Browse: Bloch, E - Violin Sonata No. 2 ‘Poème mystique'

The virtues of a long-established chamber music partnership are immediately evident in the Ravel, where there is a wonderfully subtle interplay between both instruments...Janacek's Sonata receives... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Mix Bartok, Debussy and a dash of Lisztian bravado and you’ll get something very close to Bloch’s folksong-inflected, post-Romantic sound-world. Intoxicating performances guaranteed to set the... — BBC Music Magazine More…

[Midori's] veiled tone and impeccable intonation lure us into Bloch's world...Throughout [the Janacek] she isn't afraid to dig hard into the strings, but she also knows when to mine the seam... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Nurit Stark’s sound is raw and agitated in the violin sonatas, but strangely effective, while Pescia’s Piano Sonata is pure in tone with superb voicing. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Miriam Kramer's programme might usefully serve as a sort of 'Bloch starter-pack', with the delightful Suite hébraïque as its tuneful opener.
'Rapsodie', the Suite's first movement, harbours a... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

it would be hard to imagine more moving performances of all this music than those of Grether...Powerful recording to match the performances. I look forward to hearing more of Elsa Grether. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2013 More…