Arthur Bliss

COMPACT DISC ONE
Checkmate Suite 25:15
1 I Prologue: The Players 6:22
2 II Dance of the Four Knights 4:00
3 III Entry of the Black Queen 5:46
4 IV The Red Knight's Mazurka - 2:53
5 V Ceremony of the Red Bishops - 2:23
6 VI Finale: Checkmate 3:49
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings 29:11
7 I Moderato 6:34
8 II Allegro molto 7:25
9 III Adagietto espressivo - Allegro moderato 9:00
10 IV Allegro energico 6:10
Janet Hilton clarinet
Lindsay String Quartet

11 Hymn to Apollo 11:19
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley
65:59

COMPACT DISC TWO
Music for Strings 27:11
1 I Allegro moderato, energico - 9:18
2 II Andante, molto sostenuto 11:12
3 III Allegro molto 6:39

Pastoral 'Lie Strewn the White Flocks'* 33:51
4 I Introdcution and The Shepherd's Holyday - 4:29
5 II A Hymn to Pan - 2:54
6 III Pan's Saraband - 1:56
7 IV Pan and Echo - 3:43
8 V The Naïads' Music 5:23
9 VI The Pigeon Song 4:38
Della Jones Mezzo-soprano
10 VII The Song of the Reapers - 2:08
11 VIII Finale - 1:39
12 IX The Shepherd's Night-Song 6:58
61:04
Sinfonia Chorus *
Northern Sinfonia
David Haslam flute*
Richard Hickox

Recorded in:
Ulster Hall, Belfast
25-27 March 1986 (Checkmate Suite) & 22 August 1989 (Hymn to Apollo)
Recorded in:
St George's Church, Bloomsbury, London
31 May and 1 June 1982 (Clarinet Quintet)
Recorded in:
All Saints' Church, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
28-29 January 1990 (other works)
Producer(s)
Brian Couzens (Checkmate Suite & Clarinet Quintet)
Tim Oldham (other works)
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Philip Couzens (Assistant)
Richard Lee (Assistant)
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K