In September 2023 Daniel recorded one of his favourite concert pieces, the wonderfully colourful and imaginative Max Richter ‘Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Recomposed’ with his Stift Festival Orchestra, at the Bethlehemkerk in Amsterdam. The recording won praise in the international press:
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS – Description: A new approach to an iconic piece proves seductive
Musicians: Daniel Rowland (violin) Stift Festival Orchestra
Rowland’s playing demands to be heard, and offers a profoundly sincere response to the music…conveying the piece’s own vulnerabilities and authenticity very compellingly, and very movingly. The violinist and his orchestral players achieve that magnificently….there’s a wonderful sense of in-the-moment commitment from the ensemble too. Sound is rich and deep, especially in Richter’s slow-moving harmonies, but individual lines are cleanly teased apart, and Rowland adds a few nicely judged bits of spontaneous ornamentation too. Rowland and his orchestra transform the music into something deeply human and affecting. DAVID KETTLE. May 2024
