Not only Outstanding but important, the first time that Arthur Bliss’s final orchestral work, Metamorphic Variations, has been recorded complete, despite two previous studio recordings conducted respectively by Barry Wordsworth and David Lloyd-Jones. Bliss completed the Variations at the end of 1972, first-performed a few months later at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, by the LSO and … Continue reading Chandos releases Sir Arthur Bliss’s Metamorphic Variations and Miracle in the Gorbals with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michael Seal.