This page contains a comprehensive list of Howard Blake's music which has been recorded, but may or may not be currently available.
The published recordings page lists commercially available recordings of the music of Howard Blake, together with details of current suppliers where known.
The links page contains a list of online shops which may stock certain works, but if a recording cannot be traced it is worth making a direct enquiry to this site.
LOST CONTINENT CD GDI RECORDS www.gdirecords.com
Tracks 24 and 25 are composed and played by Howard Blake on Hammond organ with rhythm section but not credited.
Trio for Flute, cello and harp, opus 0559, is recorded on the album HOWARD BLAKE - CHAMBER MUSIC issued by Naxos CDE 84553 2005. It is an arrangement made in 2005 of the original Trio for flute clarinet and piano opus 25, itself adapted from the music for the film 'A Few days' on 1963.
Flute: Gabrielle Byam-Grounds, Cello: Joseph Spooner, Harp: Rowena Bass
Produced by Richard Hughes and Susanna Stanzeleit
Howard Blake's composed score is available as 'Suite:A Month in the Country' conducted by Paul Daniel with the strings of the English Northern Philharmonia in a recording issued by ASV, CD DCA 905 principally featuring Violin Concerto (''The Leeds''). Video AND DVD of the complete film also available.
Complete vinyl album of score issued by Bell Records NY, Bell 1202 a division of CBS Pictures Industries Inc. 1970. CD issued 2003 Amazon. DVD issued 2005 Amazon
*Recorded by Robert Tear (tenor),The Bach Choir, Boy Choristers of St Paul`s Cathedral, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Williams,solo viola, Sir David Willcocks,conductor, Abbey Road Studios, 1988. SONY CDHB2
Available from Highbridge, Amazon and dealers
The full text is available on request
*In 2015 the 12'' vinyl LP has been re-released on ESPRIT, 27 years after its original recording for Sony
1.CD THEA KING /English chamber orchestra/Conducted by HOWARD BLAKE/HYPERION A66215 1985
2. CD Thea King/ECO/'My England' compilation of the above on Resonance CDRSB505
3. CD ANDREW MARRINER (giving the first performance of the concerto with the composer's revised version of the clarinet part for the first movement) /ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS/conducted by SIR NEVILLE MARRINER/TITLE OF ALBUM 'THE BARBER OF NEVILLE' PENTATONE CLASSICS SUPER AUDIO CD HYBRID MULTICHANNEL PTC 5186 506 2013 www.pentatonemusic.com
1. Twelve Piano Pieces and Dances for Two Pianos, WML 2001 Watermill Records, Howard Blake and Janet Canetty-Clarke 1976
2. (excerpt) MCD 65 Masters, Pickwick:Nettle and Markham play Slow Ragtime and Folk Ballad
3. Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR and VOVA ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
1. The eight pieces which comprise this work can be heard as items within the CD 'Lifecycle - piano music of imagination and reflection' recorded by William Chen for ABC Classics 476 118-4 in the Eugene Goossens Hall Sydney 2003
2. The 30-second samples which you can hear on MP3 are taken from a vinyl recording made by the composer himself in the seventies and not currently available on CD
3. The name 'EIGHT CHARACTER PIECES' is given to the first eight pieces recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
It should be noted that the pieces recorded under the title 'Eight Character Pieces' on this 2014 Decca recording differ in order and content from the 'Eight Character Pieces' published as a sheet-music selection by Faber Music back in 1984 (now withdrawn). Maestro Ashkenazy has recorded the first eight in the order originally composed and as currently published and available from Highbridge Music as the first eight pieces in the collection called 'Lifecycle'. These eight pieces are:
opus 489a Prelude
opus 489b Nocturne
opus 489c Impromptu
opus 489d Toccatina
opus 489e Mazurka
opus 489f Walking Song
opus 489g Chaconne
opus 489h Scherzo
The musical works that comprise this ballet are composed by Howard Blake and are available from this site - Howard Blake/Highbridge Music Ltd. - both as printed scores and parts and as recordings on CD:
Violin Concerto, 36' CD orig. issued on ASV, now on Howard Blake/Highbridge Music Ltd. (along with String Suite 'A Month in the Country' and 'Sinfonietta for Ten Brass'), solo violin Christiane Edinger, with The Northern Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Paul Daniel
Toccata (a celebration of the orchestra) 22' along with 'Diversions' for cello 23' played by Robert Cohen, with The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Howard Blake, and The Piano Concerto, Concerto for a Princess, (Diana) 26', solo piano Howard Blake, conductor Sir David Willcocks, CD orig. issued on SONY/BMG 8.8697 376972.0 available from Howard Blake/Highbridge Music Ltd.
Sleepwalking 13' recorded in The Wigmore Hall by Patricia Rozario with The Schubert Ensemble, CD available from Howard Blake/Highbridge Music Ltd.
Benedictus 65' CD orig. issued on SONY HD 6001, now on Howard Blake/Highbridge Music Ltd. solo tenor Robert Tear, with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Bach Choir conducted by Sir David Willcocks
Piano Quartet 28' CD issued on NAXOS 8.572083 vn. Jack Rothstein, va. Kenneth Essex, vc. Peter Willison, pno. Howard Blake. and also featuring Violin Sonata, Pennillion and Jazz Dances, all three for violin, Madeleine Mitchell and piano, Howard Blake.
Flash Gordon complete orchestral score on www.Supercollector.com
DVD,VIDEO of film
CD of 'Queen' music
1. HOWARD BLAKE: CHAMBER MUSIC (2006). GABRIELLE BYAM-GROUNDS (flute) and THE ENGLISH SERENATA Recorded at Mickleton Church, Gloucestershire on September 21st 2005. Released 2006 on MERIDIAN CDE 84553. Available from Meridian and Amazon
2. BRITANNIA Arco Baleno Ensemble with Peter Verhoyen solo flute, (Etcetera-records 1372) released July 2008: music for flute, strings and harpsichord by British composers - Rutter, Bridge, Blake, Jacob, Stephenson
Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
GRANPA CD CBS HB1 1988
VIDEO RELEASE
To listen to an excerpt refer to opus 360
Originally released by CBS/Sony GRANPA CD CBS/SONY HB1 1988.
Re-released by Highbridge HM6002 April 2006 from whom it is available on request. (see links on Highbridge Music home page) under license from SBE Subsidiary BV
Recorded by William Chen in the Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, January 2003 and released with the sub-title 'Piano Music of Imagination and Reflection'
ABC Classics 476 118-4
GRANPA CD CBS HB1 1988
VIDEO RELEASE
GRANPA CD first released on CBS/SONY HB1 1988 (deleted 1993)
To be re-released April 2006. Highbridge Music CD 6002 (under license from SME Subsidiary BV) as item on CD titled 'Granpa'
Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
Released by NAXOS using the recording made by the original performers on 28th October 2008. Album HOWARD BLAKE: MUSIC FOR PIANO & STRINGS naxos 8.572083 naxos www.naxos.com
1.DVD IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT 2002
2.CD album from the original soundtrack SILVA SCREEN RECORDS
SILCO 1387 2013 30 TRACKS www.silvascreenmusic.com
Recorded by the brass section of The English Northern Philharmonia conducted by Paul Daniel 1994. ASV CD DCA 90
1. Giuseppe Andaloro can be seen on You Tube giving his brilliant prize-winning performance of this piece in the Hong Kong Concert Hall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jtIn4r7VA4&feature=related
2. Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
Naxos CD recording made by The Edinburgh Quartet at the Reid Hall, Edinburgh June 5-7 2010. Released on Naxos 26th June 2011. Naxos 8.572688
LP released by Apollo Sound 1973 N/A.
Recording available from Highbridge Music on demand.
1. CD COLOMBIA/SONY CLASSICS CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN MAY 1991: THE PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY HOWARD BLAKE SONY HB3 23
2. SONY CLASSICS: RE-RELEASE OF THE ORIGINAL ALBUM (AS ABOVE) ON OCTOBER 28TH 2008 WITH NEW BOOKLET AND ARTWORK (COPYRIGHT SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK LTD) 8697376972
1.'Lifecycle', TRACK 14. William Chen ABC Classics (Australia) 476 118-4 available from ABC (Australia) , Amazon, Presto Classical (UK)
2. THE CHANGELING Original motion picture soundtrack 'The Changeling' CD Percepto Records 2001 www.percepto.com for promotional uses only.
DVD Paramount Home Video 2004, with commentary on the score by HB
CD Airstrip One Company, Complete Score (for promotional purposes only)
HIGHBRIDGE MUSIC CD 2007 Made by The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the choir of The Mary Erskine School Edinburgh with David Rintoul (as Robert Louis Stevenson as a man) and Niall Rice (as Robert Louis Stevenson as a boy) and conducted by the composer. Available from:
HOWARD BLAKE obe fram
Director of Highbridge Music Ltd. - The Music of Howard Blake
Studio 6, 18 Kensington Court Place, London W8 5BJ.
Tel: 020 7937 1966 Mob. 07966 387 637
howard@howardblake.com www.howardblake,com
Requests for use of copyrights should be addressed to james.rushton@musicsales.co.uk
Enquiries to hire or purchase scores and sheet music should be addressed to Adam Harvey, Music Sales Hire Library, Unit F3, Dettingen Way, Bury St. Edmunds,Suffolk, IP33 3TU Hire at Music Sales.co.uk 01284 596004
Director of Highbridge Music Ltd. - The Music of Howard Blake
Studio 6, 18 Kensington Court Place, London W8 5BJ.
Tel: 020 7937 1966 Mob. 07966 387 637
Requests for use of copyrights should be addressed to james.rushton@musicsales.co.uk
Enquiries to hire scores should be addressed to Adam Harvey, Music Sales Hire Library, Unit F3, Dettingen Way, Bury St. Edmunds,Suffolk, IP33 3TU Hire at Music Sales.co.uk 01284 596004
CD soundtrack album of 9 selected tracks available from Highbridge Music.
Video and DVD versions of the complete series are available from Amazon
LP on Firecrest FEU 1002, cover design by Hugh Casson. performed by The Scholars 1975, available from Highbridge
(also issued by DECCA, 1979-1984)
THE PASSION OF MARY (dramatic oratorio) PATRICIA ROZARIO, ROBERT WILLIAM BLAKE, RICHARD EDGAR-WILSON, DAVID WILSON-JOHNSON, LONDON VOICES (CHORUS MASTER TERRY EDWARDS), ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY HOWARD BLAKE
NAXOS DDD 8.572453 RELEASED APRIL 2010
COUPLED WITH 'FOUR SONGS OF THE NATIVITY', SONG-CYCLE FOR SATB CHOIR AND BRASS ENSEMBLE. RICHARD EDGAR-WILSON, LONDON VOICES (CHORUS MASTER TERRY EDWARDS), ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY HOWARD BLAKE
Video: 'The Selfish Giant' and 'The Remarkable Rocket'- RDV 87-009
Complete score CD AIRSTRIP ONE (for promotion purposes)
CD Sony BMG (Columbia) CDX 71116 (complete CD of The Snowman, first with narration by Bernard Cribbins second without narration).
Available from from Amazon and other retailers.
The 1985 Aled Jones cover version of "Walking In The Air" is available from EMI.
Many other cover versions available - see The Snowman site
1.'THE SNOWMAN' (1983), THE COMPLETE MUSIC SOUNDTRACK OF THE ANIMATED FILM WITH ADDED NARRATION SPOKEN BY BERNARD CRIBBINS, 'WALKING ON THE AIR' SUNG BY TREBLE, PETER AUTY, WITH THE SINFONIA OF LONDON CONDUCTED BY THE COMPOSER, HOWARD BLAKE ON COLUMBIA CDX 71116, 'SIDE A' WITH NARRATOR, 'SIDE B' MUSIC ONLY. AVAILABLE FROM SONY CLASSICS AND AMAZON
2. 'THE SNOWMAN' (2008) WORDS AND MUSIC BY HOWARD BLAKE; PRODUCED BY HOWARD BLAKE, NARRATED BY JAMES NESBITT, TREBLE, PETER AUTY, THE SINFONIA OF LONDON CONDUCTED BY THE COMPOSER, SONY/BMG 86972 02502COLUMBIA, 'SIDE A' WITH NARRATOR, 'SIDE B' MUSIC ONLY. AVAILABLE ON SONY CLASSICS AND AMAZON
CD of a live performance available
Film of the complete opera (as performed in Adelaide, Australia) may be seen on Howard Blake YouTubeOfficial
Christiane Edinger (solo violin), The Northern Philharmonia conducted by Paul Daniel. ASV CD DCA905 1994
Revelations ASV compilation CD 1997
1. Recorded by William Chen as one of the items on 'Lifecycle' ABC Classics. Available from Amazon
2.Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
1. Recorded by William Chen as one of the items on 'Lifecycle' ABC Classics. Available from Amazon
2.Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
1. Recorded by William Chen as one of the items on 'Lifecycle' ABC Classics. Available from Amazon
2.Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
1. Recorded by William Chen as one of the items on 'Lifecycle' ABC Classics. Available from Amazon
2.Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
1. Recorded by William Chen as one of the items on 'Lifecycle' ABC Classics. Available from Amazon
2. Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
1. Recorded by William Chen as one of the items on 'Lifecycle' ABC Classics. Available from Amazon
2.Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
THE AVENGERS -TARA KING SEASON SCORE Double album CD released 08 08 2011 on SILVA SCREEN RECORDS SILCD1363
DVDs of complete film episodes available from AMAZON
RECORDED BY GUSTAVO NUNEZ/ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS/SIR NEVILLE MARRINER/TITLE OF ALBUM 'THE BARBER OF NEVILLE' PENTATONE CLASSICS SUPER AUDIO CD HYBRID MULTICHANNEL PTC 5186 506 2013 www.pentatonemusic.com
In 1971 Howard composed a quintet for oboe and string quartet which was given a student performance at the RCM by David Powell, later oboist with the BBC Philharmonic. However no further promotion of the work was made after that time and the composer left it amongst pieces 'under consideration for revision'. In 2009 a suggestion was made by Bob Briggs and Len Mullenger of Music Web International that Howard should hear the brilliant young bassoonist Karen Geoghegan at a forthcoming Prom with a view to possibly writing a new concerto for her and the proposal that the work should be recorded by Chandos Records. Howard met Karen after the concert and she expressed an interest in the proposal. On reflection Howard believed that the early oboe quintet might translate well for bassoon and during the course of the summer he reshaped the material into this concerto for bassoon and string orchestra. Karen played it through with Howard and was delighted. Music critic Bob Briggs wrote : 'The Concerto is in three movements, a medium paced opening one - Moderato - a very beautiful slow movement and a sparkling Presto finale with a cadenza which brings together music from all three movements.' The project unravelled however when Ralph Couzens of Chandos signed Karen and much to everybody's dismay decided against including the work in her proposed recording schedule. However, in 2011 Sir Neville Marriner suggested including it in an album of Howard Blake woodwind concertos and approached Gustavo Nunes as soloist. It was recorded in St John Smith Square in September 2012
1. Recorded by William Chen as one of the items on 'Lifecycle' ABC Classics. Available from Amazon
2. Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
RECORDED ON CD BY ANDREW MARRINER (first performance of this revised version) /ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS/conducted by SIR NEVILLE MARRINER/TITLE OF ALBUM 'THE BARBER OF NEVILLE' PENTATONE CLASSICS SUPER AUDIO CD HYBRID MULTICHANNEL PTC 5186 506 2013 www.pentatonemusic.com
1. CD COLOMBIA/SONY CLASSICS CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN MAY 1991: ROBERT COHEN (CELLO), THE PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY HOWARD BLAKE SONY HB3 23
A recording of the orchestral version was made by Robert Cohen and The Philharmonia conducted by the composer, first issued on Sony CD HB3 in 1991 and re-issued by Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK Ltd 8697376972 in 2008 with a new booklet and artwork.
There is a recording of the work in its original instrumentation for cello and orchestra, played by Robert Cohen with The Philharmonia conducted by the composer, recently re-released by Sony Classics 88697376972
There is a demo CD of the work in a version for marimba and orchestra recorded by Heather Corbett with The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Julian Claton (available on request)
The music was originally composed for solo viola to begin and end Howard Blake’s oratorio ‘Benedictus’ and at the first performance in Worth Abbey in 1980 it was played by the great violist Frederick Riddle. After a performance at St Albans Cathedral in 2019, critic Roderick Dunnett of 'The Church Times' wrote “The finishing touch of the viola solo was one of genius.” The version for solo violin was recorded on film during the lockdown by violinist Alan Parmenter at the composer's studio in Kensington, 18th June 2020. See Howard Blake Official YouTube.
THE AVENGERS -TARA KING SEASON SCORE Double album CD released 08 08 2011 on SILVA SCREEN RECORDS SILCD1363
DVDs of complete film episodes available from AMAZON
LP album EMI Studio 2 192 1966 Amazon
Recording SX6040 Abbey Road Studio 2 1965
1. The Duellists Original Soundtrack CD is available from Amazon
2. Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
First recording as a concert work by The Edinburgh String Quartet in 2010 for Naxos.
Released on 26th June 2011. Naxos 8.572688.
1. A recording of the complete unedited music soundtrack of the RSC film was issued in 1996 by Channel 4 in conjunction with Japan Cinema Associates
2. A recording of this Suite for orchestra tba
DVD The Duellists/Paramount
CD of soundtrack Airstrip One Company
THE AVENGERS -TARA KING SEASON SCORE Double album CD released 08 08 2011 on SILVA SCREEN RECORDS SILCD1363
DVDs of complete film episodes available from AMAZON
THE AVENGERS -TARA KING SEASON SCORE Double album CD released 08 08 2011 on SILVA SCREEN RECORDS SILCD1363
DVDs of complete film episodes available from AMAZON
1. Recorded by William Chen as one of the items on 'Lifecycle' ABC Classics. Available from Amazon
2.Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
1. Recorded by William Chen as one of the items on 'Lifecycle' ABC Classics. Available from Amazon
2. Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
1. George Martin Presents The Medici Quartet CFMCD 5 Classic FM
2. Pavao String Quartet, A Christmas Collection 2007
Video, DVD of 'The Bear', Charlotte Church, Martyn Hill,
CD demo disk of The Bear for narrator and orchestra on request
Released on Naxos 26th June. Naxos 8.572688
The original album of The Snowman with Bernard Cribbins as narrator (26') is available on CBS Masterworks(Sony)71116.
DVD and CD versions of much of this material was made available by Reiner Moritz Associates 1998.
Sony Entertainments release of a DVD of The Snowman Stage Show complete for Christmas 2010
Paul Bateman, Swashbucklers, City of Prague Philharmonic.
Airstrip One Company complete film score for promotional purposes. Supertracks Music Group International
THE AVENGERS -TARA KING SEASON SCORE Double album CD released 08 08 2011 on SILVA SCREEN RECORDS SILCD1363
DVDs of complete film episodes available from AMAZON
THE AVENGERS -TARA KING SEASON SCORE Double album CD released 08 08 2011 on SILVA SCREEN RECORDS SILCD1363
DVDs of complete film episodes available from AMAZON
TVC/Channel 4 animated film released on DVD 1999
Audio CD available for performance reference with tenor Martyn Hill, bass Petr Knapp, girl soprano Charlotte Church
Documentary film of the making of the animated film titled 'The Bear's Tale' available from Channel 4 TV.
The Sinfonia of London conducted by Howard Blake, Abbey Road Studios 23.7.1988
First released on CBS/Sony 1988 as a track on the album 'Granpa'.titled 'The Conquest of Space
Re-released April 2006. Highbridge Music CD 6002 (under license from SME Subsidiary BV) on the CD titled 'Granpa'
The Hunger, Varese Sarabande VSD 47261. (However this CD omits much of the music used in the film -see Movements section)
Film available on DVD and video
THE AVENGERS -TARA KING SEASON SCORE Double album CD released 08 08 2011 on SILVA SCREEN RECORDS SILCD1363
DVDs of complete film episodes available from AMAZON
DVD of complete show made in 1998 beautifully shot with Kasper Cornish, Monica Zamoura (by permission of The Birmingham Royal Ballet), Drew McConie, treble Thomas Gubbins (by permission of Winchester Cathedral), produced by Neil Mundy, directed by Thomas Grimm. 'The Snowman Stage Show', Reiner Moritz Associates, 1998 Contender-RGN2 Europe CTD 10125. Also CD RMA001
A live recording of the performance by Patricia Rozario and Howard Blake at the Wigmore Hall in 2003 is available on request
HOWARD BLAKE – THREE SUSSEX SONGS
Words by Judith Garrett
A Song Cycle – Opus 542 Nov 2003
This is the Delicate Time of Year – 4.21
I Wait Through the Daylight Hours – 4.02
The Dying Fall of Summers Music – 3.58
In 1971 Howard moved to Highbridge Mill in
Cuckfield, Mid Sussex. In 1973 the internationally
famous mezzo-soprano.Helen Watts moved to
the cottage next to Highbridge Mill and she
encouraged Howard to write the song cycle.
A first performance was given by her and the
composer in All Saints Church, Cuckfield on
5th October 1973..
This is a recording made at the Wigmore Hall,
London on 19th November 2003 by Patricia
Rozario, soprano with Howard Blake as pianist
highbridge music limited
contact: anna@annamenzies.com
Available in the version for Flute, cello and harp on Meridian CDE84553
'HOWARD BLAKE - CHAMBER MUSIC'
ENGLISH SERENATA
Gabrielle Byam-Grounds Flute, Joseph Spooner cello, Rowena Bass harp
programme includes 'Pennillion for flute and harp, Quintet for flute and string quartet
(and Martyn Hill tenor sings 'Shakespeare Songs for Tenor and string quartet')
Recorded on NAXOS: HOWARD BLAKE MUSIC FOR PIANO & STRINGS (74'15'') Madeleine Mitchell (violin) and Howard Blake (piano) Naxos 8.572083 released October 28th 2008 www.naxos.com
YOU RAISE ME UP, THE BEST OF ALED JONES. Track 4 of 'YOU RAISE ME UP' by Aled Jones UCJ (Universal Classics and Jazz) also featuring Hayley Westenra and Bryn Terfel
WWW.CLASSICSANDJAZZ.CO.UK 28947 65721
1. Recorded by William Chen as one of the items on 'Lifecycle' ABC Classics. Available from Amazon
2. Recorded as one of the works on the album 'WALKING IN THE AIR - THE MUSIC OF HOWARD BLAKE' performed by VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY and released on March 3rd 2014 on Decca Classics 478 6300 www.deccaclassics.com www,vladimirashkenazy.com
THE AVENGERS -TARA KING SEASON SCORE Double album CD released 08 08 2011 on SILVA SCREEN RECORDS SILCD1363
DVDs of complete film episodes available from AMAZON
THE AVENGERS -TARA KING SEASON SCORE Double album CD released 08 08 2011 on SILVA SCREEN RECORDS SILCD1363
DVDs of complete film episodes available from AMAZON
THE AVENGERS -TARA KING SEASON SCORE Double album CD released 08 08 2011 on SILVA SCREEN RECORDS SILCD1363
DVDs of complete film episodes available from AMAZON