Bloch, Thomas > Ondes Martenot

Kontinent Varèse

1 CD / Col Legno / 2011-07-12

Works: Edgard Varèse: Ionisation; Offrandes, for soprano & chamber orchestra; Hyperprism; Intégrales, for 11 winds & 4 percussionists; Ecuatorial, for bass, chorus, brass, piano, organ, 2 ondes ma...
Performers: Bloch, Thomas; Grubinger, Martin; Moffat, Julie; Rundberg, Per; Tchamkerten, Jacques
Conductors: Grubinger, Martin; Roth, François-Xavier; De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: ; Percussive Planet Ensemble

Recording information: Salzburger Festspiele (2009)....continue...

Thomas Bloch: Missa Cantate

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-01-25

Works: Thomas Bloch: Missa Cantate, for voice & orchestra; Sancta Maria, for voice, keyboards and tape; Cold Song, for voice & waterphone; Christ Hall Blues, for voice & ensemble; Christ Hall Postlude, for ...
Performers: Bloch, Thomas; Coulter, David; Dupriez, Jacques; Waschinski, Jorg
Conductors: Quattrocchi, Fernand

Thomas Bloch's Missa Cantate resembles its composer in nature: calm, serene and influenced by his many collaborations (he moves quite happily from Mozart to John...continue...

Ondes Martenot - Messiaen, Bloch, etc / Thomas Bloch

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-09-21

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Feuillets inédits (4), for ondes Martenot; Thomas Bloch: Formule, for ondes Martenot; Lude 9.6, for 9 ondes Martenot; Sweet Suite, for 9 ondes Martenot; Bernard Wisson: Kyriade...
Performers: Abrahams, Brian; Belling, Susan; Bloch, Thomas; Brodrick, Dean; Cooper, Lindsay; Kenovic, Ademir; Minton, Phil; Rolin, Etienne; Siracusa, Gerard; Swatowski, Marek; Wisson, Bernard
Conductors: Quattrocchi, Fernand;
Ensemble: ; Pomeranian Quartet; Thomas Bloch Waves Orchestra

"Rare instrument specialist Thomas Bloch is equally at home performing on the soundtrack of 'Amadeus', on stage with Radiohead, or at Milan's La Scala. These...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

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

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

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...

Classical Chill

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; Arthur Bliss: Adam Zero, ballet in one scene, Op. 67, F. 1a; E.J. Moeran: Trio for s...
Performers: Alanko, Petri; Anthony, Adele; Bakels, Kees; Bloch, Thomas; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Camerata, Oxford; CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Edison, Noel; Edlinger, Richard; Europea...
Conductors: Lintu, Hannu; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Yuasa, Takuo; Griffiths, Howard; Panula, Jorma; Penny, Andrew; Kamu, , Okko; Bakels, Kees; Robinson, Christopher; Wit, Antoni; Summerly, Jeremy; Edison, Noel; Good...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice; Elora Festival Singers; English Northern Philharmonia; European Union Baroque Orchestra; Ge...

Naxos jumps onto the downbeat/chillout bandwagon with Classical Chill, a two-disc collection that shoehorns selected pieces from the classical canon into a package that might hook a few young listener...continue...

Classical Heat

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Alberto Ginastera: Dances from Estancia, dance suite from the ballet, Op. 8a; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde...
Performers: -Lloyd, David; Alsop, Marin; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bramall, Anthony; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dalayman, Katarina; Engeset, Bjarte; Geringas, Da...
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Bramall, Anthony; Bátiz, Enrique; Mund, Uwe; Wildner, Johannes; Morandi, Pier G.; Jean, Kenneth; Mogrelia, Andrew; Wit, Antoni; Rahbari, Alexander; Alsop, Marin; Gunzenhauser...
Ensemble: ; Vlach Quartet Prague

Classical Heat collects two discs' worth of fire-related and/or energetic classical music. The first disc, cryptically titled "By the Electric Fire," includes Khachaturian's Sabre Dance, Mars, the Bri...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...

Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony, etc / Wit, Weigel, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-10-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; L' Ascension, 4 meditations for orchestra, I/12a
Performers: Bloch, Thomas; Weigel, François
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Messiaen's musical language is derived from a number of varied sources, including Greek metrical rhythms, Hindu tradition, the serialism of Schoenberg, Debussy and bird-song, with...continue...