Max Richter – Voices (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:47:00 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca (UMO) (Classics)
Max Richter uses the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and real voices from across the planet to remind us we need more than ever to become one global family.
There’s not many albums that start with a long dead First Lady reading the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but that scratchy recording of Eleanor Roosevelt still hits a nerve.
Over the last decade Max Richter has quietly pulled together this complex and moving piece using chunks of that ground breaking document created in 1948 after the horrors of the Second World War, alongside 70 crowd sourced voices from around the world set to this trademark arpeggios, drones and strings with a soprano Grace Davidson added to the mix.
Not content with that epic challenge he then scored Voices for a unique ‘upside down’ orchestra of 12 double basses, 24 cellos, 6 violas,8 violins and a harp, so the bass instruments lead, which really gives the whole piece depth and resonance.
Actor Kiki Layne, from If Beale Street Could Talk, reads pieces of the declaration as Richter uses mini movements to create different moods around different parts of the declaration. Journey uses birdsong and drones fighting against the declaration read in different languages forcing the listener to think what does the right to freedom of movement actually mean when an orange lunatic wants to build a pointless wall.
Tracklist
CD1
01. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – All Human Beings – Pt. 1
02. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – All Human Beings – Pt. 2
03. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – All Human Beings – Pt. 3
04. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – All Human Beings – Pt. 4
05. Max Richter & Ian Burdge – Origins – Pt. 1
06. Max Richter & Ian Burdge – Origins – Pt. 2
07. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Journey Piece – Pt. 1
08. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Journey Piece – Pt. 2
09. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Chorale – Pt. 1
10. Max Richter & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Chorale – Pt. 2
11. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Chorale – Pt. 3
12. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Chorale – Pt. 4
13. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Robert Ziegler – Hypocognition – Pt. 1
14. Prelude 6 – Pt. 1
15. Prelude 6 – Pt. 2
16. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Murmuration – Pt. 1
17. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Murmuration – Pt. 2
18. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Murmuration – Pt. 3
19. Max Richter & KiKi Layne – Cartography – Pt. 1
20. Cartography – Pt. 2
21. Max Richter & KiKi Layne – Cartography – Pt. 3
22. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Little Requiems – Pt. 1
23. Max Richter & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Little Requiems – Pt. 2
24. Max Richter & KiKi Layne & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Little Requiems – Pt. 3
25. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen – Mercy
CD2
01. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – All Human Beings (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 1
02. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – All Human Beings (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 2
03. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – All Human Beings (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 3
04. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – All Human Beings (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 4
05. Max Richter & Ian Burdge – Origins (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 1
06. Max Richter & Ian Burdge – Origins (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 2
07. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Journey Piece (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 1
08. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Journey Piece (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 2
09. Max Richter & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Chorale (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 1
10. Max Richter & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Chorale (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 2
11. Max Richter & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Chorale (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 3
12. Max Richter & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Chorale (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 4
13. Max Richter & Robert Ziegler – Hypocognition (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 1
14. Prelude 6 (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 1
15. Prelude 6 (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 2
16. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Murmuration (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 1
17. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Murmuration (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 2
18. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Murmuration (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 3
19. Cartography (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 1
20. Cartography (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 2
21. Cartography (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 3
22. Max Richter & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Little Requiems (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 1
23. Max Richter & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Little Requiems (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 2
24. Max Richter & Grace Davidson & Mari Samuelsen & Robert Ziegler – Little Requiems (Voiceless Mix) – Pt. 3
25. Max Richter & Mari Samuelsen – Mercy (Voiceless Mix)
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