The Blue Horizon By Richard Goldsworthy

 

The Blue Horizon

By

Richard Goldsworthy

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

The journey one can take on a solo piano voyage can sometimes be a cathartic and meditative voyage, here on this incredibly vast body of work by Richard Goldsworthy, we get to travel vicariously through many moods and transitions, on this his manifestation of brilliance entitled The Blue Horizon.

The album consists of 21 tracks, opening with the haunting arrangement, The Awakening, which set the scene perfectly, then offerings akin to Prelude: Before the Light gift us a moment that is all too precious and fleeting. Blue Horizon is jam packed with expressive manifestations, like the melodic and heartfelt In The Gentle Arms of Love, or the tranquil mood of A Calm Sea, a composition so redolent of how I feel right now on this November morning.

Goldsworthy’s piano is something to cherish, one could sit memorized listening to one of his performances with ease, perhaps through creations like the sparkling resonance of The Endlessness of Starlight, or the explorative musical roaming of one of my personal favourites in The Spaces Within. There literally is something for every solo piano fan on this beautiful album.

The tempo of pieces like Spoken Without Words could be dreamy moments gazing from an airport window, whilst looking forward to getting home, while manifestations akin to We Are Eternal have that echo of a timeless reverie about their arrangement, and offerings such as Still are critically important for any listener, a time to stop, relax, breathe let go, and enjoy the moment.

The penultimate creation from this charming piano narrative is called Completion and holds within its stunning compositional glory a sense of learning, wisdom and peace about its compositional structure, which is to be adored thoroughly, the slower more reflective tempo here is almost inter dimensional in presentation.

This voyage of solo piano meditative delight is now at an end, and we can experience this through the tones and vibrations of the last and concluding piece called Beyond the Blue Horizon, if ever piano were reflective, thoughtful and calming, then this track would be the one I would point to, I can easily imagine sitting in my spot by the ocean right now and listening to this calming reverie, whilst in front of me the late autumn waves crash against the rocks, worn back and time weary.

The Blue Horizon by Richard Goldsworthy is an album of beautiful textures, great colours and soothing reveries, a 21 piece creation that is gloriously vast and is akin to one of the finest piano based musical tapestries ever. Goldsworthy has a gentle yet meaningful style about his performances, so much so that each tender musical moment caresses the musical heart and soothes the needy soul, this album must therefore be a sure fire hit on the charts, and become iconic with fans of the genre in decades to come.