Episode #53: Busoni Bliss
Uploaded: February 26, 2022
Sir Arthur Bliss: Meditations on a Theme by John Blow*
Adam Zero (excerpts)
Fanfare Overture
Adam’s Fates
Dance of Spring
Awakening of Love
Dance of Summer
Finale – the stage is set again
Checkmate (excerpts)
I. Prologue – The Players
II. Dance of the Four Knights
III. Entry of the Black Queen
IV. The Red Knight’s Mazurka
V. Ceremony of the Red Bishops
VI. Finale – Checkmate
*City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
EMI CDC 7 57712 2
Ferruccio Busoni: Concerto for piano, orchestra, and male chorus, Op. 39
I. Prologo e introit
II. Pezzo giocoso
III. Pezzo serioso (Introductio – Prima pars – Altera pars – Ultima pars)
IV. All’italiana (Tarantella)
V. Cantico
John Ogdon, piano
Men’s voices of the John Alldis Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniell Revenaugh, conductor
EMI STUDIO CDM 7 69580 2
