Ballet, Bliss (composer)
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Seal is strong on atmosphere, distilling an unmistakable air of lurking menace in the shadowy Overture, where the dockside tenements of the Gorbals area in Glasgow are depicted. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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This is the only available version of the full ballet… almost all the music to the same high, full-blooded standard… The early Melée Fantasque is much more than a makeweight… Lloyd-Jones's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2005, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Bliss conducts Bliss
Rae Woodland (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, LSO Wind & Brass Ensemble, Ambrosian Singers, Sir Arthur Bliss, Brian Priestman, Philip Ledger
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This set, with beautiful restorations and a booklet containing insightful essays and complete documentation, makes clear that the world suffered the loss of an extraordinary talent who abundantly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Bliss Premières (Volume 1)
Solomon (Piano)
New York Philharmonic, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Constant Lambert
To have this treasurable recording of the world première [of the concerto] issued commercially is an incredibly exciting find... Solomon is dazzling - a colossal virtuoso in the Horowitz class... —
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Like Bliss in his own recently reissued 1956 recording...David Lloyd-Jones readily embraces the ambitious vigour and implied scale of the music. Both recording and sleeve notes are clean, clear... —
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Checkmate is a thrilling score that has been recorded on numerous occasions but no other version quite matches the electricity captured here by Bliss and his orchestra...The playing is inspired... —
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - British Composers. Elgar, Holst, Bax, Delius...
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Christopher Parkening (guitar), John Ogdon (piano), Nigel Kennedy (violin), Colin Horsley (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Yehudi Menuhin, Lawrance Collingwood, Richard Cooke, Sir Charles...
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