Richter, Max

Humphreys mines the repetitive melodies for subtelties of colour, rather than drama. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019 More…

The full version, Sleep, is intended to actually send us to sleep, but From Sleep is a one-hour offshoot during which we’re supposed to stay awake...It’s a warm, slow-moving daydream with no... — The Guardian, 27th August 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Thoughtfully constructed and stylistically wide-ranging, the album opens with Meredith Monk’s miniature, poignant Early Morning Melody, followed by Dappled Light, a sonorous, rippling new work... — The Guardian, 15th October 2020 More…

The music’s constant pacing is a powerful representation of the plight of refugees. That it is here performed by the excellent Baltic Sea Philharmonic – an ensemble of no-fixed abode that connects... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The winter depicted here by Dutch harpist Lavinia Meijer is one of icy, chilly, contemplative stillness – don’t go expecting stormy scenes or lively frolics in the snow... it all makes for an... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The individual variations, specially commissioned from contemporary composers and played here en suite, share an aroma of freshness due to their unfamiliarity. They also elicit from Buchbinder... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2020 More…