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I love this guy. I don't spend a lot of time analyzing his music, though; it mostly just sounds great when I'm writing / working / reading / getting sleepy
― Wimmels, Sunday, 12 February 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
Pomenitul - I'm intrigued ... I'd (genuinely) love to hear some recommendations. (This is completely non-snarky ... Over on the "classical music you buy from Boomkat" thread, I have wondered about the idea that there might be *better stuff* that I'm missing).
― djh, Monday, 13 February 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
Some album suggestions—
Conventionally pretty, melodically-oriented 'classical' music from the past 50 years or so:
Ole Buck, Landscapes
Victor Kissine, Between Two Waves
Alexander Knaifel, Svete Tikhiy
Kate Moore, Dances and Canons
Octavian Nemescu, Musique pour réveil
Hans Otte, Das Buch der Klänge (Herbert Henck)
Arvo Pärt, Tabula rasa
Doina Rotaru, L'éternel retour
Valentin Silvestrov, Piano Sonatas & Cello Sonata (Alexei Lubimov & Ivan Monighetti)
Howard Skempton, Lento
Toru Takemitsu, riverrun / Water-ways / Rain Coming / Rain Spell / Tree Line
Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir, In the Light of Air
Slightly further afield:
Hans Abrahamsen, Schnee
Jérôme Combier, Gone
Pascal Dusapin, O Mensch!
Sofia Gubaidulina, The Canticle of the Sun / Music for Strings, Celesta and Percussion (Mstislav Rostropovich, et al.)
Saed Haddad, Les deux visages de l'Orient
Marko Nikodijević, dark/rooms
Per Nørgård, Works for Harp and Ensemble
Bent Sørensen, Mignon
Haukur Tómasson, Flute Concertos 1 & 2 / Skima
Helena Tulve, Sula
It goes without saying that there is infinitely more to contemporary 'classical' music, but since we're discussing Max Richter's output, I'd argue that these records broadly adhere to a more or less 'traditional' conception of aesthetic beauty (especially the former list). As a side note—and this is no coincidence—quite a few of them are from ECM's catalogue.
― pomenitul, Monday, 13 February 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link
four months pass...
Really enjoyed Richter at Blenheim Palace at the weekend, helped by the weather and wine (which induced a vague "being on holiday" feeling).
Got the impression that the crowd was split between people wanting to hear Vivaldi at Blenheim and those wanting to hear "Max Richter" (though I suppose there's some cross-over). A handful of people left when he started playing his own music. Standout track was "Tuesday" from Woolf Works. Someone sat along from us sobbed and sobbed through it.
― djh, Monday, 19 June 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
three weeks pass...
Have watched about half of it, so far. I'm intrigued as to how it is viewed as a "ballet" as distinct from a "Max Richter score".
― djh, Thursday, 20 July 2017 23:39 (six years ago) link
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It's probably a laughable giant cliche that makes me a boring predictable shithead, but I play this album for my daughter to sleep to every night. She loves it. She'll now tell Alexa to put it on when she's ready for bed.
The clip posted above is actually the only section she doesn't like. If she hasn't fallen asleep by the time that section comes on she has to skip it. Kind of creepy / scary sound for something occurring in the middle of sleep.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 7 December 2020 17:05 (three years ago) link
one year passes...
I must admit I'm intrigued as to where his/his partner's Oxfordshire studio is ... on the site of an old llama farm, apparently (which made me think the bottom of Cumnor Hill).
― djh, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 20:01 (one year ago) link