Bloch: Israel Symphony, Schelomo & Three Jewish Poems

…a valuable release, bringing much of Bloch’s overtly Jewish-themed orchestral music together in fine performances. — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2024

Release Date: 5th May 2023
Catalogue No: ALC1477
Label: Alto

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Bloch, E: Trois poèms juifs for large orchestra

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
James Sedares

Bloch, E: Schelomo

Zara Nelsova (cello)
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel

Bloch, E: Israel Symphony

Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel

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“Bloch’s Israel Symphony is a large-scale work anticipating the Hollywood film composers’ styles for biblical epics … the vigour and spontaneity of Abravanel’s Utah performances … transferred to CD with great success” [Penguin Guide] “Nelsova’s Schelomo , with Abravanel's support, is a fitting setting for the cellist who was Bloch's own choice for the work.” “The Three Jewish Poems hints towards Respighi’s Roman triptych (then yet to be composed) ... Bloch’s subtly coloured canvasses seem custom-built for an age increasingly attracted to late-romantic musical tone-painting. We are therefore greatly indebted to Sedares for these clear-headed, sensitively turned performances, extremely well engineered. Anyone with a taste for atmospheric evocations cannot fail to enjoy” [Gramophone]

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Jan/Feb 2024

…a valuable release, bringing much of Bloch’s overtly Jewish-themed orchestral music together in fine performances.

Bloch: Israel Symphony, Schelomo & Three Jewish Poems

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