Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold - Meditations On A Theme By John Blow / Music For Strings download mp3 flac

Tracklist

	Meditations On A Theme By John Blow Composed By – Sir Arthur Bliss
A.1	Introduction "The Lord is my Shepard": "I Will Fear No Evil". Largamente - Agitato in alternation. Woodwind cadenzas accompanied by sheep bells alternating with chromatics on brass.
A.2	Meditation I "He leadeth me beside the still waters". Allegro moderato, ma tranquillo; nine-eight time, lightly scored.
A.3	Meditation II "Thy rod and staff, they comfort me". Allegro deciso: two-four time
A.4	Meditation III "Lambs". Scherzando: dotted-note figure derived from the last phrase of Blow's tune.
A.5	Meditation IV "He restoreth my soul". Allegro: extended movement in twelve-eight time
A.6	Meditation V "In green pastures". Larghetto: a ternary movement, in which a central section (andante tranquilo) where a drumroll is persistant, is flanked by harp arpeggios. The coda becomes agitated and leads into the interlude.
A.7	Interlude "Through the valley of the shadow of death". Molto agitato: scored with much percussion.
A.8	Finale "In the house of the Lord". Moderato e deciso. Heralded by bells, Blow's tune arrives in E major ( a tempo un poco maetoso) but leads to a quiet close to the sound of the sheep bells.
	Music For Strings Composed By – Sir Arthur Bliss
B.1	First Movement: Allegro Moderato, Energico
B.2	Second Movement: Andante, Molto Sostenuto
B.3	Third Movement: Allegro Molto - Allegro Con Spirito

A	Meditations On A Theme By John Blow
	Music For Strings
B1.a	1st Movement: Allegro Moderato, Energico
B1.b	2nd Movement: Andante, Molto Sostenuto
B2	3rd Movement: Allegro Molto - Allegro Con Spirito

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MHS 1251	Arthur Bliss	Meditations on A Theme By John Blow; Music For Strings ‎(LP, Album)	Musical Heritage Society, Inc.	MHS 1251	US	Unknown
RCS 33, RCS.33	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold - Meditations On A Theme By John Blow / Music For Strings ‎(LP, Mono)	Lyrita Recorded Edition, Lyrita Recorded Edition	RCS 33, RCS.33	UK	1966
SRCS 33, SRCS.33	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold - Meditations On A Theme By John Blow / Music For Strings ‎(LP, RP)	Lyrita Recorded Edition, Lyrita Recorded Edition	SRCS 33, SRCS.33	UK	Unknown
SRCS 33, SRCS.33	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold - Meditations On A Theme By John Blow / Music For Strings ‎(LP, RP)	Lyrita Recorded Edition, Lyrita Recorded Edition	SRCS 33, SRCS.33	UK	Unknown
S/4535, S-4535	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold - Meditations On A Theme By John Blow / Music For Strings ‎(LP, Album, Club)	World Record Club, World Record Club	S/4535, S-4535	Australia	1969

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SRCS.33	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold - Meditations On A Theme By John Blow / Music For Strings ‎(LP)	Lyrita Recorded Edition	SRCS.33	UK	1966
MHS 1251	Arthur Bliss	Meditations on A Theme By John Blow; Music For Strings ‎(LP, Album)	Musical Heritage Society, Inc.	MHS 1251	US	Unknown
RCS 33, RCS.33	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold - Meditations On A Theme By John Blow / Music For Strings ‎(LP, Mono)	Lyrita Recorded Edition, Lyrita Recorded Edition	RCS 33, RCS.33	UK	1966
SRCS 33, SRCS.33	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold - Meditations On A Theme By John Blow / Music For Strings ‎(LP, RP)	Lyrita Recorded Edition, Lyrita Recorded Edition	SRCS 33, SRCS.33	UK	Unknown
SRCS 33, SRCS.33	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold	Sir Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold - Meditations On A Theme By John Blow / Music For Strings ‎(LP, RP)	Lyrita Recorded Edition, Lyrita Recorded Edition	SRCS 33, SRCS.33	UK	Unknown

Credits

• Composed By – Sir Arthur Bliss
• Conductor – Hugo Rignold
• Orchestra – City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

• Composed By – Sir Arthur Bliss
• Conductor – Hugo Rignold
• Engineer [Uncredited] – Michael Mailes
• Mastered By [Side A] – K
• Mastered By [Side B] – L
• Orchestra – City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• Producer [Uncredited] – David Harvey
• Sleeve Notes – Frank Howes

Notes

As far as I know this is a first edition copy of Lyrita SRCS.33 - it has 'deep groove' labels and the stamper numbers are 1K/1K. However, it may not - at least technically - be a first edition copy, as the text 'An Original Lyrita Recording First Published In 1966' is printed on the labels. Also, the text 'Published and © by Lyrita Recorded Edition, England, 1966' is printed on the back cover. Corrections are welcome.Recorded 3 - 4 January 1966 in Kingsway Hall, London

"A LYRITA recorded edition, released exclusively in Australia by World Record Club."

Australian WRC pressing, sourced from original stampers and featuring unique sleeve art. "S/4535" on sleeve, "S-4535", at left, on green 'strobe' labels. Not issued in mono. Offered again as an 'ambassador' LP in December 1969 - by this time, "S-4535" might be expected to be found on the right of the labels...

The picture on the front was later re-used for S/5320.

World Record Club:
299 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
177 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
Newspaper House, 93 Queen Street, Brisbane
Stafford House, 23 Leigh Street, Adelaide
143 Barrack Street, Perth