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Max Richter: Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works

December 10, 2018 By guillaume

Max Richter - Three Worlds: Music From Wolf Works (2017)

I love variation forms because they allow you to play with identity, memory and repetition. Max Richter Woolf Works is a ballet triptych inspired by the writings of Virginia Woolf and staged by British choreographer Wayne McGregor. The ballet premiered on 1 May 2015 at the Royal Opera House in London. Each of the three acts is ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: electronic, Max Richter

Max Richter: From Sleep

October 4, 2015 By guillaume

Max Richter - From Sleep (2015)

Born in Germany but raised in England, modern classical composer Max Richter is a prolific artist who has already scored extensively for dance companies, art installations, animation or cinema. A classically trained pianist, Max Richter is also a keen listener of post-rock and punk music, ambient and electronica or American ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: ambient, electronic, Max Richter

Max Richter: Embers

September 10, 2013 By guillaume

Max Richter - Memoryhouse (the original 2002 cover)

The music of German-born and UK based neoclassical composer Max Richter (b. 1966) has been attracting a lot of renewed interest over the last few years and deservedly so. His music has recently featured on several high profile films such as Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominated Waltz with Bashir (2008), on Martin ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: Max Richter, piano, violin

Dinah Washington & Max Richter: This bitter earth/ On the nature of daylight

May 27, 2013 By guillaume

Shutter Island OST (2010)

"This bitter earth/On the nature of daylight" is the song that concludes Martin Scorsese’s 2010 psychological thriller Shutter Island.  None of the music for the film’s soundtrack was actually composed for the film but it was (expertly) curated by musician and long-time collaborator Robbie Robertson, whom Martin Scorsese ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical, OST Tagged With: cinema, Dinah Washington, Max Richter, remix, songwriting

Max Richter: Vivaldi recomposed

April 9, 2013 By guillaume

Max Richter Recomposed

From a statistical point of view, Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" probably belongs to the top ten most popular pieces of classical music recorded and played (sometimes even overplayed) on classical music radio stations. Not daunted by its overwhelming popularity, neoclassical composer Max Richter set to revisit Antonio Vivaldi's ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Classical, Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: baroque, Max Richter

Max Richter: The Haunted Ocean

March 6, 2013 By guillaume

Waltz with Bashir

Waltz with Bashir (2008) is a groundbreaking animated documentary by Israeli film maker Ari Folman. One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection to ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, OST Tagged With: ambient, cinema, Max Richter

Max Richter: Shadow journal

March 6, 2013 By guillaume

The Blue Notebooks "Shadow journal" was originally released in The Blue Notebooks (2004), the second solo album by German born British composer Max Richter. While classically trained, the musician is also influenced by Rock and Electronic music or by modern minimalists such as Philip Glass, Steve Reich or Arvo Pärt. Max ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: ambient, electronic, Max Richter, voice

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