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Ernest Bloch composed five magnificent major works for soloist and orchestra (and several minor ones). These include the two on this disc plus Voice in
Why so much of Ernest Bloch’s music hovers on the fringes of the repertoire remains a mystery. So much of it is excellent: the string
Ernest Bloch’s Concerto symphonique is one of the 20th century’s great masterpieces for piano and orchestra, and this easily is its finest recording to date.
Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch seems to be registering a renewal of interest: this is the third new CD entirely devoted to his music released within
America, Bloch’s “Epic Rhapsody”, purportedly follows the history of his adopted country from the landing of the Pilgrims in the 1600s to the (then) present–1926–with
Canadian cellist Zara Nelsova (her parents were Russian emigres) was known in the 1950s as the “Queen of the Cello”. This disc of 1953 and
Ernest Bloch’s five string quartets are among the finest of the past century. The Griller Quartet recorded the first four in 1954, and incredibly, this
It’s an understatement to say that Ernest Bloch’s chamber music, especially concerted works such as his String Quartets and these Piano Quintets, has been under-recorded.
Ernest Bloch’s Concerto symphonique remains one of the 20th century’s great undiscovered works for piano and orchestra. Imagine a composition of symphonic dimensions and Franckian
Although Ernest Bloch is known to most listeners for his “Jewish music”, some of his best works (and the majority of his compositions overall) don’t
