A Colour Symphony / Checkmate Suite
Sir Arthur Bliss; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley
| Type | Album |
| Released | February 1987 |
| Label | Chandos |
| Genre | Classical |
| Style | Modern |
Tracks
| # | Title | Popular | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Colour Symphony: I. Purple | 6:12 | |
| 2 | A Colour Symphony: II. Red | 7:06 | |
| 3 | A Colour Symphony: III. Blue | 9:46 | |
| 4 | A Colour Symphony: IV. Green | 7:59 | |
| 5 | Checkmate Suite: 1. Prologue | 6:21 | |
| 6 | Checkmate Suite: 2. Dance of the Four Knights | 4:01 | |
| 7 | Checkmate Suite: 3. Entry of the Black Queen | 5:46 | |
| 8 | Checkmate Suite: 4. The Red Knight’s Mazurka | 2:53 | |
| 9 | Checkmate Suite: 5. Ceremony of the Red Bishops | 2:22 | |
| 10 | Checkmate Suite: 6. Finale - Checkmate | 3:50 |
More by Sir Arthur Bliss; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Works for Brass Band
Chamber Music
British Oboe Quintets
English Music for Strings
The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 81: Rubbra: Piano Concerto in G, op. 85 / Bliss: Piano Concerto in B-flat major
The Decca Originals
Mary Of Magdala / The Enchantress / The Meditations On A Theme By John Blow
British Tone Poems, Vol. 2
The Beatitudes / Introduction and Allegro / God Save the Queen
The Bel Canto Violin, Volume 5
Morning Heroes / Hymn to Apollo
The Beatitudes
Hymns to Saint Cecilia
British Clarinet Sonatas, Volume 1
Meditations on a Theme by John Blow / Metamorphic Variations
Walton: Facade / Siesta / Scapino / Portsmouth Point / Orb and Sceptre / Bax: Coronation March 1953 / Bliss: Welcome the Queen
String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat / String Quartet no. 2 in F minor
Britten & Bliss
Checkmate / Mêlée Fantasque
Clarinet Quintet / String Quartet No. 2
Colour Symphony / The Enchantress / Cello Concerto
Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for Two Pianos
Oboe Quintet / Piano Quartet / Viola Sonata
String Quartet No. 1 / Conversations / String Quartet in A Major
The Holst Singers and Orchestra: Britten, Bliss, and Holst
A Knot of Riddles / Angels of the Mind and other songs
BBC Music, Volume 7, Number 8: Elgar: Froissart / Bliss: Checkmate / Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 4
Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals / Discourse for Orchestra
Morning Heroes
Cello Concerto / Music for Strings / Two Studies
A Colour Symphony / Adam Zero
Violin Concerto / The Lady of Shalott
Moeran: Sinfonietta / Rawsthorne: Concerto for String Orchestra / Bliss: Music for Strings
The Olympians
Cello Concerto / Meditations on a Theme of John Blow / Introduction and Allegro
Bliss
Choral Works
Piano Works
Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks" / Music for Strings
Viola Sonata / Masks / Triptych / Two Interludes / Toccata
Morning Heroes
Cello Concerto / Hymn to Apollo / The Enchantress
Christopher Columbus / Seven Waves Away / Baraza / Men of Two Worlds
Music for Clarinet and Piano, Volume 2
Music for Oboe & Strings
Bax: Clarinet Sonata / Bliss: Clarinet Quintet / Vaughan Williams: 6 Studies in English Folksong
Cello Concerto / Miracle In The Gorbals (Suite From The Ballet)