Album · 2004
The Blue Notebooks
Tracklist
1
The Blue Notebooks
The Blue Notebooks
1:21
2
On the Nature of Daylight
The Blue Notebooks
6:12
3
Horizon Variations
The Blue Notebooks
1:53
4
Shadow Journal
The Blue Notebooks
8:23
5
Iconography
The Blue Notebooks
3:39
6
Vladimir’s Blues
The Blue Notebooks
1:18
7
Arboretum
The Blue Notebooks
2:54
8
Old Song
The Blue Notebooks
2:11
9
Organum
The Blue Notebooks
3:13
10
The Trees
The Blue Notebooks
7:53
11
Written on the Sky
The Blue Notebooks
1:40
In print
First pressed 2004, still pressed 2026 — 26 pressings across 7 countries.
Credits
Marek Polewski
Art Direction
Merle Kersten
Art Direction
WLP Ltd
Artwork
Lorenz Dangel
Conductor
Alex Torrance
Design · layout
Erkin Karamemet
Design · layout
Klasse 3b
Design
Tom Bailey
Engineer
Chris Worsey
Instrument · cello
Ian Burdge
Instrument · cello
John Metcalfe
Instrument · viola
Louisa Fuller
Instrument · violin
Natalia Bonner
Instrument · violin
Philip Sheppard
Instrument · cello
Paul Morley
Liner Notes
Wyndham Wallace
Liner Notes
Czesław Miłosz
Lyricist
Franz Kafka
Lyricist
Daniel Krieger
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Götz-Michael Rieth
Mastering
Heino Leja
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Mandy Parnell
Mastering
Martin Krafft
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Robbie Robertson
Mix
The Max Richter Orchestra
Performing Orchestra
Heiko Prigge
Photography
Paul Spencer (6)
Photography
Peter Langer (3)
Photography
Wolfgang Borrs
Photography
Yulia Mahr
Photography
Christian Badzura
Producer · executive-producer [executive producer deutsche grammophon]
Max Richter
Producer
Philip Bagenal
Recording
Rupert Coulson
Recording
Steve Parr
Recording
Eithne Wilkins
Translator
Ernst Kaiser
Translator
Dinah Washington
Vocal · vocals
Tilda Swinton
Vocal · voice [reader]
Clyde Otis
Writer
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