Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals / Discourse for Orchestra - CD

Sir Arthur Bliss

Discourse (revised 1965 version) (1957)

 

1. I. Allegro (Tema)

00:02:26

 

2. II. Allegro vivace (Gigue)

00:03:09

 

3. III. Andante tranquillo

00:05:56

 

4. IV. Andante con brio (Recapitulation)

00:03:12

 

5. V. Maestoso

00:01:22

 

6. VI. Tranquillo (Coda)

00:02:08

Miracle in the Gorbals (1944)

 

7. I. Overture

00:02:24

 

8. II. The Street

00:02:42

 

9. III. The Girl Suicide

00:02:32

 

10. IV. The Young Lovers

00:02:06

 

11. V. The Prostitute and the Boy

00:01:21

 

12. VI. The Official

00:00:58

 

13. VII. Discovery of the Suicide's Body

00:01:24

 

14. VIII. The Suicide's Body is Brought In

00:02:28

 

15. IX. The Stranger (Variations)

00:03:23

 

16. X. Dance of Deliverance

00:03:44

 

17. XI. The Official and the Prostitute

00:02:09

 

18. XII. The Mother's Lullaby

00:02:08

 

19. XIII. Two 'Jolly' Couples

00:00:53

 

20. XIV. Official Leaves the Prostitute

00:01:38

 

21. XV. The Whispering Campaign

00:02:01

 

22. XVI. The Official and the Prostitute

00:01:29

 

23. XVII. The Killing of the Stranger

00:02:36

 

24. XVIII. Coda (Molto sostenuto)

00:01:21

Things to Come (1935)

 

25. I. Prologue

00:02:55

 

26. II. Interlude: The World in Ruins

00:02:37

 

27. III. The Building of the New World

00:01:55

 

28. IV. Attack on the Moon Gun

00:01:31

 

29. V. Epilogue

00:02:36