BBC Music, Volume 7, Number 8: Elgar: Froissart / Bliss: Checkmate / Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 4

Album by Edward Elgar & Sir Arthur Bliss & Ralph Vaughan Williams & BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Norman Del Mar & Malcolm Arnold

BBC Music, Volume 7, Number 8 is a compilation album released in 1999 featuring works by Edward Elgar, Arthur Bliss, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The album showcases Elgar's 'Froissart' Overture, Bliss's 'Checkmate' Suite, and Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 4, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the batons of Norman Del Mar and Malcolm Arnold.
First released: April 1999

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Froissart, Concert Overture, op. 19
    13:15
  2. 2.
    Checkmate Suite: Prologue: The Players
    5:15
  3. 3.
    Checkmate Suite: Dance of the Red Pawns
    2:28
  4. 4.
    Checkmate Suite: Dance of the Four Knights
    4:02
  5. 5.
    Checkmate Suite: Entry of the Black Queen
    4:40
  6. 6.
    Checkmate Suite: The Red Knight's Mazurka
    1:22
  7. 7.
    Checkmate Suite: Ceremony of the Red Bishops
    2:15
  8. 8.
    Checkmate Suite: Finale: Checkmate
    4:26
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 4: I. Allegro
    8:19
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 4: II. Andante moderato
    9:51
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 4: III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
    5:28
  12. 12.
    Symphony no. 4: IV. Finale con epilogo fugato
    9:11

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