Atlas; Dalia

Bloch’s Israel Symphony Migrates to Naxos

David Hurwitz

Originally issued on ASV (indeed, still available there on iTunes), this desirable disc now reappears on Naxos, at least as physical product. Go figure. Anyway,

Finally, Another Bloch Symphony in C-sharp Minor

David Hurwitz

Bloch’s epic Symphony in C-sharp minor emerged in 1900, when the composer was just 20. Conductor Dalia Atlas considers it to be the composer’s orchestral

Bloch: Four Episodes

David Hurwitz

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

Bloch America Naxos 8/8 C

David Hurwitz

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

Bloch

David Hurwitz

Dalia Atlas leads respectable, thoroughly professional readings of the two Concerti grossi, though she never approaches the rhythmic kick and textural variety shown by the