Max Richter’s ‘While The Flood Rages’ Is Typically Masterful
Max Richter has released his new album, *While The Flood Rages*, in full. The article describes it as a varied, sometimes challenging work whose melodic writing and carefully interwoven structures create a coherent musical world.
The album includes the spiritually inflected track “My Body Is My Earthly Ark”. Richter is also planning a listening event at Friendly Pressure in London on 17 October and a limited-stock crossword book featuring commissioned essays by Anahid Nersessian and Victoria Trumbull; a digital edition will be available to members of his community.
- Max Richter’s new album is out in full.
- Its music moves between challenging and spiritual passages.
- A listening event and limited crossword book are planned.