Description: Arthur Bliss Conducts Bliss THE BEATITUDES, A COLOUR SYMPHONY & PASTORAL PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PAYPAL-ONLY LISTING. Brand new shrinkwrapped 2CD Set Dutton 2CDBP 9818 The Beatitudes Cantata for soprano & tenor soli, chorus & orchestra Orchestral Prelude: A Troubled World Allegro violento The Mount of Olives (words: Henry Vaughan) Andante First and Second Beatitudes Andante Easter (words: George Herbert) Vivo I Got Me Flowers to Strew Thy Way (words: George Herbert) Andante sereno Third Beatitude Largamente The Lofty Looks of Man Shall be Humbled (words adapted from Isaiah II vv. 10-20) Allegro energico Fourth Beatitude Tranquillo The Call (words: George Herbert) With devotion Orchestral Interlude Allegro violente Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Beatitudes Tranquillo And Death Shall Have No Dominion (words: Dylan Thomas) Allegro Ninth Beatitude Andante Voices of the Mob Molto vivo Epilogue: O Blessed Jesu (words: Jeremy Taylor) Molto tranquillo Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano) Richard Lewis (tenor) Arthur Bliss (conductor) BBC Home Service broadcast, 25.05.62, from the Coventry Theatre, Coventry Introduction and Allegro Arthur Bliss (conductor) Recorded 23-24.11.55, Kingsway Hall, London Cat. no. LXT5170; Mat. no. ARL2949 Recording producer: James Walker Suite from “Things to Come” Stereo recording i Ballet ii Attack iii Pestilence iv Reconstruction v Machines vi March Arthur Bliss (conductor) London Symphony Orchestra Recorded 17.06.57, Walthamstow Town Hall, London Cat. no. SDD255; Mat. no. ZAL9601 Recording producer: James Walker Pastoral “Lie Strewn the White Flocks” Introduction – Assai sostenuto tranquillo – Con moto moderato i Shepherd’s Holyday (words: Ben Jonson) ii A Hymn to Pan (words: John Fletcher) Allegrissimo iii Pan’s Saraband Sostenuto Gareth Morris (flute) iv Pan and Echo (words: Poliziano trans Geoffrey Dunlop) Gareth Morris (flute) Moderato v The Naiads’ Music (words: Robert Nichols) Allegretto leggiero vi The Pigeon Song (words: Robert Nichols) Gareth Morris (flute) Andante moderato vii The Song of the Reapers (words: Theocritus trans Andrew Lang) Allegro deciso viii Finale – The Shepherd’s Night Song (words: Robert Nichols) Andante sostenuto – Più lento Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano) Gareth Morris (flute) Henry Taylor (timpani) Reginald Jacques (conductor) Jacques String Orchestra BBC Chorus Recorded 10.01.51 Cat. no. AX565-8; Mat. no. AR15733-40 A Colour Symphony op.24 i Purple (Andante maestoso) ii Red (Allegro vivace) iii Blue (Gently flowing) iv Green (Moderato) Arthur Bliss (conductor) London Symphony Orchestra Recorded 23-24.11.55, Kingsway Hall, London Cat. no. LXT5170; Mat. no. ARL2948-9 Recording producer: James Walker March: The Phoenix (In Honour of France) Constant Lambert (conductor) Philharmonia Orchestra Recorded 29.03.46 Cat. no. C3518; Mat. no. 2EA10957-8 Mono recordings unless otherwise stated2 CD SET - 2CDBP 9818 NOTE: From 1 July 2021, due to changes in EU VAT regulations, customers in the European Union will be responsible for paying the VAT and duty on all orders sent from the UK with a consignment value of above 150 Euros. Additionally, the Channel Islands are not part of the UK for VAT purposes, which means that shipments from the UK to the Channel Islands are classed as exports. Customers in the Channel Islands therefore are responsible for paying the VAT and duty on all orders sent from the UK, regardless of their consignment value.
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Artist: Arthur Bliss
Type: Album
Format: Album
Record Label: Dutton
Release Title: THE BEATITUDES, A COLOUR SYMPHONY & PASTORAL
Genre: Classical
