Max Richter's new album, 'VOICES', will be released on July 30 by Decca Records and is a celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights featuring hundreds of crowd-sourced recordings of people around the world reading the Declaration in more than 70 languages. The voice of Eleanor Roosevelt recorded in 1949 can be heard in the first single from the album, 'All Human Beings', which has been released today:

'VOICES' also includes what Richter describes as an 'upside-down' orchestra, featuring 12 double basses, 24 cellos, 6 violas, 8 violins and a harp, and was premiered at the Barbican in London in February. 

Richter has also released a new app based on his eight-and-a-half hour work SLEEP, which was released by DG in 2015. The app allows users to reconfigure SLEEP into different listening sessions – Sleep, Meditate and Focus – and also features planetary animations, and even a new wake-up alarm composed by Richter for the app.