Sir Arthur Bliss
Type
Person
Location
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Formed
2 August 1891
Ended
27 March 1975
Albums49
- Works for Brass BandBliss; Black Dyke Band, John Wilson2024
- Chamber MusicFerguson, Bliss, Holloway; Wigmore Soloists2023
- British Oboe QuintetsBax, Bliss, Delius, Finzi, Vaughan Williams; Nicholas Daniel, Doric String Quartet2021
- English Music for StringsBritten, Bliss, Bridge, Berkeley; Sinfonia of London, John Wilson2021
- The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 81: Rubbra: Piano Concerto in G, op. 85 / Bliss: Piano Concerto in B-flat majorRubbra, Bliss; Piers Lane, The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein2020
- The Decca OriginalsSir Arthur Bliss; Alfredo Campoli, Griller Quartet2020
- Mary Of Magdala / The Enchantress / The Meditations On A Theme By John BlowBliss; Dame Sarah Connolly, James Platt, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis2019
- British Tone Poems, Vol. 2Bliss, Cowen, Fogg, Foulds, Goossens, Hadley, Howell, Vaughan Williams; BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba2019
- The Beatitudes / Introduction and Allegro / God Save the QueenSir Arthur Bliss; Emily Birsan, Ben Johnson, Sir Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus2018
- The Bel Canto Violin, Volume 5Elgar, Bruch, Bliss; Alfredo Campoli, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Arthur Bliss2018
- British Violin Sonatas, Volume TwoBridge, Ireland, Bliss, Vaughan Williams, Lloyd Webber; Tasmin Little & Piers Lane2016
- Morning Heroes / Hymn to ApolloBliss; Samuel West, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis2015
- The BeatitudesSir Arthur Bliss; Heather Harper, Gerald English, Jennifer Vyvyan, Pamela Bowden2015
- Hymns to Saint CeciliaBritten, Rose, Jackson, Bennett, Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, Elgar, Bliss, Dyson, Gardner, Howells; The Choir of Royal Holloway, Felicity Lott, Rupert Gough2014
- British Clarinet Sonatas, Volume 1Stanford, Ireland, Bax, Bliss, Howells; Michael Collins, Michael McHale2012
- Meditations on a Theme by John Blow / Metamorphic VariationsArthur Bliss; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones2010
- Walton: Facade / Siesta / Scapino / Portsmouth Point / Orb and Sceptre / Bax: Coronation March 1953 / Bliss: Welcome the QueenWalton, Bax, Bliss; Edith Sitwell, Peter Pears, Anthony Collins, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir Arthur Bliss2010
- String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat / String Quartet no. 2 in F minorArthur Bliss; Griller Quartet2008
- Britten & BlissBritten, Bliss; Vermeer Quartet, Alex Klein2006
- Checkmate / Mêlée FantasqueSir Arthur Bliss; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones2005
- Clarinet Quintet / String Quartet No. 2Arthur Bliss; David Campbell, Maggini Quartet2004
- Colour Symphony / The Enchantress / Cello ConcertoBliss; Linda Finnie, Raphael Wallfisch, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley2004
- Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for Two PianosArthur Bliss; Peter Donohoe, Martin Roscoe, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones2004
- Oboe Quintet / Piano Quartet / Viola SonataArthur Bliss; Maggini Quartet, Peter Donohoe, Martin Outram, Nicholas Daniel2003
- String Quartet No. 1 / Conversations / String Quartet in A MajorArthur Bliss; Maggini Quartet, Nicholas Daniel, Michael Cox2002
- The Holst Singers and Orchestra: Britten, Bliss, and HolstBenjamin Britten, Sir Arthur Bliss, Gustav Holst; Hilary Davan Wetton, Holst Singers2001
- A Knot of Riddles / Angels of the Mind and other songsBliss; Geraldine McGreevy, Toby Spence, Henry Herford, Kathron Sturrock, The Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins2000
- BBC Music, Volume 7, Number 8: Elgar: Froissart / Bliss: Checkmate / Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 4Elgar, Bliss, Vaughan Williams; BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Malcolm Arnold1999
- Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals / Discourse for OrchestraQueensland Symphony Orchestra & Sir Arthur Bliss1999
- Morning HeroesSir Arthur Bliss; Richard Baker, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves1997
- Cello Concerto / Music for Strings / Two StudiesBliss; Tim Hugh, English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones1996
- A Colour Symphony / Adam ZeroSir Arthur Bliss; Orchestra of Opera North, David Lloyd-Jones1996
- Moeran: Sinfonietta / Rawsthorne: Concerto for String Orchestra / Bliss: Music for StringsMoeran, Rawsthorne, Bliss; Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Adrian Boult1996
- Violin Concerto / The Lady of ShalottBliss; Alfredo Campoli, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Arthur Bliss1996
- The OlympiansBliss; Ambrosian Singers and Soloists, Polyphonia Orchestra, Bryan Fairfax1994
- Cello Concerto / Meditations on a Theme of John Blow / Introduction and AllegroBliss; Robert Cohen, Barry Wordsworth, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra1993
- BlissBliss; The London Philharmonic, Michael Kibblewhite1992
- Choral WorksBliss; The Finzi Singers, Andrew Lumsden, Paul Spicer1991
- Piano WorksBliss; Philip Fowke1991
- Pastoral "Lie strewn the white flocks" / Music for StringsBliss; Della Jones, Sinfonia Chorus, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox1991
- Viola Sonata / Masks / Triptych / Two Interludes / ToccataBliss; Emanuel Vardi, Kathron Sturrock1991
- Cello Concerto / Hymn to Apollo / The EnchantressBliss; Raphael Wallfisch, Linda Finnie, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1991
- Morning HeroesSir Arthur Bliss; John Westbrook, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves1991
- Christopher Columbus / Seven Waves Away / Baraza / Men of Two WorldsArthur Bliss; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adriano1990
- Music for Clarinet and Piano, Volume 2Howells, Bliss, Reizenstein, Cooke; Thea King, Clifford Benson1989
- Music for Oboe & StringsBax, Bliss, Britten; Pamela Woods, Audubon Quartet1989
- Bax: Clarinet Sonata / Bliss: Clarinet Quintet / Vaughan Williams: 6 Studies in English FolksongBax, Bliss, Vaughan Williams; Janet Hilton, Lindsay String Quartet, Keith Swallow1988
- A Colour Symphony / Checkmate SuiteSir Arthur Bliss; Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley1987
- Cello Concerto / Miracle In The Gorbals (Suite From The Ballet)Bliss; Arto Noras, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund1977
EPs1
- Suite from Things to ComeSir Arthur Bliss, London Symphony Orchestra2013
Live Albums1
- The Composer conductsArthur Bliss2025
Compilations10
- Concertos, Sonatas and PiecesBach, Beethoven, Bliss, Brahms, Chopin, Grieg, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart, Schumann, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky; Solomon2020
- Violin ConcertosBax, Dyson, Bliss; Veale, Lydia Mordkovitch, London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox, Bryden Thomson2015
- British Composers: Britten: War Requiem / Bliss: Morning HeroesBenjamin Britten, Sir Arthur Bliss; Elisabeth Söderström, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle, John Westbrook, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves2007
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / A Colour SymphonyBliss; Lydia Mordkovitch, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox2006
- Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstance Marches / Serenade for StringsSir Edward Elgar; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Arthur Bliss2001
- The Film Music of Sir Arthur BlissSir Arthur Bliss; Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic2001
- The British Music Collection: Arthur BlissArthur Bliss; Robert Cohen, Alfredo Campoli, Barry Wordsworth, Elgar Howarth, Bernard Herrmann, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra2001
- British Music of the 20th Century, Volume 2 (1929-1936)Walton, Lambert, Bliss, Warlock, Berners1997
- Elgar: Introduction & Allegro / Funeral March / Bax: Mediterranean / Hadley: One Morning in Spring / Bliss: Introduction & Allegro / Holst: Hammersmith / Ireland: The Forgotten RiteElgar, Bax, Hadley, Bliss, Holst, Ireland; BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult1995
- Piano ConcertosScriabin, Bliss, Liszt; Solomon1991

























































