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Songs From Before
Classical · 2006 · 12 tracks

Songs From Before

Max Richter

Fragile piano melodies and mourning strings intertwined with Robert Wyatt's gravelly readings of Haruki Murakami. A masterwork of literary, autumnal solitude.

October 16, 2006 · Deutsche Grammophon

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A quiet, literary meditation on memory and the passage of time, wrapped in autumnal shadows.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Song
4:13
02
Flowers for Yulia
6:50
03
Fragment
1:42
04
Harmonium
4:24
05
Ionosphere
1:25
06
Autumn Music 1
3:54
07
Time Passing
1:51
08
Sunlight
5:35
09
Lullaby
0:53
10
Autumn Music 2
3:49
11
Verses
1:43
12
From the Rue Vilin
1:03
Moments Worth Listening For
Robert Wyatt's weathered voice reciting Murakami over the fragile, repeating piano figure of Time Passing.
The way the cello enters on Flowers for Yulia, dragging a heavy bow across the strings to create a physical sense of longing.
The transition into Autumn Music 1 where the electronic static mimics the sound of wind through dry leaves.
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How does Songs From Before sound next to the rest of Max Richter's catalogue?

Surreal Abstract+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into surreal abstract than the rest of the catalogue.

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