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Max Richter

Max Richter stands as one of the most prodigious figures on the contemporary music scene, with ground-breaking work as a composer, pianist, producer, and collaborator. From synthesizers and computers to a full symphony orchestra, Richter’s innovative work encompasses solo albums, ballets, concert hall performances, film and television series, video art installations and theatre works. He is Classically trained, studying at Edinburgh University, the Royal Academy of Music, London, and completing his studies with composer Luciano Berio in Florence, “Memoryhouse”, Richter’s 2002 debut, has been described by The Independent, and Pitchfork Magazine as a “landmark”, while his 2004 album “The Blue Notebooks” was chosen by The Guardian as one of the best Classical works of the century

While The Flood Rages

By Max Richter

Label: Decca Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Wave After Wave; Their Eerie Music; While The Flood Rages; The City Was A Chaos; Sensorium; Quiet; Tell The Bees; Data Ballistics; O Let Me Not Be Proud; A Sweet Air; Amniotic; Dawn; Background Radiation; My Body Is My Earthly Ark; Now We Can Sing;

Jack Wyllie: Eternal Spring

by Maciej Stasiowski
September 7, 2026

Starling murmurations are an amazing sight and a wonder illustrating swarm intelligence. How come none of the birds collide with their peers? Decoded by computer modeling, emergent behavior in complex systems unveils patterns that go well beyond single-component contribution. It is tempting to hear out flocking behavior that transforms individual instruments into a rich tapestry--a wall ...

Voices 2

By Max Richter

Label: Decca Music Group
Released: 2021

Max Richter: Voices 2

by Nenad Georgievski
April 10, 2021

Following up on his deeply resonating album Voices (Decca, 2020) which found its inspiration in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and centred on the messages it sent in these problematic, dark political times, composer Max Richter comes up with a follow-up entitled Voices 2, and the results are mesmerizing. Most of the album was recorded ...

Voices

By Max Richter

Label: Decca Music Group
Released: 2020
Track listing: All Human Beings; Origins; Journey Piece; Chorale; Hypocognition; Prelude 6; Murmuration; Cartography; Little Requiems; Mercy

Nenad Georgievski's Best Releases of 2020

by Nenad Georgievski
December 24, 2020

2020 was a difficult year with many obstacles to overcome and with many high and low amplitudes. As a result, it was a year when naturally ambient, classical, and neo-classical music took over and provided greater joy than any other genre. Even the jazz records I preferred had plenty of quiet moments. The upbeat stuff was ...

Max Richter: Creativity and Culture are Part of How Society Talks to Itself

by Nenad Georgievski
August 10, 2020

An accomplished composer working across chamber and orchestral music, ballet, theater, installations, film and TV music, Max Richter has built his career on defying expectations, diversity, and taking chances. Over the course of 20 years, he has continually produced captivatingly idiosyncratic music that seamlessly and imaginatively blends a minimalist aesthetic with gentle ambient music. As such, ...

Max Richter: Voices

by Nenad Georgievski
July 23, 2020

Music is one of the most powerful means of expression. Artists have always been able to express and channel their innermost thoughts and emotions into their music. Regardless if it's a protest, a response to racism, civil rights songs, debate, speaking truth to power or a universal plea for peace, the artists have been channeling these ...

Various Artists: The Sea at the End of Her String

by Phil Barnes
January 5, 2019

Genre is increasingly a problem in our modern musical world--it is all pervasive yet meaningless at the same time. If the internet only gives us what we search for, then a classification that is predicated on a formulaic 'if you like that then you'll love this" algorithm is never going to be good enough. Music as ...