Memoryhouse (album)
Appearance
Memoryhouse | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 27, 2002 | |||
Recorded | 1999–2001 | |||
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Length | 55:34 | |||
Label | Late Junction | |||
Producer | Max Richter Jane Carter (exec. producer) | |||
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Memoryhouse is the 2002 debut album by neo-classical composer Max Richter. Originally released in 2002 under the Late Junction label, the album was reissued by FatCat Records in 2009 and 2014 with alternative album artwork.[1][2]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
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Pitchfork | 8.7/10[4] |
Memoryhouse received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. Pitchfork Media gave the album a very positive review in a retrospective review for the 2014 reissue on FatCat.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Max Richter
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Europe, after the Rain" | 6:13 |
2. | "Maria, the Poet (1913)" | 4:47 |
3. | "Laika's Journey" | 1:30 |
4. | "The Twins (Prague)" | 1:58 |
5. | "Sarajevo" | 4:03 |
6. | "Andras" | 2:42 |
7. | "Untitled (Figures)" | 3:27 |
8. | "Sketchbook" | 1:54 |
9. | "November" | 6:21 |
10. | "Jan's Notebook" | 2:41 |
11. | "Arbenita (11 Years)" | 7:04 |
12. | "Garden (1973)/Interior" | 3:24 |
13. | "Landscape with Figure (1922)" | 5:14 |
14. | "Fragment" | 1:26 |
15. | "Lines on a Page (One Hundred Violins)" | 1:22 |
16. | "Embers" | 3:38 |
17. | "Last Days" | 4:18 |
18. | "Quartet Fragment (1908)" | 3:02 |
Total length: | 65:04 |
Personnel
- Main personnel
- Max Richter – composer, mixing, primary artist, producer
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra
- Levine Andrade – viola
- Alexander Bălănescu – soloist, violin
- Kirsteen Davidson Kelly – piano
- Judith Herbert – cello, soloist
- Sarah Leonard – soloist, soprano
- Rumon Gamba – conductor
- Additional personnel
- John Cage – readings, text
- Jane Carter – executive producer
- Neil Hutchinson – engineer, mixing
- Mandy Parnell – remastering
- Ania Piesiewicz – photography
- Sarah Sutcliffe – readings
- Marina Tsvetaeva – text
References
- ^ FatCat Press Release: 2009 Memoryhouse (Reissue)
- ^ FatCat Press Release: 2014 Memoryhouse Deluxe Edition (Reissue)
- ^ "Memoryhouse – Max Richter". AllMusic. 2003-09-23. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
- ^ Currin, Grayson Haver. Max Richter: Memoryhouse. Pitchfork Media. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.