EXPO 1 is a well-balanced selection of tracks by Max Richter, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Chilly Gonzales, Joep Beving, Lambert, Luke Howard, Ólafur Arnalds, with interpretations by Víkingur Ólafsson, Hilary Hahn and Daniel Hope.

EXPO 1 presents the most popular music from the today’s leading ‘neo-classical’ composers, that is, the most influential voices in the current wave of post-minimalist composition where contemporary classical and alternative popular musical styles collide. The result is a fascinating kaleidoscope of individual musical approaches and styles, both in composition and interpretation.

At the heart of this music lies a question: does new and revolutionary music have to be aggressive, or can it be experimental, thought-provoking, challenging yet gentle at the same time? A new striking simplicity, occasionally mixed with edgier sounds is what connects the multifaceted approaches featured on EXPO 1.

Track listing:

Side A
1. MAX RICHTER  Vladimir’s Blues
2. SVEN HELBIG  Am Abend Fauré Quartett, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Kristjan Järvi
3. ALEX BARANOWSKI  Musica universalis Daniel Hope, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin
4. JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON  Good Night, Day
5. LUKE HOWARD  Portrait Gallery
6. CHILLY GONZALES  Marmont Overture
7. ÓLAFUR ARNALDS  Dalur – Island Songs V
8. JONNY GREENWOOD  Suite from There Will Be Blood 3. HW/Hope of New Fields Copenhagen Phil, André de Ridder
 
Side B
1. HANS-JOACHIM ROEDELIUS / ARNOLD KASAR  Rolling
2. LAMBERT  Signals
3. JOEP BEVING  432
4. JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON  Flight from the City
5. PHILIP GLASS  Étude No.9 Víkingur Ólafsson
6. MAX RICHTER  Mercy Hilary Hahn, Cory Smythe