Checkmate Suite / Arthur Bliss (Vernon Handley, conductor ; Ulster Orchestra) -- Clarinet Quintet / Arthur Bliss (Janet Hilton, clarinet ; Lindsay Quartet) -- Music for Strings, Op. 123 / Arthur Bliss (Richard Hickox, conductor ; Northern Sinfonia) -- Pastoral, "Lie Strewn the White Flocks" / Arthur Bliss (Della Jones, mezzo-soprano ; David Haslam, flute ; Alan Fearon, timpani ; Richard Hickox, conductor ; Northern Sinfonia ; Northern Sinfonia Chorus) -- Hymn to Apollo / Arthur Bliss (Vernon Handley, conductor ; Ulster Orchestra).
Note
The 1st work a suite from the ballet.
The 1st and 3rd works for orchestra; the 4th work for string orchestra; the 5th work for mixed chorus and orchestra.
Event (note)
Recorded Mar. 25-27, 1986, and Aug. 22, 1989, Ulster Hall, Belfast, May 31-June 1, 1982, St George the Martyr, Bloomsbury, London, and Jan. 28-29, 1990, All Saints' Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Bliss, Arthur, 1891-1975.
Title
Checkmate suite [electronic resource] ; Quintet for clarinet and strings ; Hymn to Apollo ; Music for strings ; Pastoral / Arthur Bliss.
Imprint
London, England : Chandos, p1999.
Performer
Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley, conductor (1st and 3rd works) ; Janet Hilton, clarinet, Lindsay Quartet (2nd work) ; Della Jones, mezzo-soprano, Sinfonia Chorus (5th work) ; Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, conductor (4th-5th works).
Event
Recorded Mar. 25-27, 1986, and Aug. 22, 1989, Ulster Hall, Belfast, May 31-June 1, 1982, St George the Martyr, Bloomsbury, London, and Jan. 28-29, 1990, All Saints' Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.