A decade on from the release of his mesmerising Recomposed album, trailblazing composer Max Richter returns to the sound world of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Recorded with violinist Elena Urioste and the musicians of Chineke! Orchestra, The New Four Seasons sees Richter create a new version of his Recomposed score for period instruments – using gut strings and vintage synthesisers to create a “grittier, more punk rock sound”. The new album...
The prolific and pioneering Max Richter is set to premiere the 33-minute Exiles, alongside expansive reimaginings of tracks from Virginia Woolf-inspired ballet, Fendi fashion runways, Hollywood blockbusters, Golden Globe-winning documentaries, and a record loved by David Bowie.
Exiles began in hope with the Arab Spring ten years ago, and continues today with the plight of millions seeking refuge far from home. Like humans around the world, the revered European composer...
To mark Human Rights Day today (Thursday 10th December), composer Max Richter’s groundbreaking recording project VOICES, inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, will be broadcast for the first time at 7.30pm on BBC Radio 3 and 37+ international radio stations in Europe, the US, Australia and beyond, in collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union. Full details on international timings can be found here
Over a decade after its inception, ground-breaking composer Max Richter announces the release of VOICES – a major new recording project inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The first single from his uplifting new work, which he describes as “a place to think and reflect”, is out today via Decca Records. It is the latest album from the innovative, billion-streaming artist behind landmark 2015 composition SLEEP, which continues...
Radio 3 to simulcast with European Broadcasting Union in over 15 countries worldwide: Canada • Ireland • New Zealand • Germany • Luxembourg • Greece • Estonia • Spain • Denmark • Slovakia • Lithuania • Belgium • Italy • France • Slovenia • Netherlands
Max Richter’s 8-hour work SLEEP will be broadcast globally on radio stations this Easter, offering listeners worldwide the chance to unite in a moment of...
On October 04, 2019, Deutsche Grammophon will release VOYAGER: ESSENTIAL MAX RICHTER, the first ever collection of the acclaimed British composer’s work. The 43-track collection will be available as a double CD and e-album and contains work from across his vast catalogue, including studio albums such as 2004’s acclaimed The Blue Notebooks (described by Pitchfork as “one of the most affecting and universal contemporary classical records in recent memory”), 2012’s...
In anticipation of the reissue of his pioneering work, THE BLUE NOTEBOOKS – originally released in 2004, and now re-released by Deutsche Grammophon with several bonus tracks and a Super Deluxe edition due on June 29 – DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON has announced details of a short film to accompany, “On The Nature Of Daylight”.
Filmed in Toronto, Canada in March, 2018 by director George Belfield, with Steve Annis as Director of...
