Bliss: Checkmate Suite, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Hymn to Apollo, Music for Strings & Lie Strewn the White Flocks

Arthur Bliss, Vernon Handley, Richard Hickox, Ulster Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Della Jones, Janet Hilton, David Haslam & Lindsay String Quartet

23 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 7 MINUTES • FEB 01 1987

1

Checkmate Suite: I. Prologue. The Players

Vernon Handley & Ulster Orchestra

06:24

2

Checkmate Suite: II. Dance of the Four Knights

Vernon Handley & Ulster Orchestra

04:01

3

Checkmate Suite: III. Entry of the Black Queen

Vernon Handley & Ulster Orchestra

05:47

4

Checkmate Suite: IV. The Red Knight's Mazurka

Vernon Handley & Ulster Orchestra

02:53

5

Checkmate Suite: V. Ceremony of the Red Bishops

Vernon Handley & Ulster Orchestra

02:23

6

Checkmate Suite: VI. Finale. Checkmate

Vernon Handley & Ulster Orchestra

03:56

7

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings: I. Moderato

Janet Hilton, Keith Swallow & Lindsay String Quartet

06:35

8

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings: II. Allegro molto

Janet Hilton, Keith Swallow & Lindsay String Quartet

07:26

9

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings: III. Adagietto espressivo - Allegro moderato

Janet Hilton, Keith Swallow & Lindsay String Quartet

09:00

10

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings: IV. Allegro energico

Janet Hilton, Keith Swallow & Lindsay String Quartet

06:18

11

Vernon Handley & Ulster Orchestra

11:20

12

Music for Strings: I. Allegro moderato, energico

Richard Hickox & Northern Sinfonia

09:18

13

Music for Strings: II. Andante, molto sostenuto

Richard Hickox & Northern Sinfonia

11:14

14

Music for Strings: III. Allegro molto

Richard Hickox & Northern Sinfonia

06:43

15

Pastoral, "Lie Strewn the White Flocks": I. Introdcution and The Shepherd's Holyday

Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam, Alan Fearson & The Sinfonia Chorus

04:29

16

Pastoral, "Lie Strewn the White Flocks": II. A Hymn to Pan

Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam, Alan Fearson & The Sinfonia Chorus

02:54

17

Pastoral, "Lie Strewn the White Flocks": III. Pan's Saraband

Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam, Alan Fearson & The Sinfonia Chorus

01:56

18

Pastoral, "Lie Strewn the White Flocks": IV. Pan and Echo

Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam, Alan Fearson & The Sinfonia Chorus

03:43

19

Pastoral, "Lie Strewn the White Flocks": V. The Naïads' Music

Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam, Alan Fearson & The Sinfonia Chorus

05:25

20

Pastoral, "Lie Strewn the White Flocks": VI. The Pigeon Song

Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, Della Jones, David Haslam, Alan Fearson & The Sinfonia Chorus

04:39

21

Pastoral, "Lie Strewn the White Flocks": VII. The Song of the Reapers

Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam, Alan Fearson & The Sinfonia Chorus

02:08

22

Pastoral, "Lie Strewn the White Flocks": VIII. Finale

Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam, Alan Fearson & The Sinfonia Chorus

01:40

23

Pastoral, "Lie Strewn the White Flocks": IX. The Shepherd's Night-Song

Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam, Alan Fearson & The Sinfonia Chorus

06:59

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