[ Deutche Grammophon / 9 CD/Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Friday 11 December 2015
Fashioned as "an eight-hour lullaby" by its composer, Sleep is scored for piano, strings, electronics and vocals - but no words. "It's a manifesto for the slower pace of existence," says Richter, who has previously referred to the work as "my personal lullaby for a frenetic world."
Prior to Sleep, Max Richter had composed and released five solo albums and "recomposed" Vivaldi's Four Seasons for a best-selling album in 2012. He originally came up with the concept for Sleep because of a long-standing fascination. "Sleeping is one of the most important things we do", he said when Sleep was first released. "We spend a third of our lives asleep and it's always been one of my favourite things, ever since I was a child. We are all in need of a pause button."
CD1-1 Dream 1 (Before The Wind Blows It All Away)
CD1-2 Cumulonimbus
CD1-3 Dream 2 (Entropy)
CD1-4 Path 3 (7676)
CD1-5 Whose Name Is Written On Water
CD2-1 Patterns (Cypher)
CD2-2 Solo
CD2-3 Aria 1
CD2-4 Return 2 (Song)
CD2-5 Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea
CD2-6 Dream 11 (Whisper Music)
CD3-1 Moth-like Stars
CD3-2 Path 17 (Before The Ending Of Daylight)
CD3-3 Space 26 (Epicardium)
CD3-4 Patterns (Lux)
CD4-1 Constellation 1
CD4-2 Constellation 2
CD4-3 Space 2 (Slow Waves)
CD4-4 Chorale / Glow
CD5-1 Dream 19 (Pulse)
CD5-2 Cassiopeia
CD5-3 Non-eternal
CD5-4 Song / Echo
CD6-1 Aria 2
CD6-2 Never Fade Into Nothingness
CD6-3 Return 16 (Time Capsule)
CD6-4 If You Came This Way
CD7-1 Space 17 (Chains)
CD7-2 Sublunar
CD8-1 Dream 17 (Alpha)
CD8-2 Dream 0 (Till Break Of Day)
BD-1 Dream 1 (Before The Wind Blows It All Away)
BD-2 Cumulonimbus
BD-3 Dream 2 (Entropy)
BD-4 Path 3 (7676)
BD-5 Whose Name Is Written On Water
BD-6 Patterns (Cypher)
BD-7 Solo
BD-8 Aria 1
BD-9 Return 2 (Song)
BD-10 Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea
BD-11 Dream 11 (Whisper Music)
BD-12 Moth-like Stars
BD-13 Path 17 (Before The Ending Of Daylight)
BD-14 Space 26 (Epicardium)
BD-15 Patterns (Lux)
BD-16 Constellation 1
BD-17 Constellation 2
BD-18 Space 2 (Slow Waves)
BD-19 Chorale / Glow
BD-20 Dream 19 (Pulse)
BD-21 Cassiopeia
BD-22 Non-eternal
BD-23 Song / Echo
BD-24 Aria 2
BD-25 Never Fade Into Nothingness
BD-26 Return 16 (Time Capsule)
BD-27 If You Came This Way
BD-28 Space 17 (Chains)
BD-29 Sublunar
BD-30 Dream 17 (Alpha)
BD-31 Dream 0 (Till Break Of Day)