German-born, British-based composer working in contemporary classical, minimalism and soundtrack music. Notable releases include Memoryhouse, The Blue Notebooks, Recomposed (Vivaldi) and the eight-hour SLEEP. Known for blending piano, strings and electronics and for film/TV scoring.

Has collaborated or been associated (per reviews) with Brian Eno, Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass and others; SLEEP was released on Deutsche Grammophon as an extended nocturnal composition.

DeBaser reviews highlight Max Richter's minimalist, piano-and-strings aesthetic, from the vignette-like 24 Postcards to the sprawling eight-hour SLEEP. Critics note influences from Glass, Eno and Pärt and praise his evocative film and album work. Recomposed Vivaldi and The Blue Notebooks are recurring touchpoints.

For:Listeners of contemporary classical, ambient and minimalist music; fans of film/TV scores and late-night listening.

 So this album is not made of tracks, but postcards, twenty-four postcards, like the ones your relatives used to send you, which no one writes anymore, at most used as coasters, and we've forgotten even how to read them.

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 SLEEP (2015) is a work conceived to be listened to during sleep hours, a chamber lullaby of just over eight hours for rest from this world always in a hurry, always late.

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 which reveals its full splendor in "On The Nature Of Daylight", a lunar sonata illuminated by a swaying string section .

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