Released October 23, 2006 Artist Max Richter Label 130701 | Length 37:18 Release date 23 October 2006 | |
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Studio Eastcote Studios
(London, England)
The Exchange Studios
(London, England) Songs from Before
(2006) 24 Postcards in Full Colour
(2008) Genre Contemporary classical music Similar Max Richter albums, Contemporary classical music albums, Other albums | ||
Max richter songs from before full album 2006
Songs from Before is the 2006 album by neo-classical composer Max Richter, released on October 23, 2006 on 130701, an imprint of FatCat Records. The album was reissued on April 25, 2014 on Deutsche Grammophon.
Contents
Max richter song
Critical reception
Songs from Before received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics.
Grayson Currin of Pitchfork Media gave the album a positive review, stating, "Richter takes techniques from the classics and modifies their approach to make more appropriate-- but no less efficacious-- statements for his own circumstances. Given Songs from Before's thematic conceit, this is appropriate: Richter isn't interested in changing the way the world hears his music as much as idealizing how he wants to hear it. He resurrects past idols for present idioms, his heroes, proclivities and experiences donned as unrepentantly as the nostalgia at Songs' core."
Track listing
All tracks written by Max Richter.
Personnel
Songs
1Song4:13
2Flowers for Yulia6:50
3Fragment1:42