℗ 2006 Chandos
| Released | 2006 |
| Duration | 1h 13m 33s |
| Record Label | Chandos |
| Catalogue No. | CHAN10380 |
| Genre | Classical (Orchestral) |
Bliss: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra - A Colour Symphony
Lydia Mordkovitch, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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A Colour Symphony
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1.1
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I. Purple. Andante maestoso
Arthur Bliss; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox |
6:53 | |||
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1.2
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II. Red. Allegro vivace
Arthur Bliss; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox |
6:55 | |||
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1.3
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III. Blue. Gently flowing
Arthur Bliss; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox |
9:34 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Green. Moderato
Arthur Bliss; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox |
8:27 | |||
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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
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1.5
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I. Allegro ma non troppo
Arthur Bliss; Lydia Mordkovitch; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox |
15:41 | |||
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1.6
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II. Vivo
Arthur Bliss; Lydia Mordkovitch; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox |
8:51 | |||
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1.7
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III. Introduzione. Andante sostenuto - Allegro deciso in modo zingaro
Arthur Bliss; Lydia Mordkovitch; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox |
17:12 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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“Lydia Mordkovitch… responds with unflagging conviction and her customary no-holds-barred passion receives alert, warm-hearted support… an attractive and valuable coupling.”
- Gramophone
“Bliss’s A Colour Symphony needs a full Technicolour acoustic to do justice to its heraldic splendour. The Chandos sound certainly gives us that. Hickox, on superior form, adds his own bite with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales: it’s a sterling interpretation of a key British work. The violin concerto from the 1950s presents the later, less combative Bliss. Lydia Mordkovitch offers a fiery almost gypsy, interpretation; very fetching, and not at all wrong. A rewarding release.”
- The Times
Russian violinist Lydia Mordkovitch brings intensity and evocative darkness to Arthur Bliss’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra on this beautifully engineered release from Chandos. Paired with the concerto is the exquisitely indulgent A Colour Symphony.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Chandos Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.73 -3.04 to -0.19 | -25.06 -29.90 to -19.87 | -20.76 -25.50 to -15.20 | 15 12 to 17 | |
| 1 | I. Purple. Andante maestoso | -0.40 | -25.05 | -21.0 | 15 |
| 2 | II. Red. Allegro vivace | -0.36 | -21.51 | -17.7 | 13 |
| 3 | III. Blue. Gently flowing | -3.04 | -26.81 | -22.2 | 14 |
| 4 | IV. Green. Moderato | -0.19 | -19.87 | -15.2 | 12 |
| 5 | I. Allegro ma non troppo | -0.40 | -25.98 | -21.6 | 15 |
| 6 | II. Vivo | -0.40 | -26.32 | -22.1 | 16 |
| 7 | III. Introduzione. Andante sostenuto - Allegro deciso in modo zingaro | -0.30 | -29.90 | -25.5 | 17 |