Glass Harmonica - Beethoven, Mozart, Donizetti, Apell, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Thomas Bloch (Keyboards)
• Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot)
• Marc Marder (Double Bass)
• Jean Sulem (Viola)
• Maurice Bourgue (Oboe)
• Philippe Bernold (Flute)
• Xavier Gagnepain (Cello)
• Damien Top (Tenor)
• Christine Icart (Harp)
• Ettore Borri (Piano)
• Montserrat Sanromà (Glass Armonica)

Composers

• Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747 - 1800)
• Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741 - 1801)
• Karl Leopold Röllig (1710 - 1804)
• Thomas Bloch (1962 - )
• Johann Julius Sontag von Holt Sombach (1962 - )
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• David August von Apell (1754 - 1832)

Notes & Reviews:

The first glass instrument played with wet fingers was invented in 1743 by an Irishman, Richard Puckeridge, but it was Benjamin Franklin who went on to invent a variant of it, the glass harmonica, which produced similar sounds but could be mechanically controlled. The instrument aroused passionate responses during its hey-day, and many composers of the late eighteenth century composed music for the instrument, the most famous being Mozart and Beethoven.

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Schulz, Johann Abraham Peter : Largo for glass harmonica in C minor

• Performer: Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot)
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1799

Holt Sombach, Johann Julius Sontag von : Adagio, for glass harmonica & string quartet (from Fantaisie Concertante)

• Performer: Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot)
• Running Time: 5 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: after 1996

Reichardt, Johann Friedrich : Rondo for glass harmonica, string quartet & double-bass in B flat

• Performers: Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot); Marc Marder (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 6 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Chamber Music

Naumann, Johann Gottlieb : Sonata for glass harmonica (or piano) no 3

• Performer: Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot)
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola and Cello in C minor, K 617

• Performer: Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot)
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola and Cello in C minor, K 617

• Performers: Jean Sulem (Viola); Maurice Bourgue (Oboe); Philippe Bernold (Flute); Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot); Xavier Gagnepain (Cello)
• Running Time: 12 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1791

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Leonore Prohaska, WoO 96 :: Melodram for glass harmonica & voice

• Performer: Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot)
• Running Time: 1 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1815

Röllig, Karl Leopold : Kleine Tonstücke, for glass harmonica

• Performer: Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot)
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1789

Apell, David August von : Il trionfo della musica, cantata :: Terzetto, Adagio (no 9)

• Performers: Damien Top (Tenor); Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot); Christine Icart (Harp)
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1787

Holt Sombach, Johann Julius Sontag von : 1ère Suite for glass harmonica

• Performer: Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot)
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: after 1996

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Il dolce suono...ardon gli incensi

• Performers: Montserrat Sanromà (Glass Armonica); Ettore Borri (Piano); Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot)
• Running Time: 15 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Holt Sombach, Johann Julius Sontag von : 1ère Suite for glass harmonica

• Performer: Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot)
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: after 1996

Bloch, Thomas : Sancta Maria, for voice, keyboards and tape

• Performer: Thomas Bloch (Keyboards)
• Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1998