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While some phone calls carry tear-inducing messages, what if the ringtones themselves caused welling up? Scottish composer/pianist Max Richter takes up the challenge of creating 24 brief works that can haunt you after their fleeting tones disperse. Richter’s notes about the album underline our current tendency to lose the musical message while analyzing the medium. The postcard is a simple consumer surface allowing the briefest of communication, but one of often deep emotional import. Each piece is a simple cluster of elements and instruments from classical composition, at times enhanced or scarred by shimmering electronic processes or the crackle of...
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