFC: San Francisco - Album of the Week. For the Week of April 17th, KDFC selects - For Seasons by Daniel Hope. Violinist Daniel Hope's new release For Seasons, (and yes, that's the correct spelling), includes his first-ever recording of the perennial favorite, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, together with a dozen other works inspired by the seasons of the ...

  • Daniel Hope - For Seasons is IPR: NR of the Week
    Posted At: April 17, 2017

    Violinist Daniel Hope's new album, "For Seasons," is inspired by the perennial Vivaldi concerto cycle known as The Four Seasons. Hope began learning the Vivaldi concertos at age 7, performing them live for the first time only six years later. As Hope's career continued to evolve and expose him to new music, The Four Seasons always held a special place in his heart. Finally, after accepting the position a...

  • Hope Spring's eternal on - For Seasons / Daily Mail 'Album Of the Week'
    Posted At: April 10, 2017

    Daniel Hope is not only one of the most talented musicians of our time, but also one of the most imaginative, seemingly incapable of making a dull or predictable album. This is no exception. The first half is taken up with an eloquent performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, where, as well as contributing some dazzling violin solos, Hope also directs the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, a band of which he is musi...

  • Daniel Hope - For Seasons is WCRB: CD Of the Week
    Posted At: April 10, 2017

    Since the inception of recording technology, hundreds of recordings of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons have been captured by one brilliant mind after the next. With so many excellent recordings out there already, how can a soloist bring a fresh approach to the set of four violin concertos? One violinist has managed to do just that: Daniel Hope, Music Director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. There's no wa...

  • In prep for Savannah Music Festival, Daniel Hope Q&A's with DoSavannah
    Posted At: March 20, 2017

    Celebrated for his musical versatility as well as his dedication to humanitarian causes, Daniel Hope has been associate artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival since 2004, with his contract recently extended through the 2018 season. Concerned with nature's eternal cycle of decline and renewal, Hope's latest album for Deutsche Grammophon explores the creative relationship between musi...

  • Daniel Hope - For Seasons is WFMT: Featured Release
    Posted At: March 8, 2017

    p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Helvetica; min-height: 12.0px} Violinist Daniel Hope presents a personal celebration of the seasons on this new album. His first recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons is complemented by 12 pieces linked to the months of the year, ranging from Bach and Rameau to Aphex Twin and Chilly Gonzales, and conveying the feelings and emotions associated with th...
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