Ernest Bloch
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Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch's early works, including his opera Macbeth (1910) show the influence of both the Germanic school of Richard Strauss and the impressionism of Claude Debussy. His mature works, including his best-known pieces, often draw on Jewish liturgical and folk music. These works include Schelomo (1916) for cello and orchestra, the Israel Symphony (1916), Baal Shem for violin and piano (1923, later version for violin and orchestra) and Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service, 1933) for baritone, choir, and orchestra. Other pieces from this period include a violin concerto written for Joseph Szigeti and the rhapsody America for chorus and orchestra. His works after World War II are a little more varied in style, though Bloch's essentially Romantic idiom remains. Some, such as the Suite hébraïque (1950) continue the Jewish theme; others, such as the second concerto grosso (1952), display an interest in neo-classicism (though here too the harmonic language is basically Romantic, even though the form is Baroque); and others, including the late string quartets, include elements of atonality.
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From Jewish Life, B 54 : Bloch: From Jewish Life, B 54: I. Prayer
Zara Nelsova: Decca Recordings 1950-1956Bloch: Suite for Solo Cello No. 1, B. 93: IV. Allegro
Bloch, Ligeti & Dallapiccola: Suites for Solo CelloBloch: Suite for Solo Cello No. 1, B. 93: II. Allegro
Bloch, Ligeti & Dallapiccola: Suites for Solo CelloBloch: Suite for Solo Cello No. 1, B. 93: III. Canzona
Bloch, Ligeti & Dallapiccola: Suites for Solo CelloBloch: Suite for Solo Cello No. 2, B. 94: IV. Allegro
Bloch, Ligeti & Dallapiccola: Suites for Solo CelloBloch: Suite for Solo Cello No. 3, B. 97: V. Allegro giocoso
Bloch, Ligeti & Dallapiccola: Suites for Solo CelloBloch: Suite for Solo Cello No. 3, B. 97: III. Allegro
Bloch, Ligeti & Dallapiccola: Suites for Solo CelloBloch: Suite for Solo Cello No. 3, B. 97: I. Allegro deciso
Bloch, Ligeti & Dallapiccola: Suites for Solo CelloBloch: Suite for Solo Cello No. 3, B. 97: II. Andante
Bloch, Ligeti & Dallapiccola: Suites for Solo CelloBloch: Suite for Solo Cello No. 3, B. 97: IV. Andante
Bloch, Ligeti & Dallapiccola: Suites for Solo Cello
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Discography
Bloch: Concerto grosso / Martin: Petite symphonie concertante
Album2024Bloch, Dohnányi, Bruch, Tim Posner, Berner Symphonieorchester, Katharina Müllner
Album2024Elgar: Viola Concerto / Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra
Album2023Bloch: Schelomo / Schumann: Cello Concerto / Respighi: Adagio con variazioni
Album2023Transmission
Album2022
Cello Concertos
Album2019Essentia
Album2018
Bloch / Elgar
Album2018
Exiles
Album2017Bloch: Schelomo / Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Klid “Silent Woods”
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