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Compact Disc CDA66137

£6.99

Recorded on 13, 14 February 1984
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
ANDREW KEENER
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
DDD
Front illustration adapted from the first edition of Madam Noy

SIR ARTHUR BLISS (1891-1978)

Rout and Rhapsody

ELIZABETH GALE soprano
ANTHONY ROLFE JOHNSON tenor
THE NASH ENSEMBLE
JUDITH PEARCE flute, GARETH HULSE oboe
MICHAEL COLLINS clarinet, BRIAN WIGHTMAN bassoon
MARCIA CRAYFORD violin, DAVID OGDEN violin
ROGER CHASE viola, CHRISTOPHER VAN KAMPEN cello
RODNEY SLATFORD double bass, GARY KETTEL percussion
SKAILA KANGA harp
LIONEL FRIEND conductor
Contents:

  1. ROUT 1920
    for soprano and chamber orchestra [7'22]

  2. RHAPSODY 1919
    for flute, cor anglais, string quartet, double bass and two voices [7'39]

    CONVERSATIONS 1920
    for flute (and bass flute), oboe (and cor anglais), violin, viola and cello [13'19]

  3. i The Committee Meeting (Moderato)
  4. ii In the Wood (Adagio)
  5. iii In the Ballroom (Scherzando)
  6. iv Soliloquy (Andante tranquillo e molto rubato)
  7. v In the Tube at Oxford Circus (Allegro energico)

  8. MADAM NOY 1918
    for soprano, flute, clarinet, bassoon, harp, viola and double bass [3'51]

  9. THE WOMEN OF YUEH 1923
    for soprano and chamber orchestra [7'24]

    QUINTET
    for oboe and string quartet [21'49]

  10. Assai sostenuto - Moderato - Allegro assai agitato - Molto meno mosso
  11. Andante con moto - Allegro moderato - Tempo I, ma poco agitato
  12. Vivace

'Performances are outstanding... beautifully recorded' (The Monthly Guide to Recorded Music)

'Brilliantly inventive pieces... unalloyed pleasures. Indispensable' (The Daily Telegraph)

'Bliss at his very best … A lovely disc - and eminently well engineered too. It can be warmly recommended even to those who do not normally admire this composer' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

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