Bloch, Thomas

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...

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...

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...