Max Richter - 24 Postcards In Full Colour
Label: 130701
Catalog#: CD13-07
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: 25 Aug 2008
Genre: Classical, Electronic
Style: Modern Classical, Experimental, Ambient
Tracklist:
1 - The Road Is A Grey Tape 1:01
2 - H In New England 1:50
3 - This Picture Of Us. P. 1:36
4 - Lullaby From The Westcoast Sleepers 2:02
5 - When The Northern Lights / Jasper And Louise 1:00
6 - Circles From The Rue Simon – Crubellier 1:04
7 - Cascade NW By W 1:12
8 - A Sudden Manhattan Of The Mind 2:51
9 - In Louisville At 7 1:03
10 - Cathodes 1:01
11 - I Was Just Thinking 0:59
12 - A Song For H / Far Away 2:08
13 - Return To Prague 1:02
14 - Broken Symmetries For Y 1:00
15 - Berlin By Overnight 1:27
16 - Cradle Song For A (Interstate B3) 2:11
17 - Kierling / Doubt 0:50
18 - From 553 W Elm Street, Logan Illinois (Snow) 0:57
19 - Tokyo Riddle Song 1:00
20 - The Tartu Piano 2:05
21 - Cold Fusion For G 0:35
22 - 32 Via San Nicolo 1:23
23 - Found Song For P. 2:24
24 - H Thinks A Journey 0:57
Credits:
Artwork By [Design & Layout] - dlt
Cello - Chris Worsey , Ian Burdge , Su-a Lee
Drums - Francis McDonald
Guitar - Preston Reed , Zack Ware
Mastered By - Mandy Parnell
Photography - Max Richter , Nyika Jancso
Piano - Max Richter
Viola - John Metcalfe
Violin - Alison Dodds, Natalia Bonner , Robert Mc Fall
Violin [Solo] - Louisa Fuller
Written-By, Mixed By, Producer - Max Richter
Notes
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Cava Studios, Castlesound Studios, Eastcote Studios.
Mastered at Electric Mastering, London.
Review by Headphone_Commute Oct 05, 2008
Writing about such music is difficult. Especially when its beauty is escorted by concept. I could tell you about Touch Ringtones, and Max Richter's approach at creating twenty four miniature classical sketches designed to capture the moment and snap you in and out of your daily tasks. I could tell you about Richter's gallery installations where the pieces would be transmitted to the audiences mobile phones via SMS. I could tell you about the twenty four photographic images beautifully laid out on a CD insert (some revealing a reflection or a shadow of Max Richter himself), and on a mini website with a preview of the tracks. I could, perhaps, quote the German-born, modern classical composer, who explains the idea behind his fourth album in his own words: "thinking about how we listen to music now, with the range of options available, I wondered why it is that the ringtone medium has so far been treated as unfit for creative music..." But I won't do any of that. Instead, I simply invite you to listen and decide for yourself... Richter may have an impact on your perception of the intrusive personal wake up call of a gadget humanity should probably live without. I often picture Mozart slapping his forehead at the thought that his genius is echoed through a tiny speaker on a busy subway. Perhaps one day, on my morning commute, I will be disturbed by the alarming calm of Max Richter's peaceful piano playing through someone's Nextel. Perhaps... I doubt it... Until then, I highly recommend an excellent pair of headphones to enjoy this absolutely marvelous collection of sketches whose shortcoming is only their brief existence. Each track ranges between one minute and two, offering you only a short glimpse into a moment conveyed through geographically centered track names, personal photographic snapshots, and of course music itself. The instrumentation for the album is limited by Richter himself to a string quintet, acoustic guitar, and of course, a piano. The seasoning for this recipe includes dusty vinyl, fuzzy shortwave radio, and clicky scratchy samples, all processed by transistors and 16 track 2" tape. The pieces are designed to be a cluster of fragmented impressionistic vignettes, "stitched together to form a series of jump-cuts and foldbacks in time." Richter elaborates further: "because the piece is a collection of tones, where I have no control of the order, I made a structure that holds together by use of shared material – like a cloud of pieces, or a handful of confetti, or a constellation of fragments – to be navigated as you like..." 24 Postcards In Full Colour is released on Brighton Based Fat Cat Records imprint, 130701, dedicated to more instrumental albums. I highly recommend you also pickup (or revisit) Richter's previous hailed modern classical masterpieces, Memoryhouse, The Blue Notebooks, and Songs From before.
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кстати, с FSOL Рихтер сотрудничал не только на Dead Cities, но и на альбомах Isness и The Peppermint Tree & The Seeds Of Superconsciousness их сайд-проекта
Amorphous Androgynous. кстати, весьма рекомендую к прослушиванию.
да, и ещё написал саундтреки к фильмам
Henry May Long Рэнди Шарпа и
Shutter Island Мартина Скорсезе.
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Shutter-Island-Music-From-The-Motion-Picture/release/2243319
http://www.discogs.com/Max-Richter-Henry-May-Long-Soundtrack/release/2323689
Max Richter
Всем, кому нравиться Ólafur Arnalds - слушать немедленно. Советую начинать с альбома 2004 года. Заливать не просите - у меня все в лосслессе.
непорядок!
А раздела "классика" жалко, что нету на форуме.
