Capriccio > Bloch, Ernest

Lyric: Orchestral Songs by Mahler, Wolf, Zemlinsky, Wellesz, Schreker, Bloch / Schafer, Quasthoff, Goerne

2 CD / Capriccio / 2011-11-15

Works: Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder (5); Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Hugo Wolf: Goethe Lieder; Er ists; Denk' es, o Seele!; An den Schlaf; Alexander von Zemlinsky: Symphonische Gesänge, Op. ...
Performers: Georg, Mechthild; Goerne, Matthias; Grundheber, Franz; Klepper, Regina; Koch, Sophie; Quasthoff, Thomas; Schafer, Christine; Shirai, Mitsuko
Conductors: Eschenbach, Christoph; Bertini, Gary; Shallon, David; Albrecht, Gerd; Epple, Roger; Gulke, Peter; Sloane, Steven

A collection of recordings taken from the legendary Capriccio Archive joins some of the world's leading singers together and presents a broad repertoire of known...continue...

Bloch: 2 Psalms, Suite Hébraïque, Baal-Shem, etc / Sloane, Oelze, Zimmermann, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 2009-02-24

Works: Ernest Bloch: Prelude & 2 Psalms, for soprano & orchestra (or piano); Suite hébraïque, for viola (or violin) & orchestra (or piano); Baal Shem; Jewish Poems (3), for orchestra
Performers: Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Weithaas, Antje; Zimmermann, Tabea [Viola]
Conductors: Sloane, Steven
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra

The highlight of this disc must surely be the two settings of psalms 137 & 114 for soprano and orchestra and sung on this release...continue...

Bloch: Poems of the Sea, Voice in the Wilderness, Violin Concerto

1 CD / Capriccio / 2004-12-13

Works: Ernest Bloch: Poems of the Sea, for orchestra (or piano); Voice in the Wilderness, symphonic poem for cello & orchestra (or piano); Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin Op. 14

20th Century Portraits - Bloch: Hiver-Printemps, etc

1 CD / Capriccio / 2004-01-01

Works: Ernest Bloch: Poèmes d'automne; Hiver-Printemps; Proclamation; Suite for Viola and Orchestra
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold; Koch, Sophie; Zimmermann, Tabea
Conductors: Sloane, Steven
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

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The performances here are uniformly excellent... and the engineering is first rate. So if you want to explore Bloch beyond the "Jewish" works, this disc...continue...

Bloch: Poems of the Sea / Jurowski, Bollon, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 2004-01-01

Works: Ernest Bloch: Poems of the Sea
Conductors: Jurowski, Wladimir; Bollon, Fabrice