In a Landscape

In a Landscape was announced on 29 May 2024, with its release date set for 6 September by Decca Records.{{Cite news |last=Rettig |first=James |date=May 29, 2024 |title=Max Richter – "Movement, Before All Flowers" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2265574/max-richter-movement-before-all-flowers/music/ |access-date=May 30, 2024 |work=Stereogum}} On the album, Richter said:{{quote|For me, the music on the record is about connecting or reconciling polarities. The electronics with the acoustic instruments, the natural world with the human world, and the big ideas of life with the personal and intimate. This is a dynamic I started to explore in my 2004 record The Blue Notebooks, and the new project shares many of that album's concerns; in a way this record is another look at the themes of the earlier work, but from the perspective of our world and our lives in 2024.}} With the announcement, Richter also released the lead single, "Movement, Before All Flowers", which Clash{{'}}s Robin Murray called "a beautiful introduction, embodying a unique sense of control. Every note is purposeful, marked by the kind of audio painting Max Richter has long since made his own."{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=May 29, 2024 |title=Max Richter Announces New Album In a Landscape |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/max-richter-announces-new-album-in-a-landscape/ |access-date=May 30, 2024 |work=Clash}}

In a Landscape is Richter's first solo album recorded in Studio Richter Mahr, the studio in Oxfordshire which he built with his wife, Yulia Mahr.{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Tyler Damara |date=29 May 2024 |title=Max Richter announces his ninth studio album, In a Landscape |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/max-richter-announces-his-ninth-studio-album-in-a-landscape |access-date=May 30, 2024 |work=The Line of Best Fit}}

{{Music ratings

| title = In a Landscape ratings

| ADM = 7.2/10{{Cite news |title=In a Landscape by Max Richter reviews |url=http://anydecentmusic.com/review/14085/Max-Richter-In-A-Landscape.aspx |access-date=September 13, 2024 |work=AnyDecentMusic?}}

| MC = 74/100{{Cite news |title=In a Landscape by Max Richter Reviews and Tracks |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/in-a-landscape/max-richter |access-date=September 13, 2024 |work=Metacritic}}

| rev1 = Clash

| rev1score = 8/10{{Cite news |last=Kingsley |first=Tom |date=September 6, 2024 |title=Max Richter – In a Landscape |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/max-richter-in-a-landscape/ |access-date=September 13, 2024 |work=Clash}}

| rev2 = The Irish Times

| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Lauren |date=September 5, 2024 |title=Max Richter: In a Landscape – Strikes a pleasing equilibrium between music to admire and music to enjoy |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2024/09/05/max-richter-in-a-landscape-strikes-a-pleasing-equilibrium-between-music-to-admire-and-music-to-enjoy/ |access-date=September 13, 2024 |work=The Irish Times}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = 7.3/10{{Cite news |last=Ague |first=Vanessa |date=September 12, 2024 |title=Max Richter: In a Landscape Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/max-richter-in-a-landscape/ |access-date=September 13, 2024 |work=Pitchfork}}

| rev4 = Spectrum Culture

| rev4score = 84%{{Cite news |last=Pinfold |first=Will |date=September 10, 2024 |title=Max Richter: In a Landscape |url=https://spectrumculture.com/2024/09/09/max-richter-in-a-landscape-review/ |access-date=September 13, 2024 |work=Spectrum Culture}}

| rev5 = Spin

| rev5score = B-{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=David |date=September 11, 2024 |title=Max Richter Floats Away on In a Landscape |url=https://www.spin.com/2024/09/max-richter-in-a-landscape-review/ |access-date=September 13, 2024 |work=Spin}}

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{{Metacritic album prose|In a Landscape|positive|74|5}}

With the album, Richter also announced his first-ever world tour for September 2024 – May 2025 across Europe, Australia, and the United States, beginning with an appearance at {{ill|La Bâtie-Festival de Genève|fr}} in Geneva on 7 September. The Australia and United States legs of the tour will be performed with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble.{{Cite news |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=May 29, 2024 |title=Max Richter Announces Tour and Album, Shares New Song |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/max-richter-announces-tour-and-album-shares-new-song-listen/ |access-date=May 30, 2024 |work=Pitchfork}}{{Cite news |last=Dunworth |first=Liberty |date=29 May 2024 |title=Max Richter announces new album In a Landscape and first ever world tour |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/max-richter-announces-new-album-in-a-landscape-and-first-ever-world-tour-buy-tickets-preorder-3760612 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |work=NME}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 1 track listing

| all_writing = Max Richter.

| title1 = They Will Shade Us with Their Wings

| length1 = 8:33

| title2 = Life Study I

| length2 = 0:46

| title3 = A Colour Field (Holocene)

| length3 = 2:25

| title4 = Life Study II

| length4 = 1:24

| title5 = And Some Will Fall

| length5 = 8:04

| title6 = Life Study III

| length6 = 1:04

| title7 = The Poetry of Earth (Geophony)

| length7 = 3:58

| title8 = Life Study IV

| length8 = 0:31

| title9 = Only Silent Words

| length9 = 2:16

| title10 = Life Study V

| length10 = 0:30

| title11 = Late and Soon

| length11 = 7:10

| title12 = Life Study VI

| length12 = 0:41

| title13 = Andante

| length13 = 2:33

| title14 = Life Study VII

| length14 = 1:01

| title15 = A Time Mirror (Biophony)

| length15 = 3:58

| title16 = Life Study VIII

| length16 = 0:42

| title17 = Love Song (After JE)

| length17 = 5:39

| title18 = Life Study IX

| length18 = 0:52

| title19 = Movement, Before All Flowers

| length19 = 4:17

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{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 2 track listing

| title1 = And Some Will Fall

| note1 = edit

| length1 = 4:11

| title2 = The Poetry of Earth (Geophony)

| note2 = edit

| length2 = 3:39

| title3 = Late and Soon

| note3 = edit

| length3 = 3:19

| title4 = Love Song (After JE)

| note4 = edit

| length4 = 4:41

| title5 = Movement, Before All Flowers

| note5 = edit

| length5 = 3:39

| total_length = 75:53

}}

• Max Richter – synthesizer programming (tracks 1, 2, 4–7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20–23), piano (1, 3, 7, 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 25), Hammond organ (1, 15), rhythm programming (8), electronic percussion (17, 24)
• Max Ruisi and Zara Hudson-Kozdoj – cello (tracks 1, 5, 7, 11, 17, 19–25)
• Connie Pharoah and Eloisa-Fleur Thom – viola (tracks 1, 5, 7, 11, 17, 19–25)
• Max Baillie – violin (tracks 1, 5, 7, 11, 17, 19–25)
• Gemma Moore – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 15)
• Martin Robertson and Paul Richadrs – bass clarinet (tracks 1, 15)
• David Fuest – clarinet (tracks 1, 15)
• Graeme Blevins and Martin Williams – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 15)

• Max Richter – production (all tracks), engineering (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18)
• Rupert Coulson – mixing (all tracks), engineering (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19–25)
• Alex Ferguson – engineering (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19–25)
• Cicely Balston – mastering

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