All Bloch articles
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Review
Arve 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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Concert 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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Edgar Moreau: Transmission
Cellist brings subtle and shimmering beauty to Jewish-inspired programme
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Live-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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Oyster Duo: Stolen Pearls
Bass and piano duo breaks the mould and excels in borrowed repertoire
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Yo-Yo Ma: Songs of Comfort and Hope
Gorgeously played album of serene favourites from a masterful duo
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Virgil Boutellis-Taft: Incantation
Intimate and inward-looking playing perfectly suits a memorable recital programme
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Raphael Wallfisch: Ben-Haim, Bloch, Korngold
Plenty of gold to be mined here in an enterprising collection of concertos
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Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky: 20th-Century Classics
A father–daughter combination achieves some almost miraculous musical moments
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Blogs
Raphael 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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Blogs
Natalie 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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Focus
Sentimental 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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Cello 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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Review
Bloch: Violin Sonata no.2 ‘Poème mystique’. Franck: Violin Sonata in A major. Krein: Berceuse
The Strad Issue: April 2016 Description: Forgettable Franck but fine fillers from these players Musicians: Zina Schiff (violin) Cameron Grant (piano) Composer: Bloch; Franck; Krein There is rarely adequate justification for another recording of Franck’s Sonata in the already overcrowded catalogue. Zina Schiff and Cameron Grant’s account ...
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Debut. 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 2016 Description: A quirky first recording for this Brit in Denmark Musicians: Jacob Shaw (cello) José Gallardo (piano) Musicians from the Confucius Institute Composer: Bloch; Brahms; Britten; Casals; Trad; De Wallensbourg; Wang Liping This is a rather unusual recording debut. The first disc, ...
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Review
Romantic Metamorphoses. Bloch: Suite. Vieuxtemps: Viola Sonata in B flat major. Bizet/Waxman/Kugel: Carmen Fantasy. E. Zemtsov: Melodie im alten Stil
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: October 2015 Description: A collectable viola recital that keeps it in the family Musicians: Dana Zemtsov (viola) Cathelijne Noorland (piano) Composer: Bloch, Vieuxtemps, Bizet/Waxman/Kugel, E. Zemtsov Third generation in a family of viola players, Dana Zemtsov is a talent to be ...
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Ivry Gitlis: Works by Bartók, Brahms, Bloch, Debussy, Haubenstock-Ramati, Hindemith, Saint-Saëns and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: June 2016 Description: The two faces of Ivry Gitlis in recordings covering 1962–86 Musicians: Ivry Gitlis (violin) Daria Hovora (piano) Stuttgart Radio Orchestra/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, SWR SO Baden-Baden/Hans Rosbaud, Orchestra of the National Theatre, Mannheim/Wolfgang Rennert ...
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Five Decades of Treasured Performances. Works by Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis,
The Strad Issue: August 2015 Description: A celebration of an under-sung violinist now in her eighties Musicians: Camilla Wicks (violin) various artists Composer: Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis, Ravel, Sarasate, Scărlătescu, Schubert, Shostakovich, R. ...
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Reinecke: Concerto. Tavener: Threnos. Bloch: Suite no.1 for solo cello. Golijov: Mariel. Schumann: Adagio and Allegro op.70 (orch. Ansermet)
The Strad Issue: November 2014 Description: An unusual but largely rewarding collection of mixed cello repertoire Musicians: Michael Samis (cello) Eric Willie (marimba) James Bubbon (oboe) Gateway Chamber Orchestra/Gregory Wolynec Composer: Reinecke, Tavener, Bloch, Golijov, Schumann Catalogue Number: Delos DEL 3446 Exploring less well-known works such as ...
