Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight (Erato Ensemble)

Erato Ensemble: Larisa Lebeda, violin Yun Jung, violin Sarah Kwok, viola Stefan Hintersteininger, cello Michael Vaughan, double bass Inspired equally by Bach, punk rock and ambient electronica, Max Richter’s sonic world blends a formal classical training (he graduated from the Royal Academy of Music, and was a pupil of renowned composer Luciano Berio) with modern technology. His unique and distinctive brand of heartbroken melodicism bridges the minimalist greats with pioneering electronics and the contemporary digital music production multiverse. Time Out has remarked on the ‘overwhelming emotional power’ of his work, the New Statesman has noted its ‘astonishing depth and beauty’ while Classic FM and Pitchfork have called it ‘stunning’ and The Guardian ‘languorously transcendent’. Programme Note: On The Nature Of Daylight, for string quintet, first appeared on Richter’s 2004 ambient album The Blue Notebooks. It gained more n