Adriano - Janie / Impressions Tragiques / Tableaux Romands - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

After Things to Come, his most famous film score, Arthur Bliss composed the soundtrack scores of CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS and MEN OF TWO WORLDS, two dramatic pictures which are largely forgotten today. Their music, however, enlivened by Spanish and African rhythms respectively, is colourful and interesting enough to be revived in the form of concert suites. Men of Two Worlds contains BARAZA, a miniature concert piece for piano and orchestra (like Addinsell’s “Warsaw Concerto” from Dangerous Moonlight, Bax’s Oliver Twist, Rózsa’s Spellbound and Herrmann’s “Concerto Macabre” from Hangover Square), with additional male choir. The three orchestral pieces from SEVEN WAVES AWAY are another real discovery and if anything even more deserving of concert performances than the two earlier scores.

Album Tracks 1. Ondine (Symphonic Poem) 2. Eclogue 3. The Elves Blow the Horn 4. The Cemetary - Sarabande of the Dead 5. In the Inn The Night Watch 6. Youth of Athens 7. Evening Dance 8. Entering the Parthenon 9. Jack the Giant-Killer 10. The Dreams of Cinderella 11. Oriental Procession

Album Tracks 1. Symphony No. 5 for Orchestra & Organ ('Reformationshymnus'), Op. 36 I. Molto Energico E Maestoso 2. Symphony No. 5 for Orchestra & Organ ('Reformationshymnus'), Op. 36 II. Poco Moderato - Poco Più Mosso 3. Symphony No. 5 for Orchestra & Organ ('Reformationshymnus'), Op. 36 III. Poco Meno Moderato - Tempo I 4. Symphony No. 5 for Orchestra & Organ ('Reformationshymnus'), Op. 36 IV. Poco Più Moto - Poco Più Animato - Maestoso, Poco Moderato 5. Die Toteninsel, Symphonic Poem 6. Neger-Lieder Und Tänze, for Piano, Op. 26 I. Allegro Animato 7. Neger-Lieder Und Tänze, for Piano, Op. 26 II. Moderato Assai 8. Neger-Lieder Und Tänze, for Piano, Op. 26 III. Andantino Amabile 9. Neger-Lieder Und Tänze, for Piano, Op. 26 IV. Allegro 10. Neger-Lieder Und Tänze, for Piano, Op. 26 V. Allegretto Con Spirito, Gaio Assai 11. Neger-Lieder Und Tänze, for Piano, Op. 26 VI. Moderato, Molto Malinconico 12. Neger-Lieder Und Tänze, for Piano, Op. 26 VII. Allegretto Scherzando 13. Neger-Lieder Und Tänze, for Piano, Op. 26 VIII. Andantino Doloroso 14. Neger-Lieder Und Tänze, for Piano, Op. 26 IX. Solenne E Maestoso Andante 15. Abschieds-Klänge, Suite for Strings (Or Piano), Op. 28 I. Allegretto, Un Poco Moderato 16. Abschieds-Klänge, Suite for Strings (Or Piano), Op. 28 II. Poco Moderato 17. Abschieds-Klänge, Suite for Strings (Or Piano), Op. 28 III. Allegretto Moderato 18. Abschieds-Klänge, Suite for Strings (Or Piano), Op. 28 IV. Andantino