Blackford: Niobe, Kalon & Blewbury Air Classical Orchestral & Concertos Nimbus

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“… The sound is fine and performances are excellent… Cellist Raphael Wallfisch and pianist Adrian Farmer are terrific. This is compelling contemporary music that won’t send you away screaming. Recommended.”

Mark Novak – Fanfare – January/February 2022

“… this is an excellent introduction to Blackford’s varied soundworld.” ****

Jeremy Pound – BBC Music magazine – August 2021

“… For all its technical sophistication with polytempo and extended tonality, The Challenges of Kalon for string quartet and string orchestra is a highly expressive, immensely richly colored piece, heard here in a gripping interpretation. And so this monographic CD offers an interesting insight into the work of the 67-year-old British composer Richard Blackford.” *****

Remy Franck – Pizzicato.com.lu – 25 May 2021

“… Richard Blackford has been well served by the Nimbus label over the years, and this disc adds a further instalment to an impressive catalogue of recordings. The presentation is admirable as always (although for some reason “Phrygia” is persistently rendered as “Phyrgia”), and the sound recording is never less than exemplary. Those who already know and love the composer’s output, as I do, will need no further recommendation; those who have yet to make the pleasure of his acquaintance could do no better than to begin here.”

Paul Corfield Godfrey – MusicWeb-International.com – 28 May 2021

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