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Memoryhouse

~ Max Richter
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  • Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Rumon Gamba
  • Composer: Max [Composer] Richter
  • Audio CD (27 May 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Late Junction
  • ASIN: B000067UCZ
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 134,147 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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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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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Memory House: A Subjective View, 4 Feb 2003
By PETER JAMES "Snapperfisch" (Coventry, West Mids United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An extraordinary debut album, 25 Jun 2002
By D Scheinmann (London England) - See all my reviews
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.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Requiem for the 20th Century, 26 Jun 2004
By michael d joseph (Herts, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Genius
Max Richter's first CD maybe hard to come-by, but it is well worth seeking out (even at the inflated used price). Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Warren M. Fisher

5.0 out of 5 stars Now available
After a long wait this is finally availabe on a certain well known MP3 based music purchase site. Well worth the wait in my opinion. Read more
Published 7 months ago by A. Thomas

5.0 out of 5 stars A "post-classical" journey through the 20th century
The theme for this album is the 20th century. As a measure of its emotive power, consider that it was used for the soundtrack to the highly-acclaimed BBC documentary about... Read more
Published 7 months ago by M. D. Jones

5.0 out of 5 stars re-release this for heaven's sake
I want this, but I'm never going to pay £49.99 for it. Why isn't it being re-released? What's the problem?
Published 8 months ago by W. Scott

5.0 out of 5 stars Where's the Re-release?
I want this album! I read on Max's site they were going to re-release this in August 2008...but I can't find it anywhere! Please stock it again!
Published 13 months ago by Hopjumpskip

5.0 out of 5 stars Why has Late Junction discontinued 'Memoryhouse'????
I have been searching for weeks to obtain a copy of Max Richter's "Memoryhouse". I thought "The Blue Notebooks" was a stunning CD, and I can't understand why the label Late... Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars Indeed a House of Memories...
This is wonderful music for remembering - anyone who has lived through the past few decades will surely agree. It's personal and universal - not to be missed!
Published on 20 Jun 2002 by graham percy

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