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After Things to Come, his most famous film score, Arthur Bliss composed the soundtrack scores of CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS and MEN OF TWO WORLDS, two dramatic pictures which are largely forgotten today. Their music, however, enlivened by Spanish and African rhythms respectively, is colourful and interesting enough to be revived in the form of concert suites. Men of Two Worlds contains BARAZA, a miniature concert piece for piano and orchestra (like Addinsell’s “Warsaw Concerto” from Dangerous Moonlight, Bax’s Oliver Twist, Rózsa’s Spellbound and Herrmann’s “Concerto Macabre” from Hangover Square), with additional male choir. The three orchestral pieces from SEVEN WAVES AWAY are another real discovery and if anything even more deserving of concert performances than the two earlier scores.

Christopher Columbus Suite (arr. Adriano)
1. I. Overture 00:04:46
2. II. The Commission 00:03:25
3. III. Dona Beatriz 00:03:07
4. IV. Struggles 00:01:30
5. V. The Messenger 00:01:05
6. VI. The Voyage begins 00:02:23
7. VII. Mutiny 00:02:19
8. VIII. Land at last! 00:01:14
9. IX. Columbus put into chains 00:02:17
10. X. Return to Spain 00:02:12

7 Waves Away
11. No. 1. Allegro con fuoco 00:01:57
12. No. 2. Allegro 00:02:05
13. No. 3. Maestoso quasi marcia funebre 00:04:20

Men of 2 Worlds: Baraza
14. Men of 2 Worlds: Baraza 00:06:58

Men of 2 Worlds
15. Return to Tanganyika 00:02:46
16. The Challenge - The Wrath of the Evil Gods 00:02:05
17. Kisenga's Family 00:02:34
18. Village Fire and Finale 00:02:16

Total Playing Time: 00:49:19