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Coming soon. Max Richter - While The Flood Rages

Max Richter

Max Richter - While The Flood Rages

Coming soon. Max Richter - While The Flood Rages

Max Richter

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Due for release on 30th Oct 2026: order now and we will deliver it when available

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Oscar-nominated composer Max Richter's new album While The Flood Rages, drawn from Richter's latest collaboration with choreographer Wayne McGregor, MaddAddam, inspired by Margaret Atwood's trilogy.

Across 15 tracks split into three acts, Richter blends orchestral writing, electronics, processed field recordings, choir and piano to create an immersive sonic journey.

Themes of ecological collapse, technological acceleration and resilience run throughout, with recurring piano motifs providing moments of reflection amid dense, cinematic soundscapes.

  • Release date: 30th Oct 2026
  • Label: Decca
  • Catalogue number: 5744381
  • Length: 71 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Richter, Max: Wave After Wave
Work length0:37
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), 12 ensemble (stringquartet), Matthew Lynch (piano)
  • Matthew Lynch
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Wave After Wave
Work length5:12
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), 12 ensemble (stringquartet), Matthew Lynch (piano)
  • Matthew Lynch
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Their Eerie Music
Work length1:31
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), 12 ensemble (stringquartet), Matthew Lynch (piano)
  • Matthew Lynch
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Their Eerie Music
Work length0:32
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), 12 ensemble (stringquartet), Matthew Lynch (piano)
  • Matthew Lynch
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: While The Flood Rages
Work length5:10
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), Louisa Fuller (violin), Natalia Bonner (violin), John Metcalfe (viola), Ian Burdge (cello)
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: The City Was A Chaos
Work length1:36
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), 12 ensemble (stringquartet), Matthew Lynch (piano)
  • Matthew Lynch
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: The City Was A Chaos
Work length5:37
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), 12 ensemble (stringquartet), Matthew Lynch (piano)
  • Matthew Lynch
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Sensorium
Work length1:07
  • Tenebrae Choir (vocalist), Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), Nigel Short (piano)
  • Nigel Short
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Quiet
Work length4:24
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), Louisa Fuller (violin), Ian Burge (cello)
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Tell The Bees
Work length1:51
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), 12 ensemble (stringquartet), John Parricelli (guitar), Matthew Lynch (piano)
  • Matthew Lynch
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Tell The Bees
Work length3:30
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), 12 ensemble (stringquartet), John Parricelli (guitar), Matthew Lynch (piano)
  • Matthew Lynch
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Data Ballistics
Work length3:54
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer)
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Oh Let Me Not Be Proud
Work length2:44
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), Little Tew Choir (vocalist)
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: A Sweet Air
Work length4:25
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer)
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Amniotic
Work length3:41
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), Tenebrae Choir (vocalist), Nigel Short (piano)
  • Nigel Short
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Dawn
Work length8:18
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), 12 ensemble (stringquartet), Matthew Lynch (piano)
  • Matthew Lynch
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Background Radiation
Work length3:40
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), Tenebrae Choir (vocalist), 12 ensemble (stringquartet), Nigel Short (piano), Matthew Lynch (piano)
  • Nigel Short, Matthew Lynch
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: My Body Is My Earthly Ark
Work length1:51
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), Little Tew Choir (vocalist)
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
Richter, Max: Now We Can Sing
Work length11:36
  • Max Richter (piano), Max Richter (programmer), Tenebrae Choir (vocalist), 12 ensemble (stringquartet), Eloisa-Fleur Thom (violin), Nigel Short (piano), Matthew Lynch (piano)
  • Nigel Short, Matthew Lynch
  • Recorded: 2024-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Studio Richter Mahr, UK
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