Style: Modern Classical/Ambient
Country: UK
Label: SevenThings
Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps
Size: 120 mb
About Release:
Although this new work by Max Richter takes the form of a single, lengthy stream of music, From The Art Of Mirrors is perhaps better thought of as a series of vignettes segueing into one another. In a morphing soundscape of piano, strings and found sounds, the composer is on top form, with a production sound that's every bit as grand and emotionally resonant as the arrangements themselves. Thanks to the presence of field recordings and non-instrumental elements, there's a cinematic quality to the piece, a notion that ties in with the its compositional origins: the episodic passages were originally conceived as soundtracks to unseen films by the late film director Derek Jarman. From the crackling fireside sounds at the start of the piece to the intensely lyrical orchestrations of the more conventionally musical material, there's an evocative power to the material here, and Richter reasserts his position as one of the most convincingly original of modern composers. There aren't too many artists around who can claim to be so creative both when it comes to scoring music and manipulating it in a studio environment. Achingly beautiful as ever, and laced with enough sonic intrigue to add an extra dimension to the composition, From The Art Of Mirrors comes highly recommended.
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