All Bloch articles
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Tim Posner: Bloch, Bruch, Dohnányi
An impressive concerto debut from a characterful young Brit
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ReviewDanbi Um: Much Ado: Romantic Violin Pieces
A competition veteran makes her long-awaited solo debut album
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ReviewConcert review: Joshua Bell (violin) Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Beethoven, Prokofiev, Bloch, Franck, Clara Schumann and Brahms at the Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, NY, on 30 May 2023
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ReviewArve Tellefsen et al: Sculpted Sound
Will instruments created from the same spruce log by the same luthier share certain sonic characteristics, even if played by separate individuals?
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ReviewConcert review: Natalie Clein (cello) Cédric Pescia (piano)
Charlotte Gardner hears a performance of Schubert, Bloch, Brian Elias and Elisabeth Lutyens at London’s Wigmore Hall on 13 June 2022
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ReviewEdgar Moreau: Transmission
Cellist brings subtle and shimmering beauty to Jewish-inspired programme
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Ari Streisfeld (violin) Phillip Bush (piano)
Dennis Rooney watches a performance from the University of South Carolina’s 206 Recital Hall, on 31 August 2021
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ReviewOyster Duo: Stolen Pearls
Bass and piano duo breaks the mould and excels in borrowed repertoire
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ReviewYo-Yo Ma: Songs of Comfort and Hope
Gorgeously played album of serene favourites from a masterful duo
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ReviewVirgil Boutellis-Taft: Incantation
Intimate and inward-looking playing perfectly suits a memorable recital programme
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ReviewRaphael Wallfisch: Ben-Haim, Bloch, Korngold
Plenty of gold to be mined here in an enterprising collection of concertos
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ReviewMischa Maisky, Lily Maisky: 20th-Century Classics
A father–daughter combination achieves some almost miraculous musical moments
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BlogsRaphael Wallfisch: Bloch vs Clarke, in concert
100 years after the composers came head to head in a competition, Wigmore Hall audiences are getting a chance to judge for themselves this week
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BlogsNatalie Clein on Bloch's solo cello suites – and connecting with her Jewish roots
Ahead of her Wigmore Hall recital on Sunday, the British cellist recalls her first contact with Ernest Bloch’s music and its deeper significance to her
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FocusSentimental work: Lynn Harrell on Bloch's Schelomo
For the US cellist, the singing qualities and narrative drive of Bloch’s Schelomo bring evocative memories and spiritual uplift. From the January 2017 issue
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FocusCello journey: the best recordings of Ernest Bloch's Schelomo
Intended to be played as a seamless integrated whole, with an equality between the cellist and the orchestra, rather than as a concertante piece, Bloch’s Hebraic rhapsody Schelomo has been recorded by many cellists in numerous ways – and it seems that there is something special about almost all ...
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ReviewBloch: Violin Sonata no.2 ‘Poème mystique’. Franck: Violin Sonata in A major. Krein: Berceuse
The Strad Issue: April 2016Description: Forgettable Franck but fine fillers from these playersMusicians: Zina Schiff (violin) Cameron Grant (piano)Composer: Bloch; Franck; KreinThere is rarely adequate justification for another recording of Franck’s Sonata in the already overcrowded catalogue. Zina Schiff and Cameron Grant’s account is no exception, falling ...
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ReviewDebut. Bloch: Prayer (arr. Shaw). Brahms: Cello Sonatas: no.1 in E minor op.38; no.2 in F major op.99. Britten: Solo Cello Suite no.3. Casals: Song of the Birds (arr. Shaw); Trad: A Brit in Denmark (a
The Strad Issue: April 2016Description: A quirky first recording for this Brit in DenmarkMusicians: Jacob Shaw (cello) José Gallardo (piano) Musicians from the Confucius InstituteComposer: Bloch; Brahms; Britten; Casals; Trad; De Wallensbourg; Wang LipingThis is a rather unusual recording debut. The first disc, of Brahms’s two cello ...