Arthur Bliss
Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (2 August 1891 – 27 March 1975) was a British composer. During WW II he became Director of Music at the BBC, and formed ideas which led to the division of music broadcasting into categories, then presented on different stations.
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Works For Brass Band
Bliss*, Black Dyke Band*, John Wilson (15)
2024
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Chamber Music
Ferguson*, Bliss*, Holloway*, Wigmore Soloists
2023
BIS
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
English Music For Strings
Britten* / Bliss* / Bridge* / Berkeley*, Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson (15)
2021
Chandos
SACD, Multichannel, Album
British Oboe Quartets
Bax*, Bliss*, Delius*, Finzi*, Vaughan Williams*, Nicholas Daniel, Doric String Quartet
2021
Chandos
CD, Album
Piano Concertos
Rubbra*, Bliss*, Piers Lane, The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein
2020
Hyperion
CD, Album
Pure Bliss
Arthur Bliss, Juliette Bausor, Daniel Bates, Katherine Spencer, Beatrice Philips, Laura Lutzke, Adam Newman (2), Hannah Sloane
2020
Stone Records (16)
CD, Album
Mary Of Magdala / The Enchantress / The Meditations On A Theme By John Blow
Bliss*, Dame Sarah Connolly*, James Platt, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2019
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
The Beatitudes; Introduction And Allegro; God Save The Queen
Sir Arthur Bliss*, Emily Birsan, Ben Johnson (31), Sir Andrew Davis*
2018
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / Concerto For Violin And Orchestra (Original Version)
Arthur Bliss / William Walton*, Lorraine McAslan, BBC Concert Orchestra Conducted By Martin Yates (2)
2017
Dutton Epoch
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Alfredo Campoli: The Bel Canto Violin Volume 5
Elgar*, Bruch*, Bliss*, Alfredo Campoli, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Arthur Bliss*
2017
Decca
2xCD, Comp, RM
British Cello Concertos
Bax* / Bliss* / Moeran* / Finzi*, Raphael Wallfisch
2016
Chandos
2xCD, Comp, RM
British Violin Sonatas,Volume 2
Bridge* / Vaughan Williams* / Ireland* / Bliss* / Lloyd Webber*, Tasmin Little, Piers Lane
2016
Chandos
CD, Album
British Legends (Works For String Quintet}
Bliss*, Elgar*, Kelly*, Vaughan Williams*, St. George Quintet
2016
Pavane Records
CD, Album
The Beatitudes
Sir Arthur Bliss*, Heather Harper, Gerald English, Jennifer Vyvyan, Pamela Bowden
2015
Lyrita
CDr, Album, Mono, RM
The Complete Piano Music Of Sir Arthur Bliss, Vol.2
Sir Arthur Bliss*, Mark Bebbington
2015
Somm
CD, Album
Violin Concertos
Bax* • Dyson* • Veale* • Bliss*, Lydia Mordkovitch
2015
Chandos
2xCD, Comp, RM
Morning Heroes ● Hymn To Apollo (Original Version)
Bliss*, Samuel West, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Andrew Davis
2015
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Arthur Bliss Conducts Bliss
Arthur Bliss, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacques String Orchestra, Reginald Jacques
2013
Dutton
2xCD, Comp, Mono
Elgar Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Pomp and Circumstance Marches
Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, André Navarra, London Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Bliss
2012
Major Classics
2xCD, Comp, Mono, RE
The Complete Piano Music Of Sir Arthur Bliss, Vol. 1
Sir Arthur Bliss*, Mark Bebbington
2012
Somm
CD, Album
The Monk And The Warrior
Bliss*, Bowen*, Walford Davies*, Rupert Marshall-Luck*, Matthew Rickard
2011
EM Records (10)
CD, Album
Britten & Bliss
Britten* & Bliss*, Barbirolli Quartet
2011
Nimbus Alliance
CD, Album
Walton: Façade - An Entertainment / Siesta / Scapino / Portsmouth Point / Orb and Sceptre / Bax: Coronation March, 1953 / Bliss: Welcome the Queen
Walton*, Bax*, Bliss* - Edith Sitwell, Peter Pears, Anthony Collins (2), Adrian Boult*, Malcolm Sargent*, Arthur Bliss
2010
Decca
CD, Album, Comp
Meditations on a Theme of John Blow; Metamorphic Variations
Arthur Bliss
2010
Piano Concerto
Noel Mewton-Wood*, Bliss*, Utrecht Symphony Orchestra*, Walter Goehr
2009
Pristine Audio
3xFile, FLAC, 16-
The Tertis Tradition
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Arnold Bax*, York Bowen, Edmund Rubbra, Sir Arthur Bliss*, Roger Chase, Michiko Otaki
2009
Dutton Digital
CD
Christopher Columbus / Seven Waves Away / Men Of Two Worlds / Baraza
Arthur Bliss, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adriano (3)
2009
String Quartet No.1 In B Flat / String Quartet No.2 In F Minor
The Griller Quartet* Play Arthur Bliss
2008
Dutton
CD, Album, Comp, RM
War Requiem • Morning Heroes
Benjamin Britten, Arthur Bliss - Söderström* • Tear* • Allen* • City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus* & Orchestra* • Simon Rattle* • John Westbrook • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra* • Sir Charles Groves
2007
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
2xCD, Album, Comp, RM
Britten & Bliss
Britten* & Bliss*, Vermeer Quartet, Alex Klein (4)
2006
Cedille Records
CD
A Song Of Welcome • Miracle In The Gorbals-Suite • Music For Strings • Welcome The Queen
Bliss* / Joan Sutherland • John Cameron • BBC Chorus • Philharmonia Orchestra • Sir Arthur Bliss*
2006
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RM
Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / A Colour Symphony
Bliss*, Richard Hickox, Lydia Mordkovitch, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales
2006
Chandos
CD
British Modern Vol. 1
Bliss* • Rubbra* • Arnold* • Addison* – Sidney Harth, Paul Kling*, Peter McHugh, Leon Rapier – The Louisville Orchestra / Jorge Mester & Robert Whitney
2005
First Edition Music
CD, Comp, Mono, RE
A Colour Symphony • Things to Come • Cello Concerto • Adam Zero • Checkmate • Lie Strewn The White Flocks • A Knot Of Riddles • Music For Strings • Clarinet & Oboe Quintets
Bliss*
2005
EMI Classics
5xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Comp
Clarinet Quintets . Clarinet Sonata No.2
Brahms*, Bliss* - Frederick Thurston, Griller Quartet*
2005
Testament
CD, Comp, Mono, RM
A Colour Symphony, Things To Come, Adam Zero, Cello Concerto, Discourse for Orchestra, Christopher Columbus Suite, Concerto for Two Pianos
Arthur Bliss, Sir Charles Groves, Arto Noras, Paavo Berglund, Vernon Handley
2005
Life Divine
Bliss*, Fletcher*, Hespe*, Jenkins*, John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band*, Major Peter Parkes*, Derek Broadbent
2005
Piano Concerto · Piano Sonata · Concerto For Two Pianos
Arthur Bliss, Peter Donohoe, Martin Roscoe, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
2004
Naxos
CD, Comp
Clarinet Quintet · String Quartet No. 2
Bliss*, David Campbell (6), The Maggini Quartet
2004
Checkmate (Complete Ballet) / Mêlée Fantastique
Arthur Bliss, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
2004
Chamber Music, Vol. 2
Arthur Bliss, The Maggini Quartet
2003
Naxos
CD, Album
Twentieth Century Piano Concertos
Mewton-Wood, Bliss*, Stravinsky*, Shostakovich*
2003
British Music Society
CD, Album, Mono, RE, RM
Bliss Premieres Volume 1
Bliss*, Constant Lambert, Sir Adrian Boult
2003
apr
CD, Comp
Piano Concerto No. 3 - Piano Concerto
Beethoven*, Bliss*, Solomon (6)
2002
Naxos Historical
CD, Comp, Mono
Piano Quartet
Bliss*, Chamber Domaine
2002
ASV Digital
CD
Chamber Music, Vol. 1 (String Quartet No. 1 / Conversations For Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola And Cello / String Quartet In A Major)
Arthur Bliss : Maggini Quartet*, Nicholas Daniel, Michael Cox (3)
2002
Frederick Thurston 1901-1953 Centenary Tribute (Quintet / 'Caoine' From Sonata Op. 129 / Quintet / Quartet)
Arthur Bliss, Stanford*, Frederick Thurston, Myers Foggin, The Griller Quartet*, Jacob*, Rawsthorne*, Thea King, The Aeolian Quartet*
2001
Clarinet Classics
CD, Comp
The Film Music Of Sir Arthur Bliss
Arthur Bliss, Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
2001
Chandos
CD
The British Music Collection - Arthur Bliss
Arthur Bliss
2001
Decca
2xCD, Comp, RE
Heritage & Legacy 2. Elgar, His Forebears And Successors: Frederic Austin - Symphony In E Major (World Premiere Recording) And Elgar, MacCunn, Bliss
Frederic Austin, Elgar*, MacCunn*, Bliss* : Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Douglas Bostock
2001
Classico, RLPO
CD, Album
A Knot Of Riddles, Angels Of The Mind And Other Songs
Bliss*, Geraldine McGreevy, Toby Spence, Henry Herford, Kathron Sturrock, The Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins
2000
Hyperion
2xCD
Concerto For Piano And Orchestra
Arthur Bliss, The Philharmonia*, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Trevor Barnard
2000
Diversions (3), Divine Art
CD, Album, RE, RM
British Composers Conducting
Holst* / Bridge* / Bliss* / Vaughan-Williams* / Harty* / Smythe*
2000
Symposium
CD, Comp, Mono
Checkmate Suite • Hymn To Apollo • Quintet For Clarinet & Strings • Music For Strings • Pastoral
Arthur Bliss
1999
Chandos
2xCD
Busoni 24 Preludes - Bliss Sonata
Trevor Barnard, Ferruccio Busoni, Arthur Bliss
1999
Divine Art
CD, Album
Pastoral. A Knot Of Riddles. Music For Strings
Arthur Bliss, Sybil Michelow, John Shirley-Quirk, The Bruckner-Mahler Choir Of London, The London Chamber Orchestra, Wyn Morris, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
1999
British Composers
CD, Comp, RM
Symphony No. 4, Froissart And Checkmate Suite
Vaughan Williams* • Elgar* • Bliss*, BBC SO*, BBC Scottish SO* / Norman Del Mar & Malcolm Arnold
1999
Miracle In The Gorbals
Sir Arthur Bliss*, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
1999
English Music For Oboe And Strings
Bax*, Bliss*, Britten*, Pamela Pecha, Audubon Quartet
1997
Carlton Classics
CD, Album
Elgar: Violin Concerto In B Minor, Op.61 • Bliss: Theme And Cadenza; Introduction And Allegro
Alfredo Campoli • London Philharmonic Orchestra • Sir Adrian Boult • London Symphony Orchestra • Sir Arthur Bliss*
1997
Belart
CD, Comp
Music For Clarinet And Piano
Thea King, Clifford Benson, Stanford*, Ferguson*, Finzi*, Hurlstone*, Howells*, Bliss*, Reizenstein*, Cooke*
1997
Hyperion
2xCD, Comp, RE
A Colour Symphony / The Enchantress / Cello Concerto
Bliss* / Linda Finnie, Raphael Wallfisch, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley
1997
Sir Adrian Boult Conducts English Gramophone Premières
Sir Adrian Boult - Vaughan Williams*, Bliss*, Ethel Smyth, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Light Symphony Orchestra
1996
Dutton Laboratories Ltd
CD, Comp
British Chamber Music For Clarinet And Strings
Arthur Bliss, Alan Rawsthorne, Francis Routh, Redcliffe Ensemble
1996
Redcliffe Recordings
CD, Album
British Piano Music of the '20s & 30s
Billy Mayerl, Arthur Bliss, Constant Lambert, Gerrard Williams, Sir Eugene Goossens, Sir William Walton, Richard Rodney Bennett, English Sinfonia, Neville Dilkes
1996
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RM
String Quartet No. 1 / String Quartet No. 2
Arthur Bliss, Fanny Mendelssohn-Quartett
1996
Troubadisc (2)
CD, Album, Dol
Violin Concerto • The Lady Of Shalott
Bliss*
1996
BBC Radio Classics
CD, Album
A Colour Symphony • Adam Zero
Bliss* / English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones
1996
Cello Concerto / Music For Strings / Two Studies
Bliss* - Tim Hugh, English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones
1996
Bliss Conducts Bliss: A Colour Symphony, Things To Come Suite, Introduction And Allegro
Sir Arthur Bliss*, London Symphony Orchestra, Eileen Joyce, Muir Mathieson
1995
Dutton Laboratories
CD, Comp, RM
Elgar / Bax / Hadley / Bliss / Holst / Ireland
Elgar* / Bax* / Hadley* / Bliss* / Holst* / Ireland* — BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra - Sir Adrian Boult
1995
BBC Radio Classics, IMP Ltd.
CD, Comp, RM
Campoli Classics III
Bliss*, Alfredo Campoli, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Arthur Bliss*, London Symphony Orchestra, Ataulfo Argenta*
1995
Beulah
CD, Album
Bliss Conducts Bliss: A Colour Symphony, Music For Strings, Introduction And Allegro
Sir Arthur Bliss*, London Symphony Orchestra
1995
Héritage
CDr, Comp
Bliss Conducts Bliss (Checkmate / Miracle In The Gorbals / Things To Come / Theme And Cadenza / Welcome The Queen)
Bliss*
1995
Héritage
CDr, Comp
Phantasy Quartet / Oboe Quintet / Oboe Quintet
Britten*, Bax*, Bliss*, Gordon Hunt, The Tale Quartet
1995
BIS
CD
Cello Concerto / Meditations On A Theme Of John Blow / Introduction And Allegro
Bliss* - Robert Cohen, Barry Wordsworth, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
1994
Argo (2)
CD
The Composer Conducts
Rawsthorne*, Addison*, Arnell*, Bliss*, Arnold*
1993
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, Mono
Bliss: The Olympians (An Opera In Three Acts)
Arthur Bliss, Polyphonia Orchestra*, The Ambrosian Singers And Soloists*
1993
Bliss Conducts Bliss
Sir Arthur Bliss*, London Symphony Orchestra, LSO Wind Ensemble, LSO Brass Ensemble, The Ambrosian Singers, Rae Woodland, John Shirley-Quirk
1992
Lyrita
CD, Comp
Investiture Antiphonal Fanfare, Prayer Of St Francis Of Assisi, Morning Heroes
Arthur Bliss - The London Philharmonic*, Michael Kibblewhite
1992
Cala
CD, Album
Symphony No.5 / Five Dances From 'Checkmate' / Little Music For String Orchestra
Rubbra* / Bliss* / Tippett* - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra · Hans-Hubert Schönzeler / Soloists of Australia* · Ronald Thomas
1992
The Red Shoes: Classic British Film Music
Vaughan Williams*, Arthur Bliss, Gerard Schurmann, Brian Easdale, Kenneth Alwyn, The Philharmonia Orchestra*
1992
Viola Sonata / Masks / Triptych / Two Interludes / Toccata
Bliss* - Emanuel Vardi, Kathron Sturrock
1991
Chandos
CD, Album
Choral Works (Featuring Shield Of Faith Premier Recording)
Bliss*, The Finzi Singers, Andrew Lumsden, Paul Spicer
1991
Chandos
CD, Album
Piano Works
Bliss*, Philip Fowke
1991
Chandos
CD, Album
Bliss & Scriabin: Piano Concertos
Solomon (6), Scriabin*, Bliss*, Liszt*
1991
EMI
CD, Comp, Mono
Morawetz • Bruch • Fauré • Dvořák • Bliss
Morawetz*, Bruch*, Fauré*, Dvořák*, Bliss*, Shauna Rolston, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer
1991
CBC Records
CD, Album
Cello Concerto / Hymn To Apollo / The Enchantress
Bliss* - Raphael Wallfisch, Linda Finnie, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley
1991
Pastoral / Music For Strings
Bliss* – Della Jones, The Sinfonia Chorus*, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
1991
A Colour Symphony / Metamorphic Variations
Bliss*, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
1991
Pomp And Circumstance
Elgar*, Bliss* / Sargent*
1990
London Records
CD, Comp, Mono, RM
Horoscope · Checkmate · Façade
Lambert*, Bliss*, Walton* / English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones
1990
Music For Oboe & Strings
Bax*, Bliss* & Britten* - Pamela Woods, Audubon Quartet
1989
Telarc
CD, Album
A Colour Symphony / Miracle In The Gorbals / Overture "Edinburgh"
Arthur Bliss, Sir Charles Groves, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Paavo Berglund
1988
Angel Records
CD, Comp
A Colour Symphony / Checkmate Suite
Sir Arthur Bliss* - Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley
1987
Checkmate - Adam Zero - Meditations On A Theme By John Blow
Bliss*
1987
Edmund Rubbra - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 10 / Arthur Bliss - Five Dances From Checkmate and Other Works for Orchestra
Edmund Rubbra, Arthur Bliss
1986
Musical Heritage Society
2xLP, Album
Bliss String Quartets
Bliss*, Delmé String Quartet*
1985
Symphony No.5 / Five Dances From 'Checkmate'
Edmund Rubbra / Sir Arthur Bliss* - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Hans-Hubert Schönzeler
1985
Choral Dances From 'Gloriana' / Pastoral 'Lie Strewn The White Flocks' / Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda
Britten* / Bliss* / Holst* - The Holst Singers, The Holst Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton
1985
Adam Zero: Approach of Autumn
Arthur Bliss
Piano Concerto: Adagietto
Arthur Bliss
March from Things To Come
Arthur Bliss
Adam Zero: Adam's Fates
Arthur Bliss
Royal Fanfare
Arthur Bliss
Prince of Wales Investiture Music, F. 76
Arthur Bliss
Fanfare For the Lord Mayor of London
Arthur Bliss
A Colour Symphony: Purple: Andante maestoso
Arthur Bliss
Things to Come: 6. March
Arthur Bliss
A Colour Symphony: Red: Allegro vivace
Arthur Bliss
A Colour Symphony: Blue: Gently Flowing
Arthur Bliss
Kenilworth: II. Serenade on the Lake
Arthur Bliss
A Colour Symphony: Green: Moderato
Arthur Bliss
Adam Zero: Dance of Spring
Arthur Bliss
Bliss: Royal Fanfare
Arthur Bliss
Adam Zero: Fanfare Overture
Arthur Bliss
Study, Op. 16, No. 3: Allegro
Arthur Bliss
Morning Heroes, F. 32: V. (a) Now, Trumpeter, for thy Close - Spring Offensive
Arthur Bliss
Adam Zero: Birth Of Adam
Arthur Bliss
Adam Zero: Re-entry Of Adam's Fates
Arthur Bliss
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