2008, Fat Cat Records
With his fourth album, Berlin-based Max Richter further cements his status as one of the leading lights of modern composition. Each of this album's twenty-four tracks is a classically-composed ringtone, an evocative miniature whose theme, though fully developed, hints at a larger piece; thus Richter explores the fugitive nature of memory through reprises and repetition throughout this intriguing album. With a sonic palette consisting of string quintet, solo piano, 16-track 2-inch tape, transistors, found shortwave radio, vinyl clicks, dust, scratches and rumble, and acoustic guitars, Richter's latest effort is both beautifully detailed and sonically rich.
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | The Road Is A Grey Tape |
| 2 | H In New England |
| 3 | This Picture Of Us. P. |
| 4 | Lullaby From The West Coast Sleepers |
| 5 | When The Northern Lights/Jasper And Louise |
| 6 | Circles From The Rue Simon-Crubellier |
| 7 | Cascade NW by W |
| 8 | A Sudden Manhattan Of The Mind |
| 9 | In Louisville At 7 |
| 10 | Cathodes |
| 11 | I Was Just Thinking |
| 12 | A Song For H/Far Away |
| 13 | Return To Prague |
| 14 | Broken Symmetries For Y |
| 15 | Berlin By Overnight |
| 16 | Cradle Song For A (Interstate B3) |
| 17 | Kierling/Doubt |
| 18 | From 553 W Elm Street, Logan, Illinois (Snow) |
| 19 | Tokyo Riddle Song |
| 20 | The Tartu Piano |
| 21 | Cold Fusion For G |
| 22 | 32 Via San Nicolo |
| 23 | Found Song For P. |
| 24 | H Thinks A Journey |
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