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Bliss conducts Bliss

Joan Sutherland & John Cameron

BBC Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Arthur Bliss

  • Release Date: 4th Sep 2006
  • Catalogue No: 3705642
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: British Composers
  • Length: 76 minutes

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Contents

Bliss: Ceremonial Prelude

Work length5:25
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  • 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
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  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Arthur Bliss
  • Recorded: 1954-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 11 May 1954, Kingsway Hall, London

Bliss: A Song of Welcome

Work length16:27
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  • 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
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You went the way of the sun (chorus)

Track length0:27
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Tilting airfields rose to meet you (sop., bar., chorus)

Track length2:17
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Behind the façades and faces (sop., chorus)

Track length2:07
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A common wealth of growing love (chorus, sop.)

Track length2:18
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Behind the salutes and the speeches (bar., chorus)

Track length1:24
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The forward bloom and stride of man (chorus, sop., bar.)

Track length2:28
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Soon it is dawn (chorus, sop., bar.)

Track length2:45
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Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals - Suite

Work length22:59
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  • 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
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The Street

Track length2:22
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The Girl Suicide

Track length2:39
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The Discovery of the Suicide's Body

Track length1:30
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The Suicide's Body is brought in

Track length2:11
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The Stranger -

Track length2:54
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Dance of Deliverance

Track length3:02
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Intermezzo

Track length2:11
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Finale: The Killing of the Stranger

Track length3:49
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Bliss: Music for Strings

Work length24:24
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  • 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
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II. Andante, molto sostenuto - Poco allegretto (flowing) - Tempo I

Track length9:32
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III. Allegro molto - Allegro con spirito - Allegro molto - Presto

Track length6:35
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