Other Albums Featuring Blake

xantha · Last edited by xantha on Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:05 am; edited 2 times in total

Many of you may be aware that Blake members, Oliver Baines, Jules Knight and Dominic Tighe trained as choristers in their early years, but you may be surprised to learn just how many recordings they made - I was!

Oliver tells me that he and Jules were on all the Winchester Cathedral Choir recordings from 1991-1996 including the following...

A Christmas Celebration

Christmas Fantasy (Ollie recommends the piece by Gerald Finzi, In terra pax)

Blow: Anthems

This is a double CD of works by composer John Blow and apparently includes many of Jules' early solo pieces! You can also include many other recordings with pieces by Blow and Byrd and Faure's Requiem, which Ollie describes as perfection.

Ollie also did some recordings whilst at Marlborough College including;
Advent to Christmas

and with the National Youth Choir from 1999-2004, including their world tour CD and also work by Richard Allain.
Perhaps a CD most of you will be familiar with though is Karl Jenkins' Armed Man

Dominic appears on the following album with Ely Cathedral Choir.
Cathedral Music

Gregorian Chillout
This album also features Dom's brothers, Alistar and Charlie Tighe.

Most of these albums are still available for sale through amazon or other retailers and indeed some of you may already have some of these, but I thought you might find it interesting to see what other recordings they had worked on prior to joining Blake. Very Happy

xantha · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:20 am Post subject:

Other albums featuring Blake........

Disc One
3. In The Bleak Midwinter-Blake

Disc: 2
3. Blake - Yo Te Voy A Amar (I'll Make Love to You)
6. All Stars - World in U nion 2007

Various Artists - You Raise Me Up 2008
Disc 1
Blake - Hallelujah

The New Classical Generation 2008

4. 1492 Conquest Of Paradise - Blake (3)

xantha · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:06 am Post subject:

See amendment on the first posting - now includes a couple of albums featuring Dom.

xaria · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject:

That Gregorian Chillout cd looks very good. I think I remember seeing that advertised. I'll have to get it! x
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xantha · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

Disc: 1

1. Hallelujah - Blake

Disc 1
15.1492: The Conquest Of Paradise - Blake

Disc 2
18.World In Union - All-Stars

xantha · Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:05 am Post subject:

Release date 23 June 2008

Blake appear on Natasha Marsh's new album singing the final track O Holy Night.

xantha · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:43 am Post subject:

I've been listening to Natasha's album the last few days and have to say that the track that Blake sing with her is absolutely beautiful. It has always been a favourite carol of mine and I love how their voices all blend so well together. I thought I had got to the point with Blake now where I could recognise each individual voice, but on this track their voices are so much richer than I have heard them before - it is quite an incredible sound! Smile

xbons · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:32 am Post subject:

My favourite carol, too, xantha - but then there is a special and unique version that just can't be beaten in my opinion!! But this is not bad, too!! Laughing