British Tone Poems Vol.2 (Bliss, Foulds, Fogg, Goossens, Vaughan Williams, Howell, Cowen, Hadley)

British Tone Poems - Volume 2

John FOULDS (1880-1939)

April-England, Op.48 No.1 (1926, orchestrated 1932)

Eric FOGG (1903-1939)

Merok (1929) 

Eugene GOOSSENS (1893-1962)

By the Tarn, Op.15 No.1 (1916) 

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Harnham Down (ed. James Francis Brown) (1904-07)

Dorothy HOWELL (1898-1982)

Lamia (1918) 

Frederic Hymen COWEN (1852-1935)

Rêverie (1903) 

Patrick HADLEY (1899-1973)

Kinder Scout (1923) 

Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

Mêlée fantasque (1921, revised 1937) 

BBC Philharmonic

Rumon Gamba

Recorded: 2019, MediaCity UK, Salford

Arthur Bliss - A Colour Symphony; Violin Concerto

Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

A Colour Symphony (1921-22, rev. 1932) 

Violin Concerto (1953-55) 

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Richard Hickox

rec. Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 17-18 January 2006

Arthur Bliss - Meditations on a Theme by John Blow; Matamorphic Variations

Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

Meditations on a Theme by John Blow (1955) 

Metamorphic Variations (1972) 

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

David Lloyd-Jones

rec. 11-12 May 2009 The Concert Hall, The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset. DDD

Arthur Bliss - String Quartets, Conversations

Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

String Quartet No. 1 in B flat major

Conversations for flute, oboe, violin, viola and cello

String Quartet in A major (c 1915)

Maggini Quartet

Nicholas Daniel (Oboe)

Michael Cox (Flute)

Arthur Bliss - Choral Works

Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

Choral Works

1 Shield of Faith  

2 Mar Portugues 

3 Birthday song for a Royal Child  

4 River Music  

5 The world is charged with the grandeur of God

Anna Crookes (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Andrew Lumsden (organ)

Finzi Singers, Finzi Wind Ensemble, Paul Spicer

Oboe Music by Britten; Bliss and Bax

Oboe Music by Britten; Bliss and Bax

Britten: Phantasy Quartet 

Bax: Oboe Quintet 

Bliss: Oboe Quintet 

Gordon Hunt (Oboe), The Tale Quartet 

Arthur Bliss - Checkmate; Mêlée Fantasque

Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

Ballets

Mêlée Fantasque
Checkmate (Ballet in One Scene with a Prologue)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

David Lloyd-Jones

Arthur Bliss - Miracle In The Gorbals, Things To Come, Discourse for Orchestra

Arthur Bliss:
Miracle In The Gorbals, Things To Come, Discourse

Christopher Lyndon-Gee
  Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Arthur Bliss - Cello Concerto, Music for Strings, Two Studies

 

Arthur Bliss (1891 -1975)

Two Studies

Music for Strings

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

Arthur Bliss - A Colour Symphony; Adam Zero

Arthur Bliss (1891 -1975)

A Colour Symphony

Adam Zero (Ballet in one scene)

Northern Philharmonia

David Lloyd-Jones

The Film Music of Arthur Bliss

ARTHUR BLISS (1891-1975)

THE FILM MUSIC OF ARTHUR BLISS

Arthur Bliss - String Quartets

Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)

String Quartets

Delmé Quartet