Bliss: The Beatitudes / Birsan, Johnson, Davis, BBC Symphony
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REVIEWS:
There is no doubting Sir Andrew Davis’s grasp of The Beatitudes, and he steers a broadly authoritative performance, with incisive, committed playing from the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Davis’s punchy, urgent account of the Introduction and Allegro is useful as this is another piece not easy to come by on record.
– BBC Music Magazine
Andrew Davis clearly has a peculiar empathy for this music and the clean edges of Bliss’s orchestral palette, complemented by some lovely playing from the BBC SO and the two soloists, Emily Birsan and Ben Johnson.
– Gramophone
Product Description:
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Release Date: February 02, 2018
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Catalog Number: CHSA 5191
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UPC: 095115519127
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Label: Chandos
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Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Anonymous, Sir Arthur Bliss
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Ben Johnson, Emily Birsan
Works:
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The Beatitudes, F 28
Composer: Sir Arthur Bliss
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Emily Birsan (Soprano), Ben Johnson (Tenor)
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
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Introduction and Allegro, F 117
Composer: Sir Arthur Bliss
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
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God Save The Queen
Composer: Anonymous
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis