Blackford, Richard

Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; Choral Anthems / Ying Huang: soprano; Bo Skovhus: baritone

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; A Westminster Te Deum, for chorus & organ; On Another's Sorrow, for chorus & organ; I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, for chorus & organ; From The Song of Songs...
Performers: Farrington, Iain; Huang, Ying; Robinson, Olivia; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Blackford, Richard; Hill, David
Ensemble: ; BBC Singers

MusicWeb International, January 2013
Mirror of Perfection is a response to texts by St Francis of Assisi, some of which (notably Canticle of Love III) are...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (02/22/2012); Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset, England (02/22/2012); St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (199...continue...

Oboe Divas! Operatic Duos and Ensembles from Handel to Wagner / Emily Pailthorpe & Elaine Douvas, oboes

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-10-09

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations for 2 Oboes and English Horn in C major on "La ci daremla mano", WoO 28; Fidelio, Op. 72; George...
Performers: Baker, Michelle; Brown, Douglas [Photography]; Douvas, Elaine; Flammineis, Andrea; Gemeinhardt, Brad; Höskuldsson, Stefán; Landsman, Julie; Martin, James [Organ]; Martyn, Elizabeth; McGil...
Conductors: Gould, Mark [Trumpet]

This is a CD for lovers of opera and oboe alike, portraying some of the great oboe moments in opera as well as songs that...continue...

Richard Blackford: Not in Our Time / Paul Nilon, tenor; Stephen Gadd, baritone

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Richard Blackford: Not in Our Time, oratorio
Performers: Dowie, Christopher
Conductors: Carr, Gavin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
Blackford's music is gesturally direct, aiming for visceral impact in the scrunching orchestral discord that represents the moment the Twin Towers collapsed...the performa...continue...
Recording information: Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset (09/18/2011-09/19/2011)....continue...

Blackford: Mirror of Perfection / Blackford, Ying, Skovhus, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, et al

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2009-01-13

Works: Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection
Performers: Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Ying, Huang
Conductors: Blackford, Richard
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus

Commissioned by the Royal Ballet School and first performed at the Royal College of Music, this recording features settings of hitherto unknown poems by St....continue...

Anthems for the 21st Century / Backhouse, Filsell, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2005-06-04

Works: Jonathan Dove: Bless the Lord, O my soul [vv. from Psalm 104], for chorus & organ; Jonathan Rathbone: Absalom, my son [2 Samuel 18, v. 33], for chorus & organ; Will Todd: Angel Song II, for chorus & ...
Performers: Angus, Andrew; Balzan, Nicola; Burges, Dan; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Jackson, David; McWilliams, Fiona; Wood, Matthew
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy
Ensemble: Vasari Singers

"Will Todd's wordless Angel Song II...where a soothing melody intones over weirdly rippling aleatoric incantations. James MacMillan's Chosen, adding to his increasingly compelling body of...continue...