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Arthur Bliss
Person · male · United Kingdom · London · born 1891 · died 1975 · recording since 1977
English composer and conductor (1891–1975)
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Also known as Sir Arthur Bliss · Arthur Bliss · Arthur Drummond Bliss · Bliss · 阿瑟·布利斯
Timeline
44 events▣ Album 39✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1890s
1960s
1970s
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Debut release: Cello Concerto / Miracle In The Gorbals (Suite From The Ballet)
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Album: Cello Concerto / Miracle In The Gorbals (Suite From The Ballet)
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1980s
1990s
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Album: Christopher Columbus / Seven Waves Away / Baraza / Men of Two Worlds
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Album: Cello Concerto / Meditations on a Theme of John Blow / Introduction and Allegro
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Album: Moeran: Sinfonietta / Rawsthorne: Concerto for String Orchestra / Bliss: Music for Strings
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2000s
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Album: String Quartet No. 1 / Conversations / String Quartet in A Major
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Album: String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat / String Quartet no. 2 in F minor
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2010s
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Album: The Beatitudes / Introduction and Allegro / God Save the Queen
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Album: Mary Of Magdala / The Enchantress / The Meditations On A Theme By John Blow
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2020s
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Album: The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 81: Rubbra: Piano Concerto in G, op. 85 / Bliss: Piano Concerto in B-flat major
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Biography
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Biography
Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (2 August 1891 – 27 March 1975) was a British composer and conductor. Bliss's musical training was cut short by the First World War, in which he served with distinction in the army. In the post-war years he quickly became known as an unconventional and modernist composer, but within the decade he began to display a more traditional and romantic side in his music. In the 1920s and 1930s he composed extensively not only for the concert hall, but also for films and ballet.
In the Second World War, Bliss returned to England from the US to work for the BBC and became its director of music. After the war he resumed his work as a composer, and was appointed Master of the Queen's Music.
In Bliss's later years, his work was respected but was thought old-fashioned, and it was eclipsed by the music of younger colleagues such as William Walton and Benjamin Britten. Since his death, his compositions have been well represented in recordings, and many of his better-known works remain in the repertoire of British orchestras.
Early years
Bliss was born in Barnes, a London suburb now, but then in Surrey, the eldest of three sons of Francis Edward Bliss (1847–1930), a businessman from Massachusetts, and his second wife, Agnes Kennard née Davis (1858–1895).
Agnes Bliss died in 1895, and the boys were brought up by their father, who instilled in them a love for the arts. Bliss was educated at Bilton Grange preparatory school, Rugby and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied classics, but also took lessons in music from Charles Wood. Other influences on him during his Cambridge days were Edward Elgar, whose music made a lasting impression on him, and E.J. Dent.
Bliss graduated in classics and music in 1913 and then studied at the Royal College of Music in London for a year. At the RCM he found his composition tutor, Sir Charles Stanford, of little help to him, but found inspiration from Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst and his fellow-students, Herbert Howells, Eugene Goossens and Arthur Benjamin.
In his brief time at the college, he got to know the music of the Second Viennese School and the repertory of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, with music by modern composers such as Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky.
When the First World War broke out, Bliss joined the army, and fought in France as an officer in the Royal Fusiliers until 1917 and then in the Grenadier Guards for the rest of the war. His bravery earned him a mention in despatches, and he was twice wounded and once gassed.
His younger brother, Kennard, was killed in the war, and his death affected Bliss deeply. The music scholar Byron Adams writes, "Despite the apparent heartiness and equilibrium of the composer's public persona, the emotional wounds inflicted by the war were deep and lasting." In 1918, Bliss converted to Roman Catholicism.
Early compositions
Although he had begun composing while still a schoolboy, Bliss later suppressed all his juvenilia, and, with the single exception of his 1916 Pastoral for clarinet and piano, reckoned the 1918 work Madam Noy as his first official composition. With the return of peace, his career took off rapidly as a composer of what were, for British audiences, startlingly new pieces, often for unusual ensembles, strongly influenced by Ravel, Stravinsky and the young French composers of Les Six. Among these are a concerto for wordless tenor voice, piano and strings (1920), and Rout for wordless soprano and chamber ensemble (subsequently revised for orchestra), which received a double encore at its first performance.
In 1919, he arranged incidental music from Elizabethan sources for As You Like It at Stratford-on-Avon, and conducted a series of Sunday concerts at Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, where he also conducted Pergolesi's opera La serva padrona. Viola Tree's production of The Tempest at the Aldwych Theatre in 1921, interspersed incidental music by Thomas Arne and Arthur Sullivan, with new music by Bliss for an ensemble of male voices, piano, trumpet, trombone, gongs and five percussionists dispersed through the theatre.
The Times wrote that "Bliss was acquiring a reputation as a tearaway" by the time he was commissioned, through Elgar's influence, to write a large-scale symphonic work (A Colour Symphony) for the Three Choirs Festival of 1922. The work was well received; in The Manchester Guardian, Samuel Langford called Bliss "far and away the cleverest writer among the English composers of our time"; The Times praised it highly (though doubting whether much was gained by the designation of the four movements as purple, red, blue and green) and commented that the symphony confirmed Bliss's transition from youthful experimenter to serious composer. After the third performance of the work, at the Queen's Hall under Sir Henry Wood, The Times wrote, "Continually changing patterns scintillate … till one is hypnotised by the ingenuity of the thing." Elgar, who attended the first performance, complained that the work was "disconcertingly modern."
In 1923 Bliss's father, who had remarried, decided to retire in the US. He and his wife settled in California. Bliss went with them and remained there for two years, working as a conductor, lecturer, pianist and occasional critic. While there he met Gertrude "Trudy" Hoffmann (1904–2008), youngest daughter of Ralph and Gertrude Hoffmann. They were married in 1925. The marriage was happy and lasted for the rest of Bliss's life; there were two daughters. Soon after the marriage, Bliss and his wife moved to England.
From the mid-1920s onwards Bliss moved more into the established English musical tradition, leaving behind the influence of Stravinsky and the French modernists, and in the words of the critic Frank Howes, "after early enthusiastic flirtations with aggressive modernism admitted to a romantic heart and [has] given rein to its less and less inhibited promptings" He wrote two major works with American orchestras in mind, the Introduction and Allegro (1926), dedicated to the Philadelphia Orchestra and Leopold Stokowski, and Hymn to Apollo (1926) for the Boston Symphony and Pierre Monteux.
Bliss began the 1930s with Pastoral (1930). In the same year he wrote Morning Heroes, a work for narrator, chorus and orchestra, written in the hope of exorcising the spectre of the First World War: "Although the war had been over for more than ten years, I was still troubled by frequent nightmares; they all took the same form. I was still there in the trenches with a few men; we knew the armistice had been signed, but we had been forgotten; so had a section of the Germans opposite. It was as though we were both doomed to fight on till extinction. I used to wake with horror."
During the decade Bliss wrote chamber works for leading soloists including a Clarinet Quintet for Frederick Thurston (1932) and a Viola Sonata for Lionel Tertis (1933). In 1935, in the words of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "he firmly established his position as Elgar's natural successor with the Romantic, expansive and richly scored Music for Strings." Two dramatic works from this decade remain well known, the music for Alexander Korda's 1936 film of H. G. Wells's Things to Come, and a ballet score to his own scenario based on a chess game. Choreographed by Ninette de Valois, Checkmate was still in the repertoire of the Royal Ballet in 2011.
By the late 1930s, Bliss was no longer viewed as a modernist; the works of his juniors William Walton and the youthful Benjamin Britten were increasingly prominent, and Bliss's music began to seem old-fashioned. His last large-scale work of the 1930s was his Piano Concerto, composed for the pianist Solomon, who gave the world premiere at the World's Fair in New York in June 1939. Bliss and his family attended the performance and then stayed on in the US for a holiday. While they were there, the Second World War broke out. Bliss initially stayed in America, teaching at the University of California, Berkeley. He felt impelled to return to England to do what he could for the war effort, and in 1941, leaving his wife and children in California, he made the hazardous Atlantic crossing.
1940s
At first, Bliss found little useful work to do in England. He joined the BBC's overseas music service in May 1941, but was plainly under-employed. He suggested to Sir Adrian Boult, who was at that time both the chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC's director of music, that Boult should step down in his favour from the latter post. Bliss wrote to his wife: "I want more power as I have a lot to give which my comparatively minor post does not allow me to use fully." Boult agreed to the proposal, which freed him to concentrate on conducting. Bliss served as director of music at the BBC from 1942 to 1944, laying the foundations for the launch of the Third Programme after the war. During the war, he also served on the music committee of the British Council together with Vaughan Williams and William Walton.
In 1944, when Bliss's family returned from the US, he resigned from the BBC and returned to composing, having written nothing since his String Quartet in 1941. He composed more film music, and two ballets, Miracle in the Gorbals (1944), and Adam Zero (1946).
In 1948, Bliss turned his attention to opera, with The Olympians. He and the novelist and playwright J. B. Priestley had been friends for many years, and they agreed to collaborate on an opera, despite their lack of any operatic experience. Priestley's libretto was based on a legend that "the pagan deities, robbed of their divinity, became a troupe of itinerant players, wandering down the centuries". The opera portrays the confusion that results when the actors unexpectedly find themselves restored to deity. The opera opened the 1949–50 Covent Garden season. It was directed by Peter Brook, with choreography by Frederick Ashton. The doyen of English music critics, Ernest Newman, praised it highly: "here is a composer with real talent for opera ... in Mr. Priestley he has been fortunate enough to find an English Boito", but generally it received a polite rather than a rapturous reception. Priestley attributed this to the failure of the conductor, Karl Rankl, to learn the music or to cooperate with Brook, and to lack of rehearsal of the last act. The critics attributed it to Priestley's inexperience as an opera librettist, and to the occasional lack of "the soaring tune for the human voice" in Bliss's music. After the Covent Garden run of ten performances, the company presented the work in Manchester, but did not revive it in subsequent years; it received a concert performance and broadcast in 1972.
Later years
In 1950, Bliss was knighted. After the death of Sir Arnold Bax he was appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 1953, to the relief of Walton, who feared he would be asked to take the post. In The Times, Howes commented, "The duties of a Master of the Queen's Music are what he chooses to make of them, but they include the composition of ceremonial and occasional music". Bliss, who composed quickly and with facility, was able to discharge the many duties of the post, providing music as required for state occasions, from the birth of a child to the Queen, to the funeral of Winston Churchill, to the investiture of the Prince of Wales. Howes commended Bliss's Processional for the 1953 coronation, and A Song of Welcome, Bliss's first official pièce d'occasion.
In 1956, Bliss headed the first delegation by British musicians to the Soviet Union since the end of the Second World War. The party included the violinist Alfredo Campoli, the oboist Léon Goossens, the soprano Jennifer Vyvyan, the conductor Clarence Raybould and the pianist Gerald Moore. Bliss returned to Moscow in 1958, as a member of the jury of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, with fellow jurors including Emil Gilels and Sviatoslav Richter.
In addition to his official functions, Bliss continued to compose steadily throughout the 1950s. His works from that decade include his Second String Quartet (1950); a scena, The Enchantress (1951), for the contralto Kathleen Ferrier; a Piano Sonata (1952); and a Violin Concerto (1955), for Campoli. The orchestral Meditations on a Theme by John Blow (1955) was a particularly deep-felt work, and Bliss regarded it highly among his output. In 1959–60 he collaborated with the librettist Christopher Hassall on an opera for television, based on the scriptural story of Tobias and the Angel. It won praise for the way in which Bliss and Hassall had understood and adapted to the more intimate medium of television, though some critics thought Bliss's music competent but unremarkable.
In 1961, Bliss and Hassall collaborated on a cantata, The Beatitudes, commissioned for the opening of the new Coventry Cathedral. Reviews were friendly, but the work has rarely been performed since, and has been eclipsed by another choral work written for Coventry at the same time, Britten's War Requiem. Bliss followed this with two further large-scale choral works, Mary of Magdala (1962) and The Golden Cantata (1963).
Throughout his life, Bliss was vigilant on the state of music in Britain, about which he had written extensively since the 1920s. In 1969 he publicly censured the BBC for its plan to cut its classical music budget and disband several of its orchestras. He was delegated by his colleagues Walton, Britten, Peter Maxwell Davies and Richard Rodney Bennett to make a strong protest to William Glock, the BBC's controller of music.
Bliss continued to compose into his eighth and ninth decades, in which his works included the Cello Concerto (1970) for Mstislav Rostropovich, the Metamorphic Variations for orchestra (1972), and a final cantata, Shield of Faith (1974), for soprano, baritone, chorus and organ, celebrating 500 years of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, setting poems chosen from each of the five centuries of the chapel's existence.
Bliss died at his London home in 1975 at the age of 83. His wife Trudy outlived him by 33 years, dying in 2008 at the age of 104.
Early works
The musicologist Christopher Palmer was censorious of those who sought to characterise Bliss's music as "an early tendency to enfant terribilisme yielding very quickly to a compromise with the Establishment and a perpetuating of the Elgar tradition". Nonetheless, as a young man Bliss was certainly regarded as avant garde. Madam Noy, a "witchery" song, was first performed in June 1920. The lyric is by an anonymous author, and the setting is for soprano with flute, clarinet, bassoon, harp, viola, and bass. In a 1923 study of Bliss, Edwin Evans wrote that the piquant instrumental background to the gruesome story established the direction that Bliss was to take. The second Chamber Rhapsody (1919) is "an idyllic work for soprano, tenor, flute, cor anglais, and bass, the two voices vocalising on 'Ah' throughout, and being placed as instruments in the ensemble." Bliss contrasted the pastoral tone of that work with Rout (1920) an uproarious piece for soprano and instrumental ensemble; " the music conveys an impression such as one might gather at an open window at carnival time … the singer is given a series of meaningless syllables chosen for their phonetic effect". In his next work, Conversations for violin, viola, cello, flute and oboe (1921), Bliss chose a deliberately prosaic subject. It consists of five sections, entitled "Committee Meeting," "In the Wood," "In the Ball-room," "Soliloquy," and "In the Tube at Oxford Circus." Evans wrote of this work that although the instrumentation is ingenious, "much of [the] interest is polyphonic, especially in the first and last numbers."
Bliss followed these works with three compositions for larger forces, a Concerto (1920) and Two Orchestral Studies (1920). The Concerto, for piano, voice and orchestra, was experimental, and Bliss later revised it, removing the vocal part. The Melée Fantasque (1921) showed Bliss's skill in writing glittering orchestration.
Mature works
Of Bliss's early works, Rout is occasionally performed, and has been recorded, but the first of his works to enter the repertoire (at least in the UK) is the Colour Symphony. Each of the four movements represents a colour: "purple, the colour of amethysts, pageantry, royalty, and death; red, the colour of rubies, wine, revelry, furnaces, courage, and magic; blue, the colour of sapphires, deep water, skies, loyalty, and melancholy; and green, the colour of emeralds, hope, joy, youth, spring, and victory." The first and third are slow movements, the second a scherzo, and the fourth fugal, described by the Bliss specialist Andrew Burn as "a compositional tour de force, a superbly constructed double fugue, the initial subject slow and angular for strings, gradually becoming an Elgarian ceremonial march, the second a bubbling theme for winds." Burn observes that in three works written soon after his marriage, the Oboe Quintet (1927), Pastoral (1929) and Serenade (1929), "Bliss's voice assumed the mantle of maturity … all are imbued with a quality of contentment reflecting his serenity."
Of the works of Bliss's maturity, Burn comments that many of them were inspired by external stimuli. Some by the performers for whom they were written, such as the concertos for piano (1938), violin (1955) and cello (1970); some by literary and theatrical partners, such as the film music, ballets, cantatas and The Olympians; some by painters, such as the Serenade and the Metamorphic Variations; some by classical literature, such as Hymn to Apollo (1926), The Enchantress, and Pastoral. Of Bliss's works after the Second World War, his opera, The Olympians is generally considered a failure. The idiom was judged to be old-fashioned. A contemporary critic, in a broadly favourable review, wrote, "Bliss has wisely cleared his idiom of modern harmonic astringency. He uses quite a lot of common chords and progressions; in fact, he has gone back to the harmony of the musical gods. The result, inevitably, is a certain air of reminiscence."
Among the late works, the Cello Concerto is one of the more frequently played. When its dedicatee, Rostropovich, gave the first performance at the 1970 Aldeburgh Festival, Britten, who conducted the performance, regarded it as a major work and persuaded Bliss to change its title from "Concertino" to "Concerto". It is an approachable piece of which Bliss said "There are no problems for the listener – only for the soloist".
Both Palmer and Burn comment on a sinister vein that sometimes breaks out in Bliss's music, in passages such as the Interlude "Through the valley of the shadow of Death" in The Meditations on a Theme of John Blow, and the orchestral introduction to The Beatitudes. In Burn's words, such moments can be profoundly disquieting. Palmer comments that the musical forerunner of such passages is probably "the extraordinary spectral march-like irruption" in the Scherzo of Elgar's Second Symphony.
In a centenary assessment of Bliss's music, Burn singles out for mention "the youthful vigour of A Colour Symphony", "the poignant humanity of Morning Heroes", "the romantic lyricism of the Clarinet Quintet", "the drama of Checkmate, Miracle in the Gorbals and Things to Come", and "the spiritual probing of the Meditations on a Theme of John Blow and Shield of Faith." Other works of Bliss classed by Palmer as among the finest are the Introduction and Allegro, the Music for Strings, the Oboe Quintet, A Knot of Riddles and the Golden Cantata.
Honours, legacy and reputation
In addition to his knighthood, Bliss was appointed KCVO (1969) and CH (1971). He received honorary degrees from the universities of Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lancaster, and London, as well as from Princeton University. The London Symphony Orchestra appointed him its honorary President in 1958. In 1963, he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Bliss's archive is kept at Cambridge University Library. There is an Arthur Bliss Road in Newport, an Arthur Bliss Gardens in Cheltenham and a block of flats, Sir Arthur Bliss Court, in Mitcham, South London.
The Arthur Bliss Society was founded in 2003 to further the knowledge and appreciation of Bliss's music. The society's website includes listings of forthcoming performances of Bliss's works; in March 2011 the following works were listed as scheduled for performance in the UK and U.S.: Ceremonial Prelude; Clarinet Quartet (2 performances); Four Songs for Voice, Violin and Piano; Music for Strings; Pastoral (Lie strewn the white flocks); Royal Fanfares; Seven American Poems; String Quartet No. 2 (5 performances); Things to Come Suite (2 performances); Things to Come March.
Many of Bliss's works have been recorded. He was a capable conductor, and was in charge of some of the recordings. The Library of Cambridge University maintains a complete Bliss discography. In March 2011 it contained details of 281 recordings: 120 orchestral, 56 chamber and instrumental, 58 choral and vocal, and 47 stage and screen works. Among the works that have received multiple recordings are A Colour Symphony (6 recordings); the Cello Concerto (6); the Piano Concerto (6); Music for Strings (7); the Oboe Quintet (7); the Viola Sonata (The violin sonata was first recorded in 2010) (7); and Checkmate (complete ballet and ballet suite (9)).
On receiving the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society in 1963, Bliss said, "I don't claim to have done more than light a small taper at the shrine of music. I do not upbraid Fate for not having given me greater gifts. Endeavour has been the joy". A hundred years after Bliss's birth, Byron Adams wrote,
Of the smaller stars that shone in the ample firmament of twentieth-century English music, the light that coruscated with the greatest brilliance was Sir Arthur Bliss.
Videos
The Lady of Shalott rehearsal sequence from 1975 on YouTube A short video of the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eric Pinkett.
The Lady of Shalott on YouTube Played on the piano by Sir Arthur Bliss
Girl in a Broken Mirror A documentary featuring the ballet The Lady of Shalott performed by school pupils from Leicestershire and the LSSO conducted by Eric Pinkett.
Part 1 on YouTube
Part 2 on YouTube
Part 3 on YouTube
Part 4 on YouTube
Part 5 on YouTube
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | 25 | 86.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 48 | 94.1th |
| Studio albums | 39 | 98.9th |
| Awards recorded | 5 | 97.4th |
| Timeline events | 44 | 98.4th |
| Recording span (years) | -2 | 9.2th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (48 release groups · 39 studio albums)
Albums · 39
Cello Concerto / Miracle In The Gorbals (Suite From The Ballet)
1977 · studio album
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A1Cello Concerto: I. Allegro deciso12:08A2Cello Concerto: II. Larghetto7:41A3Cello Concerto: III. Allegro6:01B4Suite from Miracle in the Gorbals: I. Overture2:21B5Suite from Miracle in the Gorbals: II. The Street2:22B6Suite from Miracle in the Gorbals: III. The Girl Suicide2:49B7Suite from Miracle in the Gorbals: IV. The Young Lovers1:46B8Suite from Miracle in the Gorbals: V. Discovery of the Suicide's Body1:26B9Suite from Miracle in the Gorbals: VI. The Suicide's Body Brought In2:26B10Suite from Miracle in the Gorbals: VII. The Stranger3:02B11Suite from Miracle in the Gorbals: VIII. Dance of Deliverance3:08B12Suite from Miracle in the Gorbals: IX. Intermezzo2:28B13Suite from Miracle in the Gorbals: X. The Killing of the Stranger4:07A Colour Symphony / Checkmate Suite
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 56:20
1A Colour Symphony: I. Purple6:122A Colour Symphony: II. Red7:063A Colour Symphony: III. Blue9:474A Colour Symphony: IV. Green8:005Checkmate Suite: 1. Prologue6:216Checkmate Suite: 2. Dance of the Four Knights4:027Checkmate Suite: 3. Entry of the Black Queen5:468Checkmate Suite: 4. The Red Knight’s Mazurka2:539Checkmate Suite: 5. Ceremony of the Red Bishops2:2310Checkmate Suite: 6. Finale - Checkmate3:50Music for Clarinet and Piano, Volume 2
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 49:09
1Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: Con moto, dolce e con tenerezza10:452Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: Allegro, ritmico, con brio10:413Pastoral4:384Arabesques, op. 473:525Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in B-flat major: Allegro moderato6:036Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in B-flat major: Scherzando3:287Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in B-flat major: Adagio ma non troppo6:138Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in B-flat major: Molto vivace3:29Christopher Columbus / Seven Waves Away / Baraza / Men of Two Worlds
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 50:11
1Christopher Columbus Suite: Overture4:482Christopher Columbus Suite: The Commission3:273Christopher Columbus Suite: Dona Beatriz3:094Christopher Columbus Suite: Struggles1:325Christopher Columbus Suite: The Messenger1:076Christopher Columbus Suite: The Voyage Begins2:267Christopher Columbus Suite: Mutiny2:218Christopher Columbus Suite: Land At Last1:179Christopher Columbus Suite: Columbus Put Into Chains2:1710Christopher Columbus Suite: Return to Spain2:2111Seven Waves Away: Allegro Con Fuoco1:5912Seven Waves Away: Allegro2:0813Seven Waves Away: Maestoso Quasi Marcia Funebre4:2814Men of Two Worlds: Baraza7:0715Men of Two Worlds: Return to Tanganyika2:4816Men of Two Worlds: The Challenge0:5517Men of Two Worlds: The Wrath of the Evil Gods1:1018Men of Two Worlds: Kisenga's Family2:3719Men of Two Worlds: Village Fire and Finale2:141991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 59:34
1I. Hector's Farewell to Andromache (The Iliad)14:032II. The City Arming (Walt Withman)11:463III.Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)—8:194The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)4:435IV. Achilles goes forth to Battle (The Iliad)—7:256The Heroes: Now trumpeter for thy close1:517V. Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)6:008Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)5:27Cello Concerto / Hymn to Apollo / The Enchantress
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 56:01
1Cello Concerto: I. Allegro deciso12:102Cello Concerto: II. Larghetto7:453Cello Concerto: III. Allegro6:404The Enchantress18:055Hymn to Apollo11:21Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks" / Music for Strings
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:01:01
1Music for Strings: I. Allegro moderato, energico - Molto meno mosso - Ancora meno mosso - A tempo9:182Music for Strings: II. Andante, molto sostenuto - Poco allegretto - Tempo 111:143Music for Strings: III. Allegro molto - Andante moderato - Allegro molto - Andante moderato - Allegro molto - Allegro con spirito - Allegro molto - Presto6:424Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks": Introduction & The Shepherd's Holyday4:305Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks": A Hymn to Pan2:546Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks": Pan's Saraband1:567Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks": Pan and Echo3:438Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks": The Naïads' Music5:259Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks": The Pigeon Song4:3910Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks": The Song of the Reapers2:0811Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks": Finale1:3912Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks": The Shepherd's Night-Song6:53Viola Sonata / Masks / Triptych / Two Interludes / Toccata
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:01:47
1Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte: I. Moderato7:292Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte: II. Andante9:083Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte: III. Furiant: Molto allegro - Coda: Andante maestoso8:004Masks: I. Allegro vivace e giocoso1:145Masks: II. Moderato3:426Masks: III. Andante con moto2:237Masks: IV. Allegro energico2:578Triptych: I. Mediation: Andante tranquillo6:029Triptych: II. Dramatic Recitative: Grave - Poco a poco molto animato5:2010Triptych: III. Capriccio: Allegro4:4811Two Interludes: I. Moderato4:0812Two Interludes: II. Moderato2:5513Toccata: Allegro vivace e brillante - Più mosso3:411991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:09:55
1Suite for Piano: I. Overture. Allegro2:372Suite for Piano: II. Polonaise. Alla polacca3:403Suite for Piano: III. Elegy. Grave - Andantino calmo - Tempo I6:574Suite for Piano: IV. Variations5:345Das Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (The old year has ended), BWV 614 [arr. A. Bliss for piano]2:556Triptych: I. Meditation. Andante tranquillo6:037Triptych: II. Dramatic Recitative. Grave - Poco a poco molto animato4:408Triptych: III. Capriccio. Allegro4:399Piano Sonata: I. Moderato marcato8:5510Piano Sonata: II. Adagio sereno7:5811Piano Sonata: III. Allegro7:1212Bliss one-step: A One-Step, "Bliss"3:1713The Rout Trot2:5114Study1:3215Miniature Scherzo1:051991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:07:41
1Shield of Faith: I. The Lord is risen6:552Shield of Faith: Interlude. Gloria in excelsis Deo2:443Shield of Faith: II. Love8:544Shield of Faith: III. An Essay on Man5:065Shield of Faith: IV. O yet we trust3:586Shield of Faith: V. Little Gidding11:407Mar Portugues3:428Birthday Song for a Royal Child3:329River Music6:5110The World is Charged with the Grandeur of God: I. The world is charged with the grandeur of God5:3811The World is Charged with the Grandeur of God: II. I have desired to go3:3312The World is Charged with the Grandeur of God: III. Look at the stars!5:081992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:04:25
1Investiture Antiphonal Fanfare1:402Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi5:103Morning Heroes: I. Hector's Farewell to Andromache13:204Morning Heroes: II. The City Arming11:255Morning Heroes: IIIa. Vigil8:466Morning Heroes: IIIb. The Bivouac's Flame4:247Morning Heroes: IVa. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle6:398Morning Heroes: IVb. The Heroes1:579Morning Heroes: Va. Now, Trumpeter, For Thy Close - Spring Offensive3:5610Morning Heroes: Vb. Dawn on the Somme7:08Cello Concerto / Meditations on a Theme of John Blow / Introduction and Allegro
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:15:00
1Introduction and Allegro12:162Cello Concerto: Allegro deciso13:433Cello Concerto: Larghetto7:354Cello Concerto: Allegro7:055Meditations on a Theme of John Blow: Introduction6:516Meditations on a Theme of John Blow: I3:337Meditations on a Theme of John Blow: II2:468Meditations on a Theme of John Blow: III2:369Meditations on a Theme of John Blow: IV2:2710Meditations on a Theme of John Blow: V4:4611Meditations on a Theme of John Blow: Interlude4:2412Meditations on a Theme of John Blow: Finale6:581994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 2:02:32
Disc 11The Olympians: Act I.49:312The Olympians: Act II. Part 121:10Disc 21The Olympians: Act II, Part 221:042The Olympians: Act III.30:47Violin Concerto / The Lady of Shalott
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:15:20
1Violin Concerto T.79: Allegro ma non troppo15:102Violin Concerto T.79: Scherzo (Vivo)7:093Violin Concerto T.79: Introduzione (Andante sostenuto) - Allegro deciso in modo zingaro15:444The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: Prelude2:465The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: The Lady at her Tapestry Frame0:526The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: The Reapers1:287The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: Dance of the Reapers - Dance of the Village Belle4:468The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: The Entry of the Page1:059The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: The Page and the Lady2:0210The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: The Entry of the Knights - Pas de Deux of the Knight and the Lady6:3111The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: The Tumblers2:4612The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: The Young Lovers1:5913The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: The Funeral Cortège3:4014The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: The Entry of Lancelot1:5615The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: The Lady Dances in Delight2:0116The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: The Lady in Love with Lancelot3:1217The Lady of Shalott - Ballet op. 86: Epilogue2:13Moeran: Sinfonietta / Rawsthorne: Concerto for String Orchestra / Bliss: Music for Strings
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:07:52
1Sinfonietta: Allegro con brio5:442Sinfonietta: Tema con variazioni10:173Sinfonietta: Allegro risoluto7:004Concerto for String Orchestra: Molto Allegro8:025Concerto for String Orchestra: Lento e mesto6:396Concerto for String Orchestra: Allegro piacevole7:267Music for Strings: Allegro moderato, energico7:498Music for Strings: Andante, molto sostenuto8:239Music for Strings: Allegro molto6:321996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:14:18
1A Colour Symphony: I. Purple: Andante Maestoso6:232A Colour Symphony: II. Red: Allegro Vivace7:023A Colour Symphony: III. Blue: Gently Flowing10:114A Colour Symphony: IV. Green: Moderato8:305Adam Zero: 1. Fanfare Overture1:456Adam Zero: 2. The Stage2:047Adam Zero: 3. Birth of Adam1:518Adam Zero: 4. Adam's Fates1:309Adam Zero: 5. Dance of Spring2:3410Adam Zero: 6. Love Dance3:1811Adam Zero: 7. Bridal Ceremony1:5812Adam Zero: 8. Adam Achieves Power2:3813Adam Zero: 9. Re-entry of Adam's Fates1:1414Adam Zero: 10. Dance of Summer3:2315Adam Zero: 11. Approach of Autumn3:3516Adam Zero: 12. Night Club Scene3:5417Adam Zero: 13. Destruction of Adam's World2:5218Adam Zero: 14. Approach of Winter2:5119Adam Zero: 15. Dance with Death4:2120Adam Zero: 16. Finale: The Stage is Set Again1:5121Adam Zero: 17. Fanfare Coda0:33Cello Concerto / Music for Strings / Two Studies
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:03:37
1Music for Strings, op. 54: Allegro moderato, energico8:422Music for Strings, op. 54: Andante, molto sostenuto9:413Music for Strings, op. 54: Allegro molto - Presto6:384Cello Concerto, op. 120: Allegro deciso12:325Cello Concerto, op. 120: Larghetto7:586Cello Concerto, op. 120: Allegro6:367Two Studies, op. 16: No. 2. Adagio ma non troppo6:358Two Studies, op. 16: No. 3. Allegro4:551997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:04:03
1Morning Heroes: I. Hector's Farewell to Andromache15:002Morning Heroes: II. The City Arming12:333Morning Heroes: III. Vigil13:594Morning Heroes: IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle9:385Morning Heroes: V. Now, Trumpeter, for thy Close12:53Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals / Discourse for Orchestra
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:07:04
1Discourse (revised 1965 Version) : I. Allegro (Tema)2:272Discourse (revised 1965 Version) : II. Allegro vivace (Gigue)3:093Discourse (revised 1965 Version) : III. Andante tranquillo5:564Discourse (revised 1965 Version) : IV. Andante con brio (Recapitulation)3:115Discourse (revised 1965 Version) : V. Maestoso1:236Discourse (revised 1965 Version) : VI. Tranquillo (Coda)2:077Miracle in the Gorbals: I. Overture2:248Miracle in the Gorbals: II. The Street2:429Miracle in the Gorbals: III. The Girl Suicide2:3210Miracle in the Gorbals: IV. The Young Lovers2:0611Miracle in the Gorbals: V. The Prostitute and the Boy1:2112Miracle in the Gorbals: VI. The Official0:5813Miracle in the Gorbals: VII. Discovery of the Suicide's Body1:2414Miracle in the Gorbals: VIII. The Suicide's Body is Brought In2:2815Miracle in the Gorbals: IX. The Stranger (Variations)3:2316Miracle in the Gorbals: X. Dance of Deliverance3:4317Miracle in the Gorbals: XI. The Official and the Prostitute2:0918Miracle in the Gorbals: XII. The Mother's Lullaby2:0819Miracle in the Gorbals: XIII. Two 'Jolly' Couples0:5220Miracle in the Gorbals: XIV. Official Leaves the Prostitute1:3821Miracle in the Gorbals: XV. The Whispering Campaign2:0222Miracle in the Gorbals: XVI. The Official and the Prostitute1:2923Miracle in the Gorbals: XVII. The Killing of the Stranger2:3724Miracle in the Gorbals: XVIII. Coda (Molto sostenuto)1:2125Things to Come: I. Prologue2:5526Things to Come: II. Interlude: The World in Ruins2:3727Things to Come: III. The Building of the New World1:5528Things to Come: IV. Attack on the Moon Gun1:3129Things to Come: V. Epilogue2:36A Knot of Riddles / Angels of the Mind and other songs
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 54 tracks · 1:59:27
Disc 11A Knot of Riddles: Fish in River3:042A Knot of Riddles: Swallows1:163A Knot of Riddles: An Oyster1:444A Knot of Riddles: A Weather Cock2:125A Knot of Riddles: A Bookworm (Hommage modeste à Maurice Ravel)1:516A Knot of Riddles: A Cross of Wood2:587A Knot of Riddles: Sun and Moon2:598Three Romantic Songs: The Hare1:359Three Romantic Songs: Lovelocks2:0610Three Romantic Songs: The Buckle1:1211Four Songs: A Christmas Carol1:5512Four Songs: Sea Love1:4913Four Songs: Vocalise1:5514Four Songs: The Mad Woman of Punnet’s Town0:5815Seven American Poems: Gone, Gone Again is Summer2:0116Seven American Poems: Siege1:0817Seven American Poems: Feast1:4218Seven American Poems: Little Elegy1:4319Seven American Poems: Rain Comes Down2:0320Seven American Poems: Fair Annet’s Song1:1421Seven American Poems: Being Young and Green0:5522Two American Poems: Humoresque1:5823Two American Poems: The Return From Town1:0724Three Songs: Thunderstorms2:0325Three Songs: This Night3:2226Three Songs: Leisure1:1727Two Love Songs: Fair is My Love4:2428Two Love Songs: In Praise of His Daphnis4:0829The Tramps2:0830When I Was One-and-twenty1:17Disc 21Two Nursery Rhymes: The Ragwort1:312Two Nursery Rhymes: The Dandelion1:213Elegiac Sonnet8:144Angels of the Mind: Worry About Money2:455Angels of the Mind: Lenten Flowers1:586Angels of the Mind: Harvest1:197Angels of the Mind: Seed2:438Angels of the Mind: In the Beck2:399Angels of the Mind: Storm1:1710Angels of the Mind: Nocturne3:4311The Tempest6:5212The Ballads of the Four Seasons: Spring1:5713The Ballads of the Four Seasons: Summer1:3914The Ballads of the Four Seasons: Autumn2:2015The Ballads of the Four Seasons: Winter1:3816The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House2:5217Rich or Poor1:5518A Child’s Prayer1:3719Three Jolly Gentlemen1:0420The Hammers1:3421Simples3:1722’Tis Time, I Think, by Wenlock Town2:2123At the Window1:1424Auvergnat1:33String Quartet No. 1 / Conversations / String Quartet in A Major
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:04:15
1String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat major: I. Andante maestoso10:022String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat major: II. Allegretto grazioso5:483String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat major: III. Sostenuto5:564String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat major: IV. Vivace6:575Conversations for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello: no. 1. The Committee Meeting: Moderato1:176Conversations for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello: no. 2. In the Wood: Adagio3:297Conversations for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello: no. 3. In the Ballroom: Scherzando2:388Conversations for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello: no. 4. Soliloquy: Andante tranquillo e molto rubato2:459Conversations for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello: no. 5. In the Tube at Oxford Circus: Allegro energico5:0610String Quartet in A major: I. Moderato ma tranquillo7:0311String Quartet in A major: II. Andante sostenuto6:4412String Quartet in A major: III. Allegro vivace con grazia6:30Oboe Quintet / Piano Quartet / Viola Sonata
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:02:19
1Piano Quartet: Poco adagio e espressivo8:422Piano Quartet: Intermezzo: Tempo di Mazurka1:533Piano Quartet: Allegro furioso5:104Sonata for Viola and Piano: Moderato7:025Sonata for Viola and Piano: Andante8:556Sonata for Viola and Piano: Furiant4:347Sonata for Viola and Piano: Coda4:008Oboe Quintet: Assai sostenuto - Allegro assai agitato8:069Oboe Quintet: Andante con moto8:1410Oboe Quintet: Vivace5:43Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for Two Pianos
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:12:57
1Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat major: Allegro con brio16:472Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat major: Adagietto10:403Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat major: Andante maestoso – Molto vivo11:264Sonata for Piano: Moderato marcato7:595Sonata for Piano: Adagio sereno7:576Sonata for Piano: Allegro5:587Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra: Allegro giusto – Larghetto tranquillo – Vivo12:10Colour Symphony / The Enchantress / Cello Concerto
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:15:44
1A Colour Symphony: I. Purple. Andante maestoso (Revised 1932)6:132A Colour Symphony: II. Red. Allegro vivace (Revised 1932)7:063A Colour Symphony: III. Blue. Gently flowing (Revised 1932)9:474A Colour Symphony: IV. Green. Moderato (Revised 1932)8:015The Enchantress: I. Bring me the laurel leaves3:256The Enchantress: II. Oh moon, shine fair5:357The Enchantress: III. Silent the sea5:438The Enchantress: IV. And now in the fire I fling you3:249Cello Concerto, F. 107: I. Allegro deciso12:0810Cello Concerto, F. 107: II. Larghetto7:4511Cello Concerto, F. 107: III. Allegro6:37Clarinet Quintet / String Quartet No. 2
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 59:03
1String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor: I. Allegro con spirito9:582String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor: II. Sostenuto5:243String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor: III. Vivo e con brio5:414String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor: IV. Larghetto - Allegro10:225Clarinet Quintet: I. Moderato5:276Clarinet Quintet: II. Allegro molto7:467Clarinet Quintet: III. Adagietto espressivo8:108Clarinet Quintet: IV. Allegro energico6:152005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:05:00
1Mêlée Fantasque, op. 2212:172Checkmate, op. 57: Prologue. The Players5:273Checkmate, op. 57: Dance of the Red Pawns2:254Checkmate, op. 57: Dance of the Four Knights3:495Checkmate, op. 57: Entry of the Black Queen5:316Checkmate, op. 57: The Red Knight's Mazurka3:387Checkmate, op. 57: Ceremony of the Red Bishops2:128Checkmate, op. 57: Entry of the Red Castles2:249Checkmate, op. 57: Entry of the Red King and Queen1:4610Checkmate, op. 57: The Attack7:0311Checkmate, op. 57: The Duel8:2612Checkmate, op. 57: The Black Queen Dances3:4213Checkmate, op. 57: Finale. Checkmate6:20String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat / String Quartet no. 2 in F minor
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 57:13
1String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat: I. Andante maestoso9:142String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat: II. Allegretto grazioso5:073String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat: III. Sostenuto7:054String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat: IV. Vivace6:085String Quartet no. 2 in F minor: I. Allegro con spirito8:126String Quartet no. 2 in F minor: II. Sostenuto5:447String Quartet no. 2 in F minor: III. Vivo con brio4:478String Quartet no. 2 in F minor: IV. Larghetto - Allegro - Larghetto - Allegro moderato - Largamente10:56Meditations on a Theme by John Blow / Metamorphic Variations
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:12:29
1Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Introduction. "The Lord is my Shepherd" - "I will fear no evil"7:242Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Meditation I. "He leadeth me beside the still waters"3:263Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Meditation II. "Thy rod and staff they comfort me"2:514Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Meditations III. Lambs2:345Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Meditation IV. "He restoreth my soul"2:306Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Meditation V. "In green pastures"4:517Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Interlude. "Through the valley of the shadow of death"3:588Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Finale. "In the house of the Lord"6:149Metamorphic Variations: Elements3:3010Metamorphic Variations: Ballet1:3411Metamorphic Variations: Assertion2:1612Metamorphic Variations: Speculation1:4813Metamorphic Variations: Interjections3:5914Metamorphic Variations: Scherzo I2:5215Metamorphic Variations: Contemplation2:2516Metamorphic Variations: Polonaise3:4517Metamorphic Variations: Funeral Processions4:0718Metamorphic Variations: Cool Interlude2:5719Metamorphic Variations: Scherzo II1:4520Metamorphic Variations: Duet2:2021Metamorphic Variations: Dedicated to G.D. and A.D.0:5222Metamorphic Variations: Affirmation4:312015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:15:53
1Madame Noy3:442Rout, F. 162: Rout6:523The Enchantress16:594The Beatitudes, F. 28: Prelude. A Troubled World3:125The Beatitudes, F. 28: The Mount of Olives4:116The Beatitudes, F. 28: First and Secon Beatitudes3:137The Beatitudes, F. 28: Easter5:568The Beatitudes, F. 28: I got me flowers to strew thy way3:379The Beatitudes, F. 28: Third Beatitudes1:1310The Beatitudes, F. 28: The lofty looks of man shall be humbled3:5311The Beatitudes, F. 28: Forth Beatitude1:5612The Beatitudes, F. 28: The Call3:3913The Beatitudes, F. 28: Interlude1:2714The Beatitudes, F. 28: Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Beatitudes3:0815The Beatitudes, F. 28: And Death shall have no Dominion3:3516The Beatitudes, F. 28: Ninth Beatitude1:3417The Beatitudes, F. 28: Voices of the mob1:0818The Beatitudes, F. 28: Epilogue - O Blessed Jesu6:36Morning Heroes / Hymn to Apollo
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:05:04
1Morning Heroes: I. Hector's Farewell to Andromache12:572Morning Heroes: II. The City Arming11:153Morning Heroes: IIIa. Vigil7:524Morning Heroes: IIIb. The Bivouac's Flame4:295Morning Heroes: IVa. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle6:446Morning Heroes: IVb. The Heroes1:417Morning Heroes: Va. Now, Trumpeter, for Thy Close - Vb. Spring Offensive5:318Morning Heroes: Vc. Dawn on the Somme5:109Hymn to Apollo9:25The Beatitudes / Introduction and Allegro / God Save the Queen
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:06:19
1The Beatitudes, F 28: Prelude. A Troubled World; Allegro violento - Tranquillo3:172The Beatitudes, F 28: 1. The Mount of Olives4:333The Beatitudes, F 28: 2. First and Second Beatitudes3:394The Beatitudes, F 28: 3. Easter6:045The Beatitudes, F 28: 4. I got me flowers to strew thy way4:306The Beatitudes, F 28: 5. Third Beatitude1:207The Beatitudes, F 28: 6. The lofty looks of man shall be humbled3:588The Beatitudes, F 28: 7. Fourth Beatitude2:109The Beatitudes, F 28: 8. The Call3:5310The Beatitudes, F 28: Interlude1:2611The Beatitudes, F 28: 9. Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Beatitudes3:4612The Beatitudes, F 28: 10. And death shall have no dominion3:1113The Beatitudes, F 28: 11. Ninth Beatitude1:3014The Beatitudes, F 28: Voices of the Mob1:0315The Beatitudes, F 28: 12. Epilogue. O blessed Jesu6:5116Introduction and Allegro, F 11712:0917God Save the Queen (The National Anthem)2:592019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:10:16
1April England, op. 48 no. 1 (version for orchestra)8:242Merok8:493By the Tarn, op. 15 no. 14:554Harnham Down8:455Lamia14:376Rêverie6:317Kinder Scout6:598Mêlée fantasque, F. 119 (1937 version for orchestra)11:16Mary Of Magdala / The Enchantress / The Meditations On A Theme By John Blow
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:16:48
1The Enchantress: I. Bring me the laurel leaves3:212The Enchantress: II. Oh moon, shine fair5:093The Enchantress: III. Silent the sea1:464The Enchantress: IV. How I saw him in the street3:575The Enchantress: V. And now in the fire I fling you3:056Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Introduction. The Lord is my Shepherd6:397Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: I. He leadeth me beside the still waters2:528Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: II. Thy rod and staff They comfort me2:479Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: III. The Lambs2:3810Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: IV. He restoreth my soul2:3411Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: V. In green pastures4:3312Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Interlude. Through the vally of the shadow of death4:0613Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Finale. In the House of the Lord6:0914Mary of Magdala: Ashen the sky (Chorus)4:2315Mary of Magdala: At last, at last (Mary)3:3516Mary of Magdala: Look there, look there (Chorus)1:0917Mary of Magdala: Why trouble ye her? (Christ, Chorus)1:1218Mary of Magdala: The proud Aegyptian Queen (Chorus)1:5819Mary of Magdala: Surely this was the place (Mary)1:5720Mary of Magdala: But what are those two strangers (Mary, Angels)2:4021Mary of Magdala: But who is that yonder (Mary, Christ)4:0722Mary of Magdala: Mary, Mother was the pleasant bower (Mary, Chorus)6:112020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 2:27:09
1Welcome the Queen6:382Things to Come: 1. Ballet3:353Things to Come: 2. Attack2:084Things to Come: 3. Pestilence2:175Things to Come: 4. Reconstruction1:556Things to Come: 5. Machines1:307Things to Come: 6. March3:488A Colour Symphony, F. 106: Purple. Andante maestoso6:409A Colour Symphony, F. 106: Red. Allegro Vivace6:5210A Colour Symphony, F. 106: Blue. Gentle Flowing9:5611A Colour Symphony, F. 106: Green. Moderato7:5312Introduction and Allegro, F. 10611:3113Baraza (From "Men Of Two Worlds")7:1514Violin Concerto, F. 111: 1. Allegro ma non troppo14:2315Violin Concerto, F. 111: 2. Scherzo. Vivo7:5816Violin Concerto, F. 111: 3. Introduzione. Allegro deciso in modo zingara16:2217Theme and Cadenza6:2418String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor: I. Allegro con spirito8:1919String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor: II. Sostenuto5:5220String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor: III. Vivo e con brio4:4821String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor: IV. Larghetto - Allegro11:052020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:17:24
1Piano Concerto in G op. 85: Corymbus: Adagio, calmo e quasi improvisatore10:352Piano Concerto in G op. 85: Dialogue: Lento e solenne10:183Piano Concerto in G op. 85: Danza alla rondo: Allegretto gioioso9:004Morning Song “Maytime in Sussex”7:385Piano Concerto in B-flat major: Allegro con brio16:516Piano Concerto in B-flat major: Adagietto11:257Piano Concerto in B-flat major: Andante maestoso – Molto vivo11:372021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:04:37
1Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Introduction and Theme1:312Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Adagio1:523Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: March1:054Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Romance1:315Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Aria Italiana1:116Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Bourrée classique1:177Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Wiener Walzer2:058Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Moto perpetuo1:009Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Funeral March3:4910Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Chant1:3911Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Fugue and Finale6:4212Lament, H 1173:5313Serenade for Strings, op. 12: I. Vivace2:0914Serenade for Strings, op. 12: II. Andantino3:5215Serenade for Strings, op. 12: III. Allegro moderato3:1116Serenade for Strings, op. 12: IV. Lento3:5617Music for Strings, F 123: I. Allegro moderato, energico8:3818Music for Strings, F 123: II. Andante, molto sostenuto8:5219Music for Strings, F 123: III. Allegro molto6:242023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:13:48
1Octet, op. 4: I. Moderato5:282Octet, op. 4: II. Allegro scherzoso3:393Octet, op. 4: III. Andantino5:224Octet, op. 4: IV. Allegro feroce5:375Clarinet Quintet, F. 20: I. Moderato5:516Clarinet Quintet, F. 20: II. Allegro molto7:417Clarinet Quintet, F. 20: III. Adagietto espressivo8:258Clarinet Quintet, F. 20: IV. Allegro energico6:169Serenade in C major, op. 41: I. Marcia6:4610Serenade in C major, op. 41: II. Menuetto alla tarantella3:2211Serenade in C major, op. 41: III. Andante5:5212Serenade in C major, op. 41: IV. Menuetto - Trio5:2913Serenade in C major, op. 41: V. Finale4:002024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 30 tracks · 1:09:50
1Welcome the Queen, F. 95 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Michael Halstenson)5:502Kenilworth, F. 113: I. At the Castle Gate1:533Kenilworth, F. 113: II. Serenade on the Lake2:034Kenilworth, F. 113: III. March. Kenilworth4:485Adam Zero Suite, F. 1 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Robert Childs): I. Fanfare Overture1:416Adam Zero Suite, F. 1 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Robert Childs): II. Dance of Spring2:337Adam Zero Suite, F. 1 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Robert Childs): III. Approach of Autumn3:158Adam Zero Suite, F. 1 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Robert Childs): IV. Dance of Summer2:329Adam Zero Suite, F. 1 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Robert Childs): V. Fanfare Coda0:3310Things to Come Suite, F. 131 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Phillip Littlemore): I. Ballet for Children3:4611Things to Come Suite, F. 131 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Phillip Littlemore): V. Machines1:3312Things to Come Suite, F. 131 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Phillip Littlemore): IV. Reconstruction2:2313Things to Come Suite, F. 131 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Phillip Littlemore): VI. March3:5014The Belmont Variations, F. 10 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Frank Wright): Theme. Moderato0:5815The Belmont Variations, F. 10 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Frank Wright): Var. 1, Legato e grazioso1:0416The Belmont Variations, F. 10 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Frank Wright): Var. 2, Lightly & Staccato0:3517The Belmont Variations, F. 10 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Frank Wright): Var. 3, Slow & Expressive1:5218The Belmont Variations, F. 10 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Frank Wright): Var. 4, In Waltz Time2:0519The Belmont Variations, F. 10 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Frank Wright): Var. 5, Brilliant & Rhythmic0:4520The Belmont Variations, F. 10 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Frank Wright): Var. 6, Quiet & Smooth1:2721The Belmont Variations, F. 10 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Frank Wright): Finale2:2022The Royal Palaces Suite, F. 128 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Michael Halstenson): I. Queen Victoria's Call to the Throne1:3123The Royal Palaces Suite, F. 128 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Michael Halstenson): II. The Ballroom in Buckingham Palace2:2924The Royal Palaces Suite, F. 128 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Michael Halstenson): III. Joust of the Knights in Armour1:1825The Royal Palaces Suite, F. 128 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Michael Halstenson): IV. The Murder of Rizzio in Holyrood House1:5426The Royal Palaces Suite, F. 128 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Michael Halstenson): V. The Royal Palace Theme1:4827Checkmate Suite, F. 2 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Eric Ball): II. Dance of the 4 Knights3:4528Checkmate Suite, F. 2 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Eric Ball): IV. The Red Knight's Mazurka2:5229Checkmate Suite, F. 2 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Eric Ball): V. Ceremony of the Red Bishops2:3130Checkmate Suite, F. 2 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Eric Ball): VI. Finale. Checkmate3:56Miracle in the Gorbals / Metamorphic Variations
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Tracklist · 31 tracks · 1:19:58
1Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: I. Overture. Sostenuto2:442Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: II. The Street. Allergo energico2:283Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: III. The Girl Suicide. Andante (movendo)2:474Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: IV. The Young Lovers. Tempo di valse1:335Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: V. The Prostitute and the Boy. L’istesso tempo0:576Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: VI. The Official. Allegro molto0:557Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: VII. The Discovery of the Suicide’s Body. Allegro molto1:288Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: VIII. The Suicide’s Body Is Brought In. Larghetto2:229Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: IX. The Stranger. Andante maestoso3:0410Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: X. Dance of Deliverance. Moderato3:5811Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: XI. The Official and the Prostitute. Allegro molto1:5112Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: XII. Intermezzo. Tranquillo4:5013Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: XIII. The Slander Campaign. Allegro vivace1:3414Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: XIV. The Conversion of the Prostitute. Andante1:5615Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: XV. Finale. The Killing of the Stranger. Allegro feroce4:1716Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: I. Elements. Larghetto tranquillo3:3117Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: II. Ballet. One in a Bar1:3018Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: IIIa. Assertion. Allegro energico2:0419Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: IIIb. Contrasts. Very Slow2:5220Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: IIIc. Children’s March. Alla marcia2:2321Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: IV. Speculation. Very Slow2:0422Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: V. Interjections. Andante sostenuto4:0023Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: VI. Scherzo I. Vivo2:3624Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: VII. Contemplation. Larghetto2:1825Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: VIII. Polonaise. Alla polacca3:3026Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: IX. Funeral Processions. Larghetto4:0427Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: X. Cool Interlude. Andante molto tranquillo2:5328Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: XI. Scherzo II. Vivo1:4229Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: XII. Duet. Pochissimo più mosso2:3930Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: XIII. Dedication to G.D. and A.D. Allegro moderato0:4931Metamorphic Variations, F. 122: XIV. Affirmation. Andante maestoso4:19
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Piano ConcertosSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:19:501Piano Concerto in B-flat major, op. 58: I. Allegro con brio15:26 2Piano Concerto in B-flat major, op. 58: II. Adagietto10:53 3Piano Concerto in B-flat major, op. 58: III. Andante maestoso - Molto vivo11:10 4Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, op. 20: I. Allegro7:00 5Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, op. 20: II. Theme: Andante - Variation I: Allegro scherzando - Variation II: Allegro scherzando / Variation III: Adagio / Variation IV: Allegretto - Tempo I9:01 6Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, op. 20: III. Allegro moderato11:01 7Hungarian Fantasy, S. 12315:19 | Compilation | 1991 | |
| 1996 | Metamorphic Variations for Orchestra / Meditations on a Theme by John BlowSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:11:171Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Elements3:18 2Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Ballet1:28 3Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Assertion1:51 4Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Speculation1:55 5Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Interjections4:02 6Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Scherzo 12:47 7Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Contemplation2:35 8Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Polonaise3:42 9Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Funeral Processions3:59 10Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Cool Interlude3:02 11Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Scherzo 21:44 12Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Duet2:37 13Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Dedication to G.D. & A.D.0:51 14Metamorphic Variations for orchestra: Affirmation4:30 15Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Introduction - The Lord's My Shepherd6:22 16Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Meditation 1 - He Leadeth Me Beside Still Waters3:26 17Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Meditation 2 - Thy Rod and Staff they Comfort Me2:48 18Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Meditation 3 - Lambs2:24 19Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Meditation 4 - He Restoreth My Soul2:27 20Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Meditation 5 - In Green Pastures4:46 21Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Interlude: Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death4:11 22Meditations on a Theme by John Blow: Finale: In the House of the Lord6:32 | Live | 7 January 1996 | |
| 2001 | The Film Music of Sir Arthur BlissSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks · 1:13:111Welcome the Queen: March6:55 2Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film: Prologue2:35 3Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film: Ballet for Children3:41 4Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film: March3:40 5Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film: Attack1:56 6Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film: The World in Ruins2:42 7Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film: Pestilence2:54 8Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film: Excavation1:53 9Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film: The Building of the New World2:15 10Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film: Machines1:28 11Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film: Attack on the Moon Gun1:21 12Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film: Epilogue7:41 13The Royal Palaces Suite: Queen Victoria's Call to the Throne3:07 14The Royal Palaces Suite: The Ballroom in Buckingham Palace4:03 15The Royal Palaces Suite: Joust of the Knights in Armour (George IV's reign)1:38 16The Royal Palaces Suite: Melodrama: The Murder of Rizzio in Holyrood House2:43 17The Royal Palaces Suite: Theme3:45 18Caesar and Cleopatra: Suite from the Incidental Film Music: Overture3:21 19Caesar and Cleopatra: Suite from the Incidental Film Music: The Sea2:52 20Caesar and Cleopatra: Suite from the Incidental Film Music: Dance Interlude I2:03 21Caesar and Cleopatra: Suite from the Incidental Film Music: Dance Interlude II1:12 22Caesar and Cleopatra: Suite from the Incidental Film Music: Dance Interlude III1:22 23Caesar and Cleopatra: Suite from the Incidental Film Music: Barcarolle3:00 24Caesar and Cleopatra: Suite from the Incidental Film Music: Memphis at Night1:41 25Caesar and Cleopatra: Suite from the Incidental Film Music: Supply Sequence1:39 26Theme from “War in the Air”1:44 | Compilation | 15 March 2001 | |
| 2001 | Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstance Marches / Serenade for StringsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 1:10:531Enigma Variations, op. 36: Theme1:41 2Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation I1:52 3Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation II0:44 4Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation III1:23 5Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation IV0:29 6Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation V2:19 7Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation VI1:20 8Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation VII0:59 9Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation VIII1:59 10Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation IX3:45 11Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation X2:30 12Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation XI0:57 13Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation XII2:55 14Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation XIII2:29 15Enigma Variations, op. 36: Variation XIV (Finale)5:31 16Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. 39: no. 1 in D major6:00 17Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. 39: no. 2 in A minor5:25 18Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. 39: no. 3 in C minor5:41 19Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. 39: no. 4 in G major4:57 20Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. 39: no. 5 in C major5:46 21Serenade for Strings in E minor, op. 20: I. Allegro Piacevole3:25 22Serenade for Strings in E minor, op. 20: II. Larghetto6:06 23Serenade for Strings in E minor, op. 20: III. Allegretto2:40 | Compilation | 2 April 2001 | |
| 2006 | Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / A Colour SymphonySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:13:371A Colour Symphony: I. Purple. Andante maestoso6:52 2A Colour Symphony: II. Red. Allegro vivace6:55 3A Colour Symphony: III. Blue. Gently Flowing9:34 4A Colour Symphony: IV. Green. Moderato8:28 5Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: I. Allegro ma non troppo15:42 6Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: II. Vivo–Tranquillo8:52 7Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: III. Introduzione. Andante sostenuto17:14 | Compilation | 18 January 2006 | |
| 2007 | British Composers: Britten: War Requiem / Bliss: Morning HeroesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 29 tracks · 2:23:08Disc 1 1Morning Heroes: I. Hector's Farewell to Andromache (The Iliad)14:04 2Morning Heroes: II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)11:46 3Morning Heroes: III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)8:18 4Morning Heroes: III. The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)4:43 5Morning Heroes: IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle (The Illiad)7:25 6Morning Heroes: IV. The Heroes1:51 7Morning Heroes: V. Now Trumpeter for Thy Close: Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)6:00 8Morning Heroes: V. Now Trumpeter for Thy Close: Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)5:35 9War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam. "Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine"6:09 10War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam. "What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?"2:21 11War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam. "Kyrie eleison"1:25 Disc 21War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Dies irae, dies illa"3:59 2War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Bugles sang, saddening the evening air"2:46 3War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Liber scriptus proferetur"2:47 4War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death"1:46 5War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Recordare Jesu pie"4:44 6War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm"1:53 7War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Dies irae, dies illa"1:18 8War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Lacrimosa dies illa"2:05 9War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae "Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu"5:56 10War Requiem, op. 66: III. Offertorium. "Domine Jesu Christe"3:34 11War Requiem, op. 66: III. Offertorium. "So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went"6:16 12War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus. "Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus"3:19 13War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus. "Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini"2:53 14War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus. "After the blast of lightning from the East"3:43 15War Requiem, op. 66: V. Agnus Dei3:45 16War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me. "Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna"7:34 17War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me. "It seemed that out of battle I escaped"9:48 18War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me. "Let us sleep now...In paradisum"5:25 | Compilation | 5 November 2007 | |
| 2020 | Concertos, Sonatas and PiecesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 15 June 2020 | |
| 2025 | The Composer conductsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 2:35:49Disc 1 1A Colour Symphony, op. 24, F. 106: I. Purple. The Colour of Amethysts, Pageantry, Royalty and Death6:13 2A Colour Symphony, op. 24, F. 106: II. Red. The Colour of Rubies, Wine, Revelry, Furnaces, Courage and Magic7:21 3A Colour Symphony, op. 24, F. 106: III. Blue. The Colour of Sapphires, deep Water, Skies, Loyalty and Melancholy9:37 4A Colour Symphony, op. 24, F. 106: IV. Green. The Colour of Emeralds, Hope, Youth, Joy, Spring and Victory8:22 5Piano Concerto in B-flat major, op. 58, F. 108: I. Allegro con brio16:23 6Piano Concerto in B-flat major, op. 58, F. 108: II. Adagietto9:14 7Piano Concerto in B-flat major, op. 58, F. 108: III. Andante maestoso - Molto vivace11:32 8Sir Arthur Bliss speaks after a Birthday Presentation0:49 9March, F. 94 "The Phoenix"7:14 Disc 21Morning Heroes, F. 32: I. Hector's Farewell to Andromache11:42 2Morning Heroes, F. 32: II. The City Arming11:00 3Morning Heroes, F. 32: III. Vigil - The Bivouac's Flame12:22 4Morning Heroes, F. 32: IV. Achilles goes Forth to Battle - The Heroes8:14 5Morning Heroes, F. 32: V. Now, Trumpeter, for Thy Close - Spring Offensive - Fawn on the Somme11:37 6Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra, F. 110 (Arr. for Piano 3 Hands & Orchestra by Clifford Phillips): I. Allegro giusto4:23 7Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra, F. 110 (Arr. for Piano 3 Hands & Orchestra by Clifford Phillips): II. Larghetto tranquillo3:11 8Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra, F. 110 (Arr. for Piano 3 Hands & Orchestra by Clifford Phillips): III. Allegro4:44 9Mêlée fantasque, F. 11911:51 | Live | 20 June 2025 |
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 2013 | Suite from Things to ComeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 14:181Ballet3:24 2Attack2:01 3Pestilence2:10 4Reconstruction1:47 5Machines1:24 6March3:32 | Soundtrack | 1 March 2013 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Arthur Bliss head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 25 | 86.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 48 | 94.1th |
| Studio albums | 39 | 98.9th |
| Awards recorded | 5 | 97.4th |
| Timeline events | 44 | 98.4th |
| Recording span (years) | -2 | 9.2th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal | won | |
| 1971 | Order of the Companions of Honour | won | |
| — | Knight Bachelor | won | |
| — | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order | won | |
| — | Walter Willson Cobbett Medal | won |
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