Bliss British Composers

EMI British Composers 0290182 : Arthur Bliss / ROYAL PHILHARMONIC / CHARLES GROVES - A Colour Symphony : Purple - Andante maestoso / Red - Allegro vivace / Blue - Gently flowing / Green - Moderato. Things to Come - Music from the film : Prologue (orch. Christopher Palmer) / Ballet for Children / Attack / March / The World in Ruins (orch. Christopher Palmer) / The Building of the New World / Attack on the Moon Gun / Epilogue. ARTO NORAS / BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / PAAVO BERGLUND - Cello Concerto : Allegro deciso / Larghetto / Allegro. ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC / VERNON HANDLEY - Adam Zero - Suite from the ballet : Fanfare Overture - Allegro molto / Adam's Fates - Allegro moderato / Dance of Spring - Allegro spirito / Awakening of Love - Andante grazioso / Bridal Ceremony - Moderato ma tranquillo / Dance of Summer - Allegro (maestoso / Approach to Autumn - Larghetto / Night Club Scene - Allegro in modern dance time / Destruction of Adam's World - Allegro molto / Dance with Death - Larghetto maestoso / Finale: The stage is set again - Allegro moderato / Fanfare Coda - Allegro molto. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / VERNON HANDLEY - Discourse for Orchestra. CYRIL SMITH / PHYLLIS SELLICK / CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / MALCOLM ARNOLD - Concerto for two pianos (arr. three hands) : Allegro giusto / Larghetto tranquillo / Allegro. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / MARCUS DODS - Christopher Columbus - Suite : Alla polacca / Grave / Alla marcia. ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC / VERNON HANDLEY - Checkmate - Ballet Suite T57 : Prologue: The Players / Dance of the Four Knights / Entry of the Black Queen / The Red Knight's Mazurka / Ceremony of the Red Bishops / Finale: Checkmate. MELOS ENSEMBLE - Conversations : The Committee Meeting - Moderato / In the Tube at Oxford Circus - Allegro energico. MELOS ENSEMBLE - Oboe Quintet : Assai sostenuro - Moderato - Allegro assai agitato / Andante con moto / Vivace. MELOS ENSEMBLE - Clarinet Quintet : Moderato / Allegro molto / Adagietto espressivo / Allegro energico. SYBIL MICHELOW / NORMAN KNIGHT / BRUCKNER-MAHLER CHOIR OF LONDON - Pastoral : 'Lie strewn the white flocks' Assai sostenuto tranquillo / The Shepherd's Holyday / A Hymn to Pan - Allegrissimo / Pan's Saraband - Sostenuto / Pan and Echo - Moderato / The Naiads' Music - Allegretto leggiero / The Pigeon Song - Andante moderato / Song of the Reapers - Allegro deciso / Andante sostenuto / The Shepherd's Night-Song - Piu lento - Tempo dell'introduzione. WYN MORRIS / JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK / LONDON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - A Knot of Riddles : Fish in River - Slowly flowing / Swallows - Vivo / An Oyster - Andante / A Weather Cock - Moderato / A Bookworm - In waltz time / A Cross of Wood - Moderato / Sun and Moon - Andante maestoso. ADRIAN BOULT / LONDON PHILHARMONIC - Music for Strings : Allegro moderato energico / Andante molto sostenuto - Poco allegretto - flowing - Tempo I / Allegro molto - Allegro con spirito - Allegro molto - Presto. NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA / SIMON PRESTON / VERY REVD ERIC S ABBOTT / ARTHUR BLISS - Ceremonial Prelude and prayer : Welcome the Queen. JOAN SUTHERLAND / JOHN CAMERON / BBC CHORUS / PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA / ARTHUR BLISS - A Song of Welcome : Welcome! our May-time flares and you return / You went the way of the sun / Tilting airfields rose to meet you / Behind the facades and faces / A common wealth of growing love / Behind the salutes and the speeches / The forward bloom and stride of man / Soon it is dawn. PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA / ARTHUR BLISS - Miracle in the Gorbals - Suite from the ballet : Overture / The Street / The Girl Suicide / The Discovery of the Suicide's Body / The Suicide's Body is brought in / The Stranger / Dance of Deliverance / Finale: The Killing of the Stranger. Music for Strings : Allegro moderato energico / Andante molto sostenuto - Poco allegretto - flowing - Tempo I / Allegro molto - Allegro con spirito - Allegro molto - Presto. /

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