classical music: Ernest Bloch

classical music: Ernest Bloch

classical music:

Ernest Bloch

Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Bruch: Dol Nidrei; Bloch: Schelomo

Pierre Fournier, Antonin Dvorak, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990

For many, the definitive Dvorák Concerto
Though the 'warhorse concerti' each have champions, there are few who would deny the elegance and passion that Pierre Fournier brought to this treasured Dvorák Cello Concerto in B minor. This recording is a true bargain at the current price and one that every lover of ...

Rostropovich: Life & Art [DVD Video]

Deutsche Grammophon, 2008

A splendid memorial DVD
Released as a memorial for the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who passed away on 27 April 2007, this DVD contains one bonafide cello concerto, the Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor, and two tone poems with prominent cello parts, Ernest Bloch's Schelomo ...

Bloch: String Quartets 1-4

Ernest Bloch

Decca, 2004

String Quartets sans pareil
When I first heard these works, I did not even know that Ernest Bloch had written string quartets. Violin Concerto, Israel Symphony, the cello-evergreen Schelomo: yes. And good; all of it. But I was not prepared for this stunning discovery. In his four (of five--the ...

The Americans: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

Stanley Drucker, Samuel Barber, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2004

Very Good To Memorable Recordings of Bernstein's American Composer Recordings
This is yet another superb box set of Bernstein's Deutsche Grammophon recordings, emphasizing his strong affinity and interest in the work of such great American composers like Charles Ives, Aaron Copland and William Schuman. The best recordings are those with The New ...

Ultimate Violin Classics: The Essential Masterpieces
Isaac Albeniz, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Decca, 2007

Joshua Bell. Kreisler, Brahms, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski.

Ernest Bloch, Johannes Brahms, ...

Decca, 2005

Great Recording
The Kreisler pieces are played exceptionally well. The one disc alone is worth the price of the double disc collection. Great playing.

Jewish Cello Masterpieces

Richard Locker

Leggiero Records, 2002

Encore! Encore!
Perhaps no other instrument captures the sad-sweet contemplative mood of classical Jewish music like a cello. Is this because so many Jewish composers have written for the cello, that we think of it as a "Jewish" instrument? Or did they choose the cello because it ...

Cello Adagios

Heinrich Schiff, Janos Starker, ...

Decca, 2004

really like it
This is the first classical cd I have ever bought. The two-disc album was a great price. I really love the performance of Lynn Harrell. I like the collection of Adagios because they are perfect to fall asleep to or study to.

The Essential Joshua Bell

Ernest Bloch, Johannes Brahms, ...

Decca, 2005

So I'm just learning violin...
and I can not play like Joshua Bell. For this, he better consider himself damn lucky as the world could not handle two of us Joshua Bells. This was my first exposure to this phenom. Sorry, I had never heard of him until I got my first issue of STRINGS magazine and ...

The Original Jacket Collection: Jascha Heifetz

Gregor Piatigorsky, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Sony Classics, 2008

A master at work
Each of these performances is a classic. Heifetz was the undisputed king of 20th-century violinists. In addition to his RCA releases, the in-concert recital available many years ago on the Columbia label is finally available on CD. Hallelujah! Performance=5stars; ...

Masters of the Bow

Joseph Achron, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

Outstanding
I love the violin and this collection is one of my favorites. A great choice for someone like me who doesn't know enough about music and never knows what to buy. It has introduced me to some artists and pieces that I knew nothing about and will help me know what to ...

Ernest Bloch: Complete Works for Viola & Piano

Ernest Bloch, Lisa Smirnova, ...

Arte Nova Classics, 2006

So much for so little!
Raiskin does a very convincing job in his performances of these somewhat under-valued works. Having performed these pieces myself, I sometimes wish Raiskin took a little more liberty in stretching rhythms and in developing climaxes, but he is, nonetheless, expressive ...

My Tunes

Jan Vogler, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Sony Classics, 2007

Achingly beautiful music for cello
This is an album of short pieces for cello and chamber orchestra. Some of the works are arrangements of pieces not originally written for cello. Most of the works are by famous classical composers such as JS Bach and Tchaikovsky, but there is also an arrangement of ...

Barber, Walton: Violin Concertos; Bloch: Baal Shem

Samuel Barber, Ernest Bloch, ...

Decca, 2007

Bell is ravishing in these lyrical pieces
By 1997 when this CD was released, Joshua Bell was past his teen phenom phase and rapidly maturing into a considerable artist. Here at Amazon the discussion has centered on his acocunt of the Barber concerto, but I was even more impressed by both other pieces. Bloch's ...