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Pitchfork
d. 1. July 2004
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Mark Pytlik
d. 1. July 2004
"Best new music" - "Conceptually, Max Richter's The Blue Notebooks-- German-born composer mixes contemporary classical compositions with electronic elements in a dreamscapy journalogue featuring excerpts from Kafka's The Blue Octavo Notebooks as narrated by Tilda Swinton-- reads like a relentlessly precious endeavor, as new age music for grad students, the sort of record that sagely pats you on the back for being smart enough to seek it out".
Gaffa
2004 02
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Presto classical
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"The Blue Notebooks is one of Max Richter's most successful albums to date ... Originally written in 2003, DG will be releasing a new edition to celebrate its 15th anniversary with brand new artwork and bonus content, such as new arrangements, remixes, as well as a completely unreleased new track ... [It] was originally composed in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq ... It features readings from Franz Kafka's The Blue Octavo Notebooks and Czesław Miłosz's Hymn of the Pearl and Unattainable Earth. Both readings are by the British actress Tilda Swinton".