For this music it is a compliment if you fall asleep to it! The composer Max Richter, who was born in Germany but grew up in England, composed Sleep, an 8-hour work that the audience can experience in a reclining position. Sleep is intended as a manifesto, a kind of pause button in our hectic, busy existence. An invitation to consciously choose moments of rest and relaxation. Sleep is not only a
… necessity of life for people, sleep also creates room for creativity. This album contains a selection of Richters Sleep, intended for daydreaming. Although trained classically, Richter likes to combine his knowledge of classical music with modern technologies and movements such as minimal music and ambient. The tempo is slow at From Sleep. Richter plays repeating chords on the piano, organ or synthesizer. Strings play lyrical, step-by-step melodies. A humming soprano falls in… cosmic electronic sound fields float by… Richter's hypnotic music is soothing. (SvdP)more
