Max Richter - Voices 2 - Import CD

Credits:

Stephen Varcoe

Description:

Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, "Voices Version 2" was a sequel to "Voices", which took over 10 years to create. Voices", released in August 2020, was an album that aimed to provide a place to think about the various questions that human beings face through the prism of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The work began with Eleanor Roosevelt's voice, recorded in 1949, and was composed with beautiful melodies and narration by actress Kiki Layne, as only Max could. The concept has been further deepened and developed musically, and this album contains 10 new instrumental tracks. In a time when it is very difficult to live by recording notes, "VOICES" was released as "music as a place to think. And "VOICES 2" is a development of this concept. In a sense, this second album is a space to look at the questions raised in the first album.Building on the musical material of the first release, "Voices," "Voices 2" develops the musical language in a purely instrumental and abstract direction. The first part of the project (the first "VOICES") focused on the texts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and now with "2" we are exploring the musical space to deepen these words and ideas. Mercy," which was the last track on "VOICES," becomes the midpoint, not the end, of the project in this new composition, and as the music progresses, the DNA of "Mercy" permeates the entire musical landscape. The majority of the songs included here were recorded as part of the original sessions and feature the same players. Additional recording was necessary during the months of lockdown, but who can forget the recording of the piano solo in the vast space of the eerily deserted Studio 1 on Abbey Road? -Max Richter, Universal Music/IMS

Tracklisting:

1.Psychogeography
2.Mirrors
3.Follower
4.Solitaries
5.Movement Study
6.Prelude 2
7.Colour Wheel
8.Origins (Solo)
9.Little Requiems [Cello Version]
10.Little Requiems [Cello Version]