Bloch, Thomas > Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Life and Works - Mozart / Jeremy Siepmann, Nicholas Boulton

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, narration with musical examples; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet for piano in G major, K. 1 (K. 1e); Allegro for piano in G major (frag...
Performers: Bloch, Thomas; Borowska, Joanna; Carolis, Natale de; Chance, Michael; Coles, Priti; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Feldman, Jill [Soprano Vocals]; Frontiali, Roberto; Gunzenhauser, Stephen [Conductor]; ...
Conductors: ; Nerat, Harald; Ward, Nicholas; Hegyi, Ildiko; Grimbert, Jacques; Morandi, Pier G.; Antal, Mátyás; Wordsworth, Barry; Ligeti, András; Edlinger, Richard; Wildner, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Concentus Hungaricus; German Wind Soloists; Kodály Quartet; Oxford Camerata

Dominated and shaped by a highly intelligent but frustrated and ambitious father, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's story sees the development of a unique genius, from precocious...continue...

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

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-01

Works: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz: Largo for glass harmonica in C minor; Johann Julius Sontag von Holt Sombach: Adagio, for glass harmonica & string quartet (from Fantaisie Concertante); 1ère Suite ...
Performers: Bernold, Philippe; Bloch, Thomas; Borri, Ettore; Bourgue, Maurice; Gagnepain, Xavier; Icart, Christine; Marder, Marc; Sanroma, Montserrat; Sulem, Jean; Top, Damien

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...continue...