Listen to this when
Sleep
Max Richter wrote an eight-and-a-half-hour lullaby and asked a neuroscientist how sleeping brains listen. You don't have to earn rest. 🌙
Who it's for
Richter called Sleep an eight-hour lullaby and wrote it to be heard while falling asleep and sleeping, consulting neuroscientist David Eagleman about how the brain behaves in sleep.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Sleep is an album-length composition by Max Richter, released on Deutsche Grammophon on 4 September 2015 and described as an eight-hour lullaby designed to fit a full night's rest. Its 31 slow sections are variations on five themes, structured with Bach's Goldberg Variations in mind, and Richter consulted neuroscientist David Eagleman about how the brain functions during sleep.
Where to find it
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Tidal and other major streaming services; also on CD/vinyl. The documentary Max Richter's Sleep (2020, dir. Natalie Johns) follows the overnight perf.
Before you start
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Our life is frittered away by detail.Henry David Thoreau, Walden, “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For”
