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布利斯: 獨幕芭蕾劇(戈爾巴的奇蹟)/變形變奏曲
麥可.席爾 指揮
BBC愛樂管弦樂團
Perhaps now overshadowed by his earlier ballet Checkmate, Miracle in the Gorbals was a tremendous hit for Bliss and the Sadler’s Wells Ballet company. First performed in 1944, it was repeated in every season through to 1950. Based on a scenario by Michael Benthall (inspired by Jerome K. Jerome and Dostoyevsky), the ballet features the appearance of a Christ-like figure amid Glasgow’s most infamous slum. This mysterious Stranger performs a miracle, reviving the Girl Suicide, who in despair had earlier thrown herself into the Clyde. The locals rejoice, but an Official (Benthall had in mind a priest) is jealous and, after a failed attempt to cast doubt on the virtue of the Stranger via the local Prostitute, has him slashed to death by a razor gang. Bliss’s score employs a wide range of styles and harmonic language, and also exploits Leitmotifs for the principal characters. Originally titled Variations for Orchestra, Bliss composed the Metamorphic Variations towards the end of his life, during a late surge of creativity. Two of the sixteen movements were dropped before the first performance (given by the LSO and Vernon Handley in 1973) and for some reason were not re-instated at any of the later performances of the work until that given by Michael Seal and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in February 2025, the day before they made this recording.
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Miracle in the Gorbals, F 6 (1944) 36:44
1.I Overture. Sostenuto2:43
2.II The Street. Allegro energico – Poco meno mosso –Tempo I – Poco meno mosso2:28
3.III The Girl Suicide. Andante (movendo)2:47
4.IV The Young Lovers. Tempo di Valse – Più mosso – Meno mosso –1:33
5.V The Prostitute and the Boy. L’istesso tempo – Più mosso – Poco meno –0:57
6.VI The Official. Allegro molto0:55
7.VII The Discovery of the Suicide’s body. Allegro molto –1:27
8.VIII The Suicide’s Body is brought in. Larghetto –2:22
9.IX The Stranger. Andante maestoso – Più mosso – Meno mosso –3:03
10. XDance of Deliverance. Moderato – Più mosso – Giusto – Pochissimo più mosso (con ardore) –3:57
11.XI The Official and the Prostitute. Allegro molto – Molto meno mosso – Largamente – Meno mosso1:50
12.XII Intermezzo. Tranquillo – Tranquillo – A tempo [I] – Moderato con brio – Pochissimo meno mosso – Andante 4:49
13.XIII The Slander Campaign. Allegro vivace –1:34
14.XIV The Conversion of the Prostitute. Andante – L’istesso tempo (tranquillo) –1:56
15.XV Finale. The Killing of the Stranger. Allegro feroce – [Un] poco meno mosso – A tempo pochissimo meno mosso 4:17
Metamorphic Variations, F 122 (1972)43:13
16.I Elements. Larghetto tranquillo (Slow Two) – Sempre tranquillo – Very slow –3:30
17.II Ballet. One in a bar (Liltingly) – Poco meno mosso – Subito Tempo I –1:30
18.III Assertion. Allegro energico – Più animato –2:04
19.Contrasts. Very slow – Lively – Very slow – Lively – Very slow – Lively – Very slow – Lively – In tempo, alla marcia –2:52
20.Children’s March. Alla marcia –2:23
21.IV Speculation. Very slow –2:04
22.V Interjections. Andante sostenuto – (Clarinet Cadenza.) Gradually moving – Quick – (A little slower)4:00
23.VI Scherzo 1. Vivo – Molto meno mosso (Moderato) – Subito Tempo I –2:36
24.VII Contemplation. Larghetto2:17
25.VIII Polonaise. Alla polacca – Molto meno mosso (Andante) – (A sad little echo of the Polonaise) –3:29
26.IX Funeral Processions. Larghetto4:03
27.X Cool Interlude. Andante molto tranquillo – [ ] – Tempo I –2:52
28.XI Scherzo 2. Vivo – Larghetto –1:42
29.XII Duet. Pochissimo più mosso – Molto meno mosso –2:38
30.XII IDedication to G.D. and A.D. Allegro moderato (gaily) –0:48
31.XIV Affirmation. Andante maestoso – Moving on just a little – Tempo I – Moving on just a little – Larghetto – Climax – Larghetto tranquillo (as at start of work)4:18
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