Max Richter's "Sleep"

Woodville56

Occasional listener to classical music here. Just wondering what ye aficionados of classical think of Max Richter's recent work" Sleep" - more ambient than classical perhaps or just music for insomniacs ? I've got the "abridged" cd version but also caught the opening and closing hours of LyricFM's Christmas Night broadcast of the piece- a nice tranquil bookend to the frenetic Christmas activities. Not sure though if it should be regarded as just synthesised meanderings or a work of classic content or stature ? Does it have a place as a contemporary classical work or would purists regard it as too left field ? Views welcome. Personally I like it but just curious how others find it ?

dibkins

Well, i had a listen on spotify and i really didn't like it! I tend to go either extreme with Richter for some reason - Blue Notebooks is one of my all time favorite albums, and Recomplosed is stellar. Maybe this one strays into Eno territory a bit much for me. I'll have another listen just to make sure it wasn't just me having a grumpy morning.

Woodville56

dibkins wrote: »

Well, i had a listen on spotify and i really didn't like it! I tend to go either extreme with Richter for some reason - Blue Notebooks is one of my all time favorite albums, and Recomplosed is stellar. Maybe this one strays into Eno territory a bit much for me. I'll have another listen just to make sure it wasn't just me having a grumpy morning.

Thanks for the posting dibkins ! Must listen to the other Richter albums you mentioned there !

fiachr_a

Woodville56 wrote: »

Does it have a place as a contemporary classical work or would purists regard it as too left field ?

There's nothing classical in this. It's watered down minimalist crap requiring grade 2 music theory to perform. It's not remotely leftfield either, just boring.