Toch, Ernst

The Heifetz Piatigorsky Concerts [2012] (21 CDs)

21 CD / RCA Records / 2013-05-07

Works: Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; Trio for Piano and String...
Performers: Amoyal, Pierre; Baker, Israel; Belnick, Arnold; Hamilton, Malcolm; Harshman, Allan; Heifetz, Jascha; Lateiner, Jacob; Lesser, Laurence; Majewski, Virginia; Pasquale, Joseph de; Pennario, Leonard; Pia...
Conductors: Wallenstein, Alfred

The renowned artists, violinist Jascha Heifetz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, joined forces in 1949 at Chicago's Ravinia Festival. Twelve years later, and now good friends,...continue...

Ernst Toch: Bunte Suite; Mozart Transcriptions; Cello Concerto

1 CD / Delta Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Ernst Toch: Bunte Suite, for orchestra, Op. 48; Variations on Mozart's "Unser Pöbel meint" (K. 455), for piano & orchestra; Concerto for cello & chamber orchestra, Op. 35
Performers: Blome, Tatjana; Bruns, Peter
Conductors: Bruns, Jürgen
Ensemble: ; Kammerochester Leipzig; Kammersymphonie Berlin

Anyone who tries to find out more about the composer Ernst Toch will soon realize that it is not an easy task. No monograph is...continue...

Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit (arr. piano 4 hands); works by Smit, Toch, Schoenberg, Gál, & Schulhoff / Friederike Haufe, Volker Ahmels: piano

1 CD / Gramola / 2012-10-09

Works: Darius Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit, reduction of ballet for piano, 4 hands, Op. 58arr; Leo Smit: Divertimento, for piano, 4 hands; Ernst Toch: Sonata for piano, four-hands, Op. 87; Arnold Schoenber...
Performers: Ahmels, Volker; Haufe, Friederike

The perfectly attuned German piano duo of Friederike Haufe and Volker Ahmels presents an exceptional program of rarely performed works for piano four-hands by composers...continue...
Recording information: Franz Liszt Saal, University of Music and Performing Ar (2009-10-25_2009-10-26&2010-)....continue...

Wolfgang Rihm: Konzert in einem Satz; Ernst Toch: Konzert für Violoncell und Kammerorchester

1 CD / Neos Production / 2011-11-03

Works: Wolfgang Rihm: Konzert in einem Satz, for cello & orchestra; Ernst Toch: Concerto for cello & chamber orchestra, Op. 35
Performers: Tetzlaff, Tanja
Conductors: Ruzicka, Peter; Donderer, Florian

Tanja Tetzlaff was thrilled to be asked to give the first German performance of Rihm's new Cello Concerto and rose to the challenge brilliantly, despite...continue...

Ernst Toch: The Chinese Flute

1 CD / CPO / 2011-04-26

Works: Ernst Toch: The Chinese Flute, for chamber orchestra, Op. 29; Pieces (5) for Winds and Percussion, Op. 83; Egon und Emilie, for voice, speaker & orchestra, Op. 46; Quartet, Op. 98
Performers: Karb, Maria; Stroher, Britta
Conductors: Müller-Hornbach, Gerhard
Ensemble: Mutare Ensemble

During his final years, Ernst Toch (1887-1964) spoke wistfully of himself as the world's most forgotten composer. The Chinese Flute and Egon und Emilie date...continue...

The Hollywood Cello

1 CD / Soundset / 2010-12-14

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Romance-Impromptu (written for the film "Deception"), for cello & piano; Die tote Stadt; Richard Hageman: Recitative and Romance, for cello & piano; Lazare Saminsky: Chasidic...
Performers: Hamilton, Gregory [Cello]; Hamilton, Kate; Hamilton, Robert [Piano]

This recording offers concert works for cello by film composers of the Golden Era. Cellist Gregory Hamilton is on the faculty at Concordia College and...continue...

Ernest Toch: Concerto for Orchestra; Quintet for Piano and String Quartet [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Talent Import / 2010-06-29

Works: Ernst Toch: Symphony for piano & orchestra, Op. 61; Piano Quintet, Op. 64
Performers: Andersen, Diane
Conductors: Rotman, Hans;
Ensemble: ; Quatuor Danel

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...

Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik; Toch: Egon und Emilie; Schulhoff: HMS Royal Oak / Werner Herbers, Ebony Band, Cappella Amsterdam

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-09-08

Works: Kurt Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik; Ernst Toch: Egon und Emilie, Op. 46; Erwin Schulhoff: H.M.S. Royal Oak
Performers: Loonen, Bernard; Olsson, Åsa; Reuss, Daniel; Vink, Elena
Conductors: Herbers, Werner

Kurt Weill's orchestral suite for wind orchestra debuted shortly after the premiere of his 'Threepenny Opera'. Toch's 'Egon und Emilie' is a satire on opera...continue...

Hindemith: Die junge Magd; Toch: Die chinesische Flöte / Keilberth, Löwlein, Lange, Trötschel, et al

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-11-25

Works: Paul Hindemith: Die Junge Magd, song cycle for alto, flute, clarinet & string quartet, Op. 23b; Ernst Toch: The Chinese Flute, for chamber orchestra, Op. 29; Spoken Word: Work(s)
Performers: Birr, Arno; Trötschel, Elfriede
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph; Löwlein, Hans
Ensemble: ; Dresden Chamber Orchestra

Toch: Piano Quintet, Violin Sonata no 2, Burlesken, Impromptus, / Spectrum Concerts Berlin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-04-29

Works: Ernst Toch: Sonata for violin & piano no 2, Op. 44; Burlesken for piano, Op. 31; Impromptus (3), for cello, Op. 90c; Piano Quintet, Op. 64
Conductors:
Ensemble: Spectrum Concerts Berlin

Since 1997 Spectrum Concerts Berlin has made an important contribution to the growing recognition and appreciation of Ernst Toch's unique musical voice. One of the...continue...

SCENE Player Piano 4 - Piano Music Without Limits

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-09-25

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Study for Pianola; Paul Hindemith: Music for Mechanical Instruments no 1, Op. 40; Hans Haass: Fugue for Player Piano in C major "Fugen-Capriccio"; Ernst Toch: Study 4; Studies (3), f...

Furious glissandi, monumental chords, breathtaking velocities, most highly complicated rhythms compounded by multilayered meters and after many years of work, Jurgen Hocker is now finally...continue...

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music [Box Set]

51 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Joseph Achron: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 60; Golem, suite for chamber orchestra; Belshazzar; Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice &...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allardyce, Lauren; Arnold, Hubert; Aslan, Pablo; Avila, Jorge; Barr, Jean; Barrick, Clinton; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bermel, Derek; Besley, Megan; B...
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard; Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel; Winther, Rodney; Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth; Itai, Avner; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Nei...
Ensemble: ; Chamber Opera Ensemble; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Dave Brubeck Trio; Eastman Players; Finchley Children's Music Group; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Schola Hebraeica Chorus; Southern Jazz Ensemble...

Includes ashrei (ashrei yoshvei veitekha (l. glantz) / eine by various composers.

Includes b'motza'ei m'nuha (assembled for "the first s'liho by various composers....continue...

American Classics - Toch: Tanz-Suite, Cello Concerto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Ernst Toch: Tanz-Suite, Op. 30; Concerto for cello & chamber orchestra, Op. 35
Performers: Mitchell, Priya; Poltéra, Christian; Rohde, Hartmut; Schneemann, Marieke; Tummes, Daniel; van den Oudenwijer, Lars Wouters; Watton, Stacey
Conductors: Carroll, Thomas
Ensemble: Berlin Spectrum Concerts

Ernest Toch was among the most neglected composers of the 20th century. He was born in Vienna and lived in Berlin from 1929 until he...continue...

California Concert / Susanne Kessel

1 CD / Oehms / 2006-05-09

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Preludes (13) for Piano, Op. 32; Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue, for organ in B minor, BWV 544 (BC J27); Darius Milhaud: Work(s); Ernst Krenek: Echoes from Austria, Op. ...
Performers: Kessel, Susanne

Toch: Complete Symphonies / Francis, Berlin Radio SO

3 CD / CPO / 2006-04-18

Works: Ernst Toch: Symphony no 1, Op. 72; Symphony no 4 for speaker & orchestra, Op. 80; Symphony no 2, Op. 73; Symphony no 3; Jephta, rhapsodic poem for orchestra ("Symphony 5"), Op. 89; Symphony no 6, Op....
Conductors: Francis, Alun
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

During his final years, Ernst Toch spoke wistfully of himself as "the most forgotten composer in the world". For this reason cpo is happy to...continue...

Toch: Piano Concerto no 2, etc / Andersen, Rotman, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Talent / 2006-04-01

Works: Ernst Toch: Concerto for Piano, Op. 38; Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 64
Performers: Andersen, Diane
Conductors: Rotman, Hans;
Ensemble: Danel Quartet; Halle State Philharmonic Orchestra

Diane Andersen is Honorary Professor of the "Conservatoire Royal de Musique" of Bruxelles and Mons (Belgium). She is a very sought after teacher and is...continue...

Ernst Toch

1 CD / First Edition / 2005-04-19

Works: Ernst Toch: Miniature Overture, for winds; Peter Pan, a fairy tale for orchestra, Op. 76; Notturno for orchestra, Op. 77; Jephta, rhapsodic poem for orchestra ("Symphony 5"), Op. 89
Conductors: Mester, Jorge; Whitney, Robert
Ensemble: Louisville Orchestra

Like his fellow Austrian emigre Arnold Schoenberg, Ernst Toch sought a new life in the U.S. Toch's radical Viennese roots and his deep immersion in...continue...

American Classics - Genesis Suite (1945) / Gerard Schwartz

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

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Prelude to Genesis, for mixed chorus and orchestra, Op. 44; Nathaniel Shilkret: Creation, for narrator, chorus & orchestra (for collaborative cantata "Genesis Suite"); Alexandre Ta...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Ernst Senff Choir

The 'Genesis Suite' depicts the earliest Bible stories, including the Creation, Adam and Eve, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel, narrated by distinguished actors...continue...

American Classics - Toch: Cantata of the Bitter Herbs, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-03-01

Works: Ernst Toch: Cantata of the Bitter Herbs, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 65; Jephta, rhapsodic poem for orchestra ("Symphony 5"), Op. 89
Performers: Christopher, Ted; Clement, Richard; Meyer, Carol; Shammash, Elizabeth
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"The sound is fine in both works, with Naxos's customary blended acoustic contibuting to the effect Schwarz achieves in the symphony." - Hecht, American Record...continue...

American Classics - Introducing American Jewish Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Dave Brubeck: Gates of Justice; Leonard Bernstein: Hashkiveniu; Anonymous: Hudl Mitn Shtrudl; Darius Milhaud: Études for String Quartet, Op. 442; Service sacré, Op. 279; Julius Chajes: ...
Performers: Adler, Bruce; Bloch, Robert; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Clement, Richard; Feldon, Barbara; Feldshuh, Tovah; Fisk, Eliot; Guttman, Jim; Jolley, David; Krakauer, David; Marti...
Conductors: ; Gloyd, Russell; Itai, Avner; Jaffe, Elli; Levi, Yoel; Papadopoulos, Marios; Schwarz, Gerard; Wirth, Gerald; Levin, Neil; Cullen, Joseph
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Baltimore Choral Arts Society; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Coro Hebraeico; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Dave Brub...

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music is a vast recorded panorama of the rich body of Jewish music, both sacred and secular, that has...continue...

Toch: Piano Concerto, etc / Botstein, Crow, Hamburg SO

1 CD / New World / 2002-11-01

Works: Ernst Toch: Concerto for Piano no 1, Op. 38; Peter Pan, a fairy tale for orchestra, Op. 76; Pinocchio, a Merry Overture; Big Ben, variation fantasy on the Westminster Chimes, for orchestra, Op. 62
Performers: Crow, Todd
Conductors: Botstein, Leon
Ensemble: Hamburg Symphony Orchestra

"Each of these three compositions combines masterly contrapuntal skill - Toch tosses off exciting, fully-worked-out fugues like some of us can gobble up chocolate eclairs...continue...

Censored by Hitler - The Rediscovered Masterpieces / Cook

1 CD / Centaur / 2002-10-09

Works: Kurt Weill: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Ernst Toch: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 50; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 11 no 3
Performers: Cook, Arthur; Gilwood, Deborah

Toch: Cello Sonata, Cello Concerto, etc / Honigberg, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2000-11-01

Works: Ernst Toch: Sonata for Cello Op. 50; Concerto for cello & chamber orchestra, Op. 35; Impromptus (3), for cello, Op. 90c
Performers: Brake, Kathryn; Honigberg, Steven

Toch: String Quartets Op 12 & 15 / Braude Quartet

1 CD / Talent / 2000-09-01

Works: Ernst Toch: Quartet for Strings no 6 in A minor, Op. 12; Quartet for Strings no 7 in G major, Op. 15
Conductors:
Ensemble: Braude Quartet

German Wind Band Classics - Hindemith, Hartmann, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-04-25

Works: Paul Hindemith: Symphony for Concert Band in B flat major; Ernst Toch: Spiel, for wind ensemble, Op. 39; Arnold Schoenberg: Theme and Variations for wind band in G minor, Op. 43a; Boris Blacher: Dive...
Performers: Greig, Murray
Conductors: Reynish, Timothy; Rundell, Clark
Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

Postcards / Timothy Seelig, The Turtle Creek Chorale

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-13

Works: Randall Thompson: Pueri Hebraeorum; Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Franz Schubert: Geist der Liebe; Ernst Toch: Geographical Fugue; Babatunde Olatunji: Betelehemu; Mack Wilber...
Conductors: Seelig, Timothy
Ensemble: Turtle Creek Chorale

Stravinsky: Petroushka Suite; Toch: Violin Sonata

1 CD / Crystal Records / 1998-01-02

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Suite d'après thèmes, fragments et pièces de Giambattista Pergolesi, for violin & piano; Variation d'Apollon, for violin & piano, transcribed by Josef Szigeti (after A...
Performers: Berkowitz, Ralph; Shapiro, Eudice

Dialogues and Entertainments - Bremer, Kraft, Toch, et al

1 CD / Klavier / 1997-01-01

Works: Carolyn Bremer: Early Light, for orchestra (or wind symphony); William Kraft: Dialogues and Entertainments, for wind ensemble; Ernst Toch: Miniature Overture, for winds; Jack Stamp: Four Maryland Son...
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene

Wildflowers - Symphonic Band Music / Corporon, North Texas

1 CD / Klavier / 1996-01-01

Works: Ernst Toch: Spiel, for wind ensemble, Op. 39; Joseph Schwantner: ...and the mountains rising nowhere; Percy Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy; Dana Wilson: Dance of the New World, for band; Billy Childs: C...
Performers: Houghton, Steve; Wodnicki, Adam
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene