Memoryhouse (album)

Memoryhouse
Studio album by Max Richter
Released	27 May 2002 (2002-05-27)
Recorded	1999–2001
Genre	Contemporary classical ambient minimalist post-minimalist
Length	65:04
Label	Late Junction
Producer	Max Richter Jane Carter (exec. producer)
Max Richter chronology
Memoryhouse (2002) The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Alternative cover
2009 reissue cover

Memoryhouse is the 2002 debut album by neo-classical composer Max Richter. Originally released under the Late Junction label, the album was reissued by FatCat Records in 2009 and 2014 with alternative album artwork.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	8.7/10[3]

Memoryhouse received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. Pitchfork Media gave the album a very positive review in a retrospective review for the 2014 reissue on FatCat.[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Max Richter

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Europe, after the Rain"	6:13
2.	"Maria, the Poet (1913)"	4:47
3.	"Laika's Journey"	1:30
4.	"The Twins (Prague)"	1:58
5.	"Sarajevo"	4:03
6.	"Andras"	2:42
7.	"Untitled (Figures)"	3:27
8.	"Sketchbook"	1:54
9.	"November"	6:21
10.	"Jan's Notebook"	2:41
11.	"Arbenita (11 Years)"	7:04
12.	"Garden (1973)/Interior"	3:24
13.	"Landscape with Figure (1922)"	5:14
14.	"Fragment"	1:26
15.	"Lines on a Page (One Hundred Violins)"	1:22
16.	"Embers"	3:38
17.	"Last Days"	4:18
18.	"Quartet Fragment (1908)"	3:02
Total length:		65:04

Personnel

Main personnel

• Max Richter – composer, mixing, primary artist, producer
• BBC Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra
• Levine Andrade – viola
• Alexander Bălănescu – soloist, violin
• Kirsteen Davidson Kelly – piano
• Judith Herbert – cello, soloist
• Sarah Leonard – soloist, soprano
• Rumon Gamba – conductor

Additional personnel

• John Cage – readings, text
• Jane Carter – executive producer
• Neil Hutchinson – engineer, mixing
• Mandy Parnell – remastering
• Ania Piesiewicz – photography
• Sarah Sutcliffe – readings
• Marina Tsvetaeva – text

References

1. "Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks :: Le Pietre Miliari di OndaRock". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved 25 November 2023.
2. "Memoryhouse – Max Richter". AllMusic. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
3. Currin, Grayson Haver. Max Richter: Memoryhouse. Pitchfork Media. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
4. "Max Richter: Memoryhouse". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 November 2023.