Memoryhouse

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Memoryhouse, from 2002, is the debut album by the neoclassical composer Max Richter. It was first released on the label Late Junction and reissued in 2009 and 2014 on FatCat Records, with different sleeve designs. Richter recorded it with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Rumon Gamba. There are solo parts for violin, cello and soprano, and the music is supplemented by spoken texts by John Cage and Marina Tsvetaeva. Richter wrote the music, produced the record and mixed it himself.

The record received mostly positive reviews. For the 2014 reissue, Pitchfork again wrote a very positive assessment.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Europe, After the Rain6:14Apple Music ↗
2. 2Maria, the Poet (1913)4:47Apple Music ↗
3. 3Laika's Journey1:31Apple Music ↗
4. 4The Twins (Prague)1:58Apple Music ↗
5. 5Sarajevo4:03Apple Music ↗
6. 6Andras2:42Apple Music ↗
7. 7Untitled (Figures)3:28Apple Music ↗
8. 8Sketchbook1:54Apple Music ↗
9. 9November6:21Apple Music ↗
10. 10Jan's Notebook2:42Apple Music ↗
11. 11Arbenita (11 Years)7:04Apple Music ↗
12. 12Garden (1973) / Interior3:24Apple Music ↗
13. 13Landscape With Figure (1922)5:14Apple Music ↗
14. 14Fragment1:27Apple Music ↗
15. 15Lines On a Page (One Hundred Violins)1:23Apple Music ↗
16. 16Embers3:38Apple Music ↗
17. 17Last Days4:18Apple Music ↗
18. 18Quartet Fragment (1908)3:02Apple Music ↗

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