'The Blue Notebooks' was originally composed in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Richter has described it as 'a protest album about Iraq, a mediation on violence - both the violence that I had personally experienced around me as a child and the violence of war, at the utter futility of so much armed conflict'. The album was recorded about a week after mass protests against the war. It features readings from Franz Kafka's 'The Blue Octavo Notebooks' and Czeslaw Milosz's 'Hymn of the Pearl' and 'Unattainable Earth'. Both readings are by the British actress Tilda Swinton. This new edition celebrates its 15th anniversary with brand new artwork and bonus content, such as new arrangements and remixes.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.The Blue Notebooks

Max Richter

2.On the Nature of Daylight

Max Richter

3.Horizon Variations

Max Richter

4.Shadow Journal

Max Richter

5.Iconography

Max Richter

6.Vladimir's Blues

Max Richter

7.Arboretum

Max Richter

8.Old Song

Max Richter

9.Organum

Max Richter

10.The Trees

Max Richter

11.Written On the Sky

Max Richter

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

1.A Catalogue of Afternoons

Max Richter

2.On the Nature of Daylight (Orchestral)

Max Richter

3.Vladimir's Blues 2018

Max Richter

4.On the Nature of Daylight (Entropy)

Max Richter

5.Vladimir's Blues (Jlin Remix)

Max Richter

6.Iconography (Knox-Om-Pax Remix)

Max Richter

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