Arthur Bliss - The Beatitudes

Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

Madame Noy - A Witchery Song for soprano and instrumental ensemble (1918)* 

Rout, for soprano and chamber ensemble (1920)*

The Enchantress - scena for contralto and orchestra (1951)**

The Beatitudes (1961)*** 

*Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)/Wigmore Ensemble

Recorded: 11 March 1958

**Pamela Bowden (contralto); BBC Symphony Orchestra

Rudolf Schwarz

Recorded: 21 April 1957

***Heather Harper (soprano); Gerald English (tenor); Goldsmiths Choral Union; Royal Choral Society; Wembley Philharmonic Society; BBC Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Arthur Bliss

Recorded: 31 August 1964, Royal Albert Hall, London

BBC Broadcasts, MONO Recordings

Arnold Schoenberg - Chorus Music; A Survivor from Warsaw

Arnold SCHONBERG (1874 -1971)

Chorus Music with "A Survivor From Warsaw"

Friede auf Erden, Op.13

Kol Nidre, Op.39

Drei Volkslieder,Op.49

Zwei Kanons nach Goethe

Drei deutsche Volkslieder

Vier Stucke, Op.27

Drei Satiren, Op.28

Sechs Stucke, Op.35

Dremial tousend Jahre, Op.50A

Psalm 130, Op.50B

Modern Psalm No.1, Op.50C

A Survivor from Warsaw, Op.46 

John Shirley-Quirk (Narrator) 

Günther Reich (Narrator)

BBC Singers  

BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra 

Pierre Boulez

Tracks 1-1, 2-1 to 2-7, 2-14 and 2-15 recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, 8 September 1982.

Tracks 1-2, 2-8 to 2-13 and 2-16 recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, 19 February 1984.

Tracks 1-3 to 1-10 recorded at EMI Studios, London, 26 October 1986.

Track 2-17 recorded at EMI Studios, London, 23 September 1976.

Hector Berlioz - Romeo et Juliette

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

Roméo et Juliette Op.17 (1839) 

Marche troyenne (1864)

Chasse royale et orage (1857)

Michèle Losier (mezzo), Samuel Boden (tenor), David Soar (bass)

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sir Andrew Davis

rec. 17 May 2015 (Chasse royale), 25-25 January 2016 (other works), Fairfield Halls, Croydon.

Haydn - The Seasons

Franz Joseph HAYDN 

The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten), Hob. XXI:3

Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (Bass), BBC Chorus, 

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Colin Davis