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Verdi: Requiem

Richard Blackford's Orchestration for Two Pianos, Organ and Percussion

Helena Dix, Catherine Carby, Luis Gomes, Jihoon Kim, Iain Farrington (piano), Anna Tilbrook (piano), Philip Scriven, Peter Fry

Bach Choir, David Hill

It’s the Bach Choir who have the best of it in singing a magnificent version of the sublime fugue that ’s the Sanctus – without accompanying instruments of course! — BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)

Release Date: 7th Apr 2023
Catalogue No: NI6437
Label: Nimbus
Length: 79 minutes

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Verdi: Requiem

Work length1:19:45

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Helena Dix, Catherine Carby, Luis Gomes, Jihoon Kim, Iain Farrington, Anna Tilbrook, Philip Scriven, Peter Fry
Bach Choir
David Hill

I. Requiem & Kyrie Eleison (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length8:12

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IIa, Dies Irae (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length2:14

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IIb. Tuba mirum (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length3:13

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IIc. Liber scriptus (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length5:05

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IId. Quid sum miser (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length3:41

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IIe. Rex tremendae (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length3:33

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IIf. Recordare (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length3:56

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IIg. Ingemisco (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length3:20

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IIh. Confutatis (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length5:01

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IIi. Lacrymosa (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length5:18

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III. Domine Jesu (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length9:24

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IV. Sanctus (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length2:31

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V. Agnus Dei (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length5:07

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VI. Lux Aeterna (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length5:48

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VII. Libera Me (orchestrated for two pianos, organ & percussion by Richard Blackford)

Track length13:22

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In collaboration with the renowned Bach Choir conducting by David Hill this recording features a sound that is distinct from the original Requiem, while still retaining the heart of the piece. “Who would not wish to perform Verdi’s Requiem in the composer’s masterful original orchestration! The astonishing range of orchestral colour, from the moments of high drama to the most tender, give Verdi’s masterpiece its unique power and aura. When David Hill suggested that I create a new orchestration for two pianos, organ and percussion for The Bach Choir, I immediately saw the potential of an orchestration that would have a distinctive sound world of its own, not a watered-down reduction of Verdi’s original. Such an orchestration would also make the work accessible to choirs who either could not afford the full orchestra, or would not have the space to accommodate it. Further discussions with David, who had the previous year commissioned me to write Prelude and Passacaglia for organ solo, gave valuable insights into how the organ could replicate a great range of orchestral colours that would contrast and augment the dynamic brilliance of the pianos and percussion. As work progressed, I found more and more ways of realising Verdi’s intentions with these minimal resources, such as replicating Verdi’s frequent string tremolandos by overlapping the piano tremolos in a way that, rather than cancelling each other out, produce a strange pianistic murmuring. Having six keyboard hands available generally meant that Verdi’s contrapuntal writing, especially in the Sanctus, is fully reproduced, unlike a single piano reduction. The percussion part, by virtue of being one player, requires the player to switch energetically from timpani to bass drum, and reassuringly few notes of the original were sacrificed in the course of doing so."" Richard Blackford"

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June 2023

It’s the Bach Choir who have the best of it in singing a magnificent version of the sublime fugue that ’s the Sanctus – without accompanying instruments of course!

Verdi: Requiem

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