For the very first time, Deutsche Grammophonreleases an essential collection curated by Max Richter, one of the most influential figures of the contemporary music scene, producing ground-breaking work as a recording artist, composer, pianist and collaborator.

His music is long a staple of the avant-garde, by virtue of his influential solo albums, including The Blue Notebooks, Memoryhouse, Songs From Before, Infra, Vivaldi Recomposed, Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works and the eight-and-a-half hour epic Sleep. He has sold out overnight performances of Sleep at venues across the world and holds numerous Classical No. 1 records -a testament to his wide global appeal.

Richter has also written widely for film and television with recent projects including Hostiles, BlackMirror, The Leftovers, My Brilliant Friend and Taboo-which gained him an Emmy nomination,and most recently Hostiles, White Boy Rick and Mary Queen of Scots.