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Track Listings
| 1. Europe, After the Rain |
| 2. Maria, the Poet (1913) |
| 3. Laika's Journey |
| 4. The Twins (Prague) |
| 5. Sarajevo |
| 6. Andras |
| 7. Untitled (Figures) |
| 8. Sketchbook |
| 9. November |
| 10. Jan's Notebook |
| 11. Arbenita (11 Years) |
| 12. Garden (1973) / Interior |
| 13. Landscape with Figure (1922) |
| 14. Fragment |
| 15. Lines on a Page (One Hundred Violins) |
| 16. Embers |
| 17. Last Days |
| 18. Quartet Fragment (1908) |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Max Richter's Memoryhouse is a journey though the 20th century which unfolds like the soundtrack to an imaginary film. Combining the BBC Philharmonic under conductor Rumon Gamba--no strangers to recording classic film scores--with atmospheric electronics, the result is a melancholy evocation of love, loss and survival, often with the focus on Eastern Europe. Minimalism with a deeply emotional core, overlaid with fragments of poetic voices, the melodic sensibility lies between Philip Glass's minimalism, Wojciech Kilar's The Portrait of a Lady and the film scores of Zbigniew Preisner. Both the piano writing and the intense lament "Sarajevo" echo Preisner's work on Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colours Trilogy. Other, more electronic pieces such as "Untitled (Figures)" parallel Richter's work with the Future Sound of London and his collaborations with Roni Size. Richter, who was co-founder of Piano Circus, has delivered the sort of intelligent, imaginative, accessible new music one might expect to find on Radio Three's Late Junction, so much so that this is one of the first releases on the Late Junction label. In the composer's words, Memoryhouse tells "a story about where we have been, and asks the question: 'Where we are going?'" The answer is couched in thoroughly modern insecurity, at the heart of a passionately conceived, impeccably performed odyssey of spectral beauty.--Gary S Dalkin
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Requiem for the 20th Century,
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This review is from: Memoryhouse (Audio CD)
Brings tears to my eyes - is the photo of one of the stations serving a concentration camp? It could be.It is bleak, moving and unforgettable. When I heard part of it on the radio for the first time it gave me one of those 'what IS that?' moments. Only ever had that twice before: with Verdi's requiem and one particular piece of Bach.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An extraordinary debut album,
By D Scheinmann (London England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Memoryhouse (Audio CD)
This album defies categorisation. It breaks down the barriers between genres and should simply be classified as great music. In this respect Max Richter should be considered along side the likes of Nitin Sawhney. There are moments in this album where I found myself moved to tears as in the extraordinary track Sarajevo which builds and builds until the full tragedy of that war torn city seemed to leap out and enfold me. Some tracks wash over you like a refreshing stream a bit like the best Cafe Del Mar chill out albums and then there's the kind of stuff that you might find in a tense pacy thriller; film makers would die for it. Memoryhouse comes from the soul, and it certainly stirs the soul when you listen to it. The more you play it the deeper it seems to go. It's my favourite new album and well worth buying.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Memory House: A Subjective View,
By PETER JAMES "Snapperfisch" (Coventry, West Mids United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Memoryhouse (Audio CD)
This is an album that starts from its cover. A railway line and station somewhere in Europe. Title "The Memory House." Black and white, bleak. My mother came from Austria. She lived under the occupation of the Russians and the first track invokes this bleakness rain and all. The poem, Russian? Moving, raising the emotions, what is she saying? What journey is the composer taking us on? So many unanswered questions. This beautiful album became personal very quickly with its silky changing moods. The music is thought provoking. Be ready to grit your teeth. Let the music take you anywhere you want with its startling nuances. Listen for the Mahler drum! and when the journey is over take time to look at the photograph once more. A memory house; a museum for conversation. Truely some great music from Max Richter.
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