Max Richter, Various - Behind The Counter With Max Richter (2017)

Neo-classical colossus Max Richter is the first artist to curate a volume in Rough Trade's new Behind The Counter compilation series, which features tracks picked from releases sold in the label's record stores. As you'd expect, Richter's selection includes many fine cinematic and classical pieces - the beautiful piano work of Alfred Brendel, the spiraling piccolo trumpets of David Munrow, and the spine-tingling choral brilliance of Hueglas Ensemble and Paul van Nevel, for starters - but also plenty of experimental electronica and post-rock oddness, too. Keep an eye out for the analogue synthesizer ambience of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, the pastoral beauty of Rachel's "Last Things Last", the spaced-out wooziness of Let's Eat Grandma, the trippy oddness of Aphex Twin, and the moody rumble of Mogwai.

Tracklist:

1.01. New York Philharmonic Orchestra - The Unanswered Question (5:24)
1.02. Alfred Brendel - Bach BWV659 Arr. Busoni Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland (5:02)
1.03. Roomful of Teeth - Partita III: Courante (3:10)
1.04. Nicolas Alstaedt and José Gallardo - 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano No. 1: Modéré (2:30)
1.05. Mogwai - Ether (4:56)
1.06. Thomas Adès - Arcadiana, Op. 12 (1994): VI. O Albion (3:08)
1.07. David Munrow - Hoquetus David (1:28)
1.08. Boards of Canada - Zoetrope (4:58)
1.09. Lauri Väinmaa - Starry Sky Cycle (1980-87): Ursa Minor [Peace] (3:11)
1.10. Huelgas Ensemble - Qui Habitat (5:40)
1.11. John Tilbury - Of Late (0:39)
1.12. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Bobbing Beams of Light (6:04)
1.13. English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir - Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: IX. Die Torrente in Via Bibet (4:15)
1.14. Hilary Hahn and Cory Smythe - Mercy (5:23)
1.15. Tenebrae - Rejoice O Virgin (2:57)
1.16. Rachel's - Last Things Last (3:32)
1.17. The Northwestern University Cello Ensemble - Canticles of the Sky: Sky With Four Suns (4:19)
1.18. David Arden - Wasserklavier (2:00)
2.01. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls (4:05)
2.02. Schola Cantorum - Immortal Bach (5:29)
2.03. New York City Opera Chorus and Orchestra - Satyagraha: Evening Song (4:05)
2.04. Let's Eat Grandma - Deep Six Textbook (5:35)
2.05. Phantasm - Fantasia 7 (4:19)
2.06. Marta Deyanova - Preludes, Opus 11: XXI Andante in B Flat Major (1:39)
2.07. Low - What Part of Me (2:58)
2.08. Kronos Quartet - Tenebrae: II (6:40)
2.09. Aphex Twin - Diskprept1 (3:26)
2.10. Yuki Numata Resnick - Remembrance (5:34)
2.11. Fretwork - Pièce D'Orgue in G Major, BWV 572 à 6 (5:34)
2.12. Clarice Jensen, Ben Russell and Max Richter - Dream 3 (9:51)
2.13. Hagen Quartet - String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D.810: Death and the Maiden (Extract) (4:47)
2.14. Max Richter - Les Baricades Mistérieuses (3:10)
2.15. Alarm Will Sound and Ossia - Tehillim Part II: Psalms 34:13-15 (5:54)
3.01. Mogwai - Ether (5:05)
3.02. Boards of Canada - Zoetrope (5:00)
3.03. Lauri Väinmaa - Starry Sky Cycle (1980-87): Ursa Minor [Peace] (3:15)
3.04. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Bobbing Beams of Light (6:14)
3.05. Hilary Hahn and Cory Smythe - Mercy (5:25)
3.06. Let's Eat Grandma - Deep Six Textbook (5:41)
3.07. Low - What Part of Me (3:03)
3.08. Kronos Quartet - Tenebrae: II (6:46)
3.09. Aphex Twin - Diskprept1 (3:28)
3.10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls (20:40)