Richard Blackford: La Sagrada Familia Symphony; Babel

"This CD presents two very different, attractive recent works by Richard Blackford; both are given excellent performances. The same technical team of producer Andrew Walton and engineer Deborah Spanton were responsible for both recordings. The symphony was set down in the BBC’s purpose-built studio-cum-hall in Cardiff and the venue for the cantata sessions was a church; in these two very different acoustics, excellent, clear results have been achieved."