The Blue Notebooks (20 Year Edition) Max Richter

• Max Richter (b. 1966):
• 1 Richter: The Blue Notebooks 01:20
• 2 Richter: On the Nature of Daylight 06:14
• 3 Richter: Horizon Variations 01:52
• 4 Richter: Shadow Journal 08:22
• 5 Richter: Iconography 03:41
• 6 Richter: Vladimir's Blues 01:21
• 7 Richter: Arboretum 02:54
• 8 Richter: Old Song 02:11
• 9 Richter: Organum 03:13
• 10 Richter: The Trees 07:52
• 11 Richter: Written on the Sky 01:39
• 12 Richter: On the Nature of Daylight (Piano Version) 05:57
• 13 Richter: Vladimir's Blues (Jlin Remix) 03:43
• 14 Richter: On the Nature of Daylight 06:35
• 15 Richter: Iconography (Konx-Om-Pax Remix) 04:01
• 16 Richter: On the Nature of Daylight (Entropy) 06:53
• 17 Richter: Vladimir's Blues 2018 01:30
• 18 Richter: Cypher 07:43
• 19 Richter: A Catalogue of Afternoons 01:49
• 20 Richter, Otis: This Bitter Earth / On The Nature Of Daylight 06:13
• Total Runtime 01:25:03

Info for The Blue Notebooks (20 Year Edition)

Groundbreaking masterpiece: To mark the 20th anniversary of his 2004 album The Blue Notebooks, composer Max Richter is now releasing a digital deluxe version and an exclusive vinyl edition of the work. The title of the album, originally composed in 2003, is inspired by ‘The Blue Octavo Notebooks’, a collection of writings by Franz Kafka. During his performance at the Glastonbury Festival in 2023, where he and his string ensemble were accompanied by Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton in their performance of the full-length album, Richter said: ‘It's a kind of protest record, a reaction to the political events in the run-up to the Iraq war, where I really had doubts about what was happening. I thought of Kafka, the patron saint of doubt, and wanted to compose a piece that expressed everything, and that's how we recorded it.’

The work includes all the tracks from the album's 15th anniversary edition released in 2018, along with the This Bitter Earth/On The Nature Of Daylight mash-up, now released on vinyl for the first time, and a brand new solo piano version of On The Nature Of Daylight. The physical version is only available in a limited and exclusive hand-numbered edition and consists of two clear vinyls, packaged in a newly designed blue gatefold sleeve. It also includes a booklet, an art card and photos from Richter's 2023 Glastonbury performance.

Max Richter

Max Richter
The work of the award-winning British composer Max Richter includes concert music, film scoring, and a series of acclaimed solo albums.

Working with a variety of collaborators including Tilda Swinton, Robert Wyatt, Future Sound of London, and Roni Size, Max's work explores the meeting points of many contemporary artistic languages, and, as might be expected from a student of Luciano Berio, Max’s work embraces a wide range of influences.

Recent projects include the ballet INFRA, for Wayne McGregor at The Royal Ballet, with scenography by Julian Opie, the award-winning score to Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir, and the music installationThe Anthropocene, with Darren Almond at White Cube.

Max's music has formed the basis of numerous dance works, including pieces by Lucinda Childs, NDT, Ballet du Rhin, American Ballet Theatre, Dresden Semper Oper, The Dutch National Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, among many others, while film makers using work by Max include Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island).

Recent commissions include the opera SUM, based on David Eagleman’s acclaimed book, premiered at The Royal Opera House, London and Mercy, commissioned by Hilary Hahn.

Current projects include Vivaldi Recomposed for Deutsche Grammophon, recorded by British violinist Daniel Hope and the Konzerthaus Orchester, Berlin, as well as a variety of other recording and film projects.

This album contains no booklet.