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Memoryhouse
Classical · 2002 · 18 tracks

Memoryhouse

Max Richter

A sprawling, cinematic tapestry of piano, strings, and field recordings. It sounds like a faded photograph of a Europe that no longer exists.

May 27, 2002 · 130701

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A profound, historical melancholy that feels like wandering through a gallery of faded memories.

Tracklist · 18 Tracks
01
Europe, After the Rain
6:14
02
Maria, the Poet (1913)
4:47
03
Laika’s Journey
1:31
04
The Twins (Prague)
1:58
05
Sarajevo
4:03
06
Andras
2:42
07
Untitled (Figures)
3:28
08
Sketchbook
1:54
09
November
6:21
10
Jan’s Notebook
2:42
11
Arbenita (11 Years)
7:04
12
Garden (1973) / Interior
3:24
13
Landscape With Figure (1922)
5:14
14
Fragment
1:27
15
Lines on a Page (One Hundred Violins)
1:23
16
Embers
3:38
17
Last Days
4:18
18
Quartet Fragment (1908)
3:02
Moments Worth Listening For
The transition from the crackle of a radio to the soaring, tragic violin melody in Europe, After the Rain.
The way the spoken word poetry in Maria, the Poet (1913) feels like a transmission from a lost century.
The relentless, driving string repetition in November that builds into a peak of pure emotional exhaustion.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Memoryhouse sound next to the rest of Max Richter's catalogue?

Nostalgia+4.0σ

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

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