Arthur Bliss

EMI: 0290182

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Arthur Bliss

Label:

EMI

Catalogue No:

0290182

Discs:

5

Release date:

4th July 2011

Barcode:

5099902901824

Medium:

CD
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Arthur Bliss


includes:

Bliss:

A Colour Symphony

Recorded in No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 27 & 28 September 1976

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

Things to Come - Music from the film

Recorded in No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 27 & 28 September 1976

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

Cello Concerto

Guildhall, Southampton, 14 & 15 June 1976

Arto Noras (cello)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund

Adam Zero - Suite

Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 19 & 20 December 1978

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Discourse for Orchestra

Great Hall, University of Birmingham, 28 & 29 August 1979

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Concerto for Two Pianos

arr. three hands by Clifford Phillips. De Montfort Hall, Leicester, 18 & 19 June 1970

Cyril Smith & Phyllis Sellick (pianos)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Arnold

Christopher Columbus: Suite

arr. Dods. Birmingham Town Hall, 3 & 4 September 1979

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Marcus Dods

Checkmate - Suite

Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 19 & 20 December 1978

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Conversation No. 1: The Committee Meeting

No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, in the presence of the composer, 10 April 1958

Melos Ensemble: Richard Adeney (flute), Peter Graeme (oboe), Eli Goren (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola) & Terence Weil (cello)

Oboe Quintet, Op. 21

No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, in the presence of the composer, 1 & 2 February 1963

Peter Graeme (oboe)

Melos Ensemble

Clarinet Quintet

No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, in the presence of the composer, 1 & 2 February 1963

Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)

Melos Ensemble

Conversation No. 5: In the Tube at Oxford Circus

No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, in the presence of the composer, 10 April 1958

Melos Ensemble: Richard Adeney (flute), Peter Graeme (oboe), Eli Goren (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola) & Terence Weil (cello)


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This enthralling five-CD conspectus opens with the symphony that established Bliss’s name in 1922 and goes on to survey his ballet, film, chamber and vocal music in authoritative recordings, many of them attended and endorsed by the composer. The final disc shows Bliss as unmatched conductor of his own music, from the occasional prelude for the 900th anniversary of Westminster Abbey to a real rarity: Dame Joan Sutherland’s first studio recording, the Song of Welcome for the young Queen Elizabeth II.

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