Composer(s): Bliss, Arthur
Arranger(s): Adriano
Conductor(s): Adriano
Label: Naxos
Series: Film Music Classics
Genre: Film and TV Music; Orchestral
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.572226
Barcode: 747313222674
Release Date: 11/2009

BLISS, A.: Christopher Columbus Suite / Seven Waves Away / Men of 2 Worlds (Slovak Radio Symphony, Adriano)

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.

Tracklist

Bliss, Arthur
Adriano - Arranger
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
1I. Overture04:46
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
2II. The Commission03:25
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
3III. Dona Beatriz03:07
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
4IV. Struggles01:30
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
5V. The Messenger01:05
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
6VI. The Voyage begins02:23
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
7VII. Mutiny02:19
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
8VIII. Land at last!01:14
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
9IX. Columbus put into chains02:17
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
10X. Return to Spain02:12
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
Bliss, Arthur
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
11No. 1. Allegro con fuoco01:57
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
12No. 2. Allegro02:05
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
13No. 3. Maestoso quasi marcia funebre04:20
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
Čápová, Sylvia (piano)
14Baraza06:58
Čápová, Sylvia (piano)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
15Return to Tanganyika02:46
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
16The Challenge - The Wrath of the Evil Gods02:05
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
17Kisenga's Family02:34
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)
18Village Fire and Finale02:16
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Adriano (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 49:19