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The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
(1891-1975)
1.
Welcome the Queen
6:47
March
Moderato ma con brio - Andante maestoso
premiere recording
Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film
31:58
arranged and reconstructed by Philip Lane
2.
1
Prologue. Maestoso
2:31
3.
2
Ballet for Children. Allegro moderato
3:38
4.
3
March. Alla marcia
3:37
5.
4
Attack. Allgro con fuoco
1:53
6.
5
The World in Ruins. Lento doloroso
2:40
7.
6
Pestilence. Molto sostenuto
2:52
8.
7
Excavation. Moderaqto e pesante
1:53
9.
8
The Building of the World. Allegro moderato molto deciso
2:15
10.
9
Machines. Moderato
1:26
11.
10
Attack on the Moon Gun. Molto allegro fuoco
1:18
12.
11
Epilogue. Maestoso
7:33
premiere recording of the original version
The Royal Palaces Suite
15:09
13.
I
Queen Victoria's Call to the Throne
3:03
14.
II
The Ballroom in Buckingham Palace
3:59
15.
III
Joust of the Knights in Armour (George IV's reign)
1:35
16.
IV
Melodrama: The Murder of Rizzo in Holyrood House
2:39
17.
V
The Royal Palace. Theme
3:38
premiere recording
Caesar and Cleopatra
17:00
Suite from the incidental film music
edited and arranged by Giles Easterbrook and Malcolm Binney
18.
1
Overture. Allegro marcia
3:17
19.
2
The Sea. Lento
2:47
20.
3
Dance Interlude I. Allegretto giocoso
2:03
21.
4
Dance Interlude II. Allegro molto
1:12
22.
5
Dance Interlude III. Waltz time
1:18
23.
6
Barcarolle. Allegretto piacevole
2:57
24.
7
Memphis at Night. Andantino
1:38
25.
8
Supply Sequence. [Allegro]
1:29
premiere recording
26.
Theme from 'War in the Air'
1:44
Moderato maestoso
73:11
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:Rumon Gamba
24 February 2000 (Welcome the Queen, The Royal Palaces Suite), 4 & 5 July 2000 (Caesar and Cleopatra), 5 July 2000 (Things to Come), 31 October 2000 (Theme from War in the Air)
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Reviews
"Enjoyable, well-played survey of Bliss's pungent, beautifully orchestrated film scores."
Adrian Edwards - Gramophone magazine - July 2001
Performance **** Sound *****
"... Stirring stuff, in performances and a recording well up to the standard of Rumon Gamba's other British film-music for Chandos."
Calum MacDonald - BBC Music magazine - July 2001
"... This selection is a wonderful introduction to the Sir Arthur Bliss's work and as an example of stirring British music it is difficult to envisage anything better..." ****½
AK - Music for the Movies - Winter 2001
Performance ***** Recording *****
"The BBC Philharmonic ... revel in the swagger and vitality of Bliss's film scores that stand alone as works of symphonic proportions... The sound quality is just fabulous."
Yorkshire Post - April/May 2001
"... another indispensable release from Gamba and Chandos."
Koldys - American Record Guide - September/October 2001
"... this splendid CD confirms Bliss as a composer of resource who could write good tunes to order - at least in the early part of his career. Bliss’s rollicking Welcome to the Queen gets the CD off to a splendid start, and the Chandos recording is first class."
The Pengiun Guide – 1000 Greatest Classical Recordings 2011-12
"... Overall, Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic are fine advocates for this music. The sound quality is spectacular, and, as I mentioned above the annotations are excellent."
Raymond Tuttle - Fanfare - September/October 2001
Gramophone Critic's Choice of 2001 new releases
Gramophone
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