Bliss conducts Bliss

Joan Sutherland & John Cameron

BBC Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Arthur Bliss

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Release date: 4th Sep 2006
Label: Warner Classics
Series: British Composers
Catalogue number: 3705642
Length: 76 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Bliss: Ceremonial Prelude

Work length5:25

New Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon Preston/Very Revd Eric S. Abbott/Sir Arthur Bliss, Reverend Eric S. Abbott (vocals), Simon Preston (organ), Very Revd Eric S. Abbott (spoken voice vocals)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Arthur Bliss
Recorded: 1965-01-01
Recording Venue: 28 December 1965, live in Westminster Abbey

Bliss: Welcome the Queen

Work length7:19

Philharmonia Orchestra
Arthur Bliss
Recorded: 1954-01-01
Recording Venue: 11 May 1954, Kingsway Hall, London

Bliss: A Song of Welcome

Work length16:27

Dame Joan Sutherland/John Cameron/BBC Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Arthur Bliss, Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), John Cameron (bass-baritone)
BBC Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra
Arthur Bliss
Recorded: 1954-01-01
Recording Venue: 10 June 1954, Kingsway Hall, London

Welcome! our May-time flares, and you return (chorus)

Track length2:41

You went the way of the sun (chorus)

Track length0:27

Tilting airfields rose to meet you (sop., bar., chorus)

Track length2:17

Behind the façades and faces (sop., chorus)

Track length2:07

A common wealth of growing love (chorus, sop.)

Track length2:18

Behind the salutes and the speeches (bar., chorus)

Track length1:24

The forward bloom and stride of man (chorus, sop., bar.)

Track length2:28

Soon it is dawn (chorus, sop., bar.)

Track length2:45

Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals - Suite

Work length22:59

Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Arthur Bliss
Philharmonia Orchestra
Arthur Bliss
Recorded: 1954-01-01
Recording Venue: 26 January 1954, Kingsway Hall, London

Overture

Track length2:21

The Street

Track length2:22

The Girl Suicide

Track length2:39

The Discovery of the Suicide's Body

Track length1:30

The Suicide's Body is brought in

Track length2:11

The Stranger -

Track length2:54

Dance of Deliverance

Track length3:02

Intermezzo

Track length2:11

Finale: The Killing of the Stranger

Track length3:49

Bliss: Music for Strings

Work length24:24

Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Arthur Bliss
Philharmonia Orchestra
Arthur Bliss
Recorded: 1954-01-28
Recording Venue: 27 & 28 January 1954, Kingsway Hall, London

I. Allegro moderato, energico

Track length8:17

II. Andante, molto sostenuto - Poco allegretto (flowing) - Tempo I

Track length9:32

III. Allegro molto - Allegro con spirito - Allegro molto - Presto

Track length6:35

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