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Saturday, August 30, 2025

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze - Complete Lieder (Clémence Tilquin; Adalberto Maria Riva)


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Composer: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
  • Sechs Lieder, Op. 14
  • Sechs Lieder, Op. 15
  • Zehn Lieder
  • Zwei Gesänge

Clémence Tilquin, soprano
Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

Date: 2023
Label: Toccata

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Émile Jaques-Dalcroze - Works for Cello & Piano (Pi-Chin Chien; Bernhard Parz)


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Composer: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
  • 3 Morceaux, Op. 48
  • Rythmes délaissés
  • Suite for Cello & Piano, Op. 9
  • 3 Esquisses for Cello & Piano

Pi-Chin Chien, cello
Bernhard Parz, piano

Date: 2022
Label: TYXArt

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Émile Jaques-Dalcroze - La Veillée (Romain Mayor)


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Composer: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
  • La Veillée (Suite lyrique pour choeur, soli et orchestre)

Sophie Graf, soprano
Annina Haug, alto
Valerio Contaldo, tenor
Benoît Capt, baritone/bass

Le Chant Sacré Genève
Orchestre de Chambre de Genève
Romain Mayor, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: Claves

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Friday, August 29, 2025

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze - Piano Music Vol. 4 (Adalberto Maria Riva)


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Composer: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
  • 3 Morceaux, Op. 8: No. 3, Valse-Caprice
  • 6 Danses romandes, Op. 37
  • 12 Danses
  • 32 Musiques en zigzags

Adalberto Maria Riva, piano
Date: 2023
Label: Toccata

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Émile Jaques-Dalcroze - Piano Music Vol. 3 (Xavier Parés; Patricia Siffert)


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Composer: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
  • Musiques pour faire danser, Book 1
  • Trois esquisses genevoises sous forme de danses
  • Musiques pour faire danser, Book 2
  • Trois entrées dansantes
  • Six danses bigarrées
  • Trois rondeaux joyeux pour la danse
  • Danse romande pour piano à quatre mains, Op. 68

Xavier Parés, piano
Patricia Siffert, piano

Date: 2019
Label: Toccata

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Émile Jaques-Dalcroze - Piano Music Vol. 2 (Paolo Munaò)


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Composer: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
  • 20 Caprices and Rhythmic Studies
  • Cascades
  • Esquisse pour un exercice de cordes

Paolo Munaò, piano
Date: 2019
Label: Toccata

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Émile Jaques-Dalcroze - Piano Music Vol. 1 (Adalberto Maria Riva)


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Composer: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
  • Skizzen, Op. 10
  • Trois Morceaux, Op. 44
  • Trois Morceaux, Op. 45
  • Trois Morceaux, Op. 46
  • Polka enharmonique, Op. 47

Adalberto Maria Riva, piano
Date: 2019
Label: Toccata

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Frank Martin - Golgotha (Daniel Reuss)


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Composer: Frank Martin
  • Golgotha

Judith Gauthier
Marianne Beate Kielland
Adrian Thompson
Mattijs van de Woerd
Konstantin Wolff

Cappella Amsterdam
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Reuss, conductor

Date: 2010
Label: harmonia mundi

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Frank Martin; Ildebrando Pizzetti - Mass; Messa di Requiem (James O'Donnell)


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Composer: Frank Martin; Ildebrando Pizzetti
  • Martin - Mass for double choir
  • Martin - Passacaille for organ
  • Pizzetti - Messa di Requiem
  • Pizzetti - De profundis

Westminster Cathedral Choir
James O'Donnell, conductor & organ

Date: 1998
Label: Hyperion

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Frank Martin - Complete Music with Flute (Daniele Ruggieri)


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Composer: Frank Martin
  • Sonata da chiesa
  • Deuxieme ballade
  • Ballade
  • Quatre sonnets pour Cassandre
  • Trois chants de Noël
  • Pièce brève
  • Drey Minnelieder

Daniele Ruggieri, flute
Monica Bacelli, voice / Aldo Orvieto, piano / Pierpaolo Turetta, organ
Ex NOVO Ensemble
    Mario Paladin viola
    Carlo Teodoro cello
    Rossana Calvi oboe
    Nicoletta Sanzin harp

Date: 2024
Label: Brilliant Classics

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Frank Martin - Piano Quintet; String Quartet; Pavane couleur du temps (Quatuor Terpsycordes)


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Composer: Frank Martin
  • Piano Quintet
  • String Quartet
  • Pavane couleur du temps, for string quintet

Quatuor Terpsycordes
    Girolamo Bottiglieri, violin
    Raya Raytcheva, violin
    Caroline Cohen-Adad, viola
    Florestan Darbellay, cello

Fabrizio Chiovetta, piano
François Grin, cello

Date: 2024
Label: Claves

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Frank Martin - Violin Concerto; Esquisse (Svetlin Roussev; Arie van Beek)


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Composer: Frank Martin
  • Concerto pour violon et orchestre
  • Esquisse pour orchestre

Svetlin Roussev, violin
Orchestre de Chambre de Genève
Arie van Beek, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: Claves

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Frank Martin - Cello Works (Christian Poltéra)


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Composer: Frank Martin
  • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
  • Ballade for Cello and Piano
  • 8 Preludes for Piano

Christian Poltéra, cello
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor
Kathryn Stott, piano

Date: 2007
Label: BIS

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Frank Martin - In terra pax; The Four Elements (Matthias Bamert)


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Composer: Frank Martin
  • Les quatres éléments (The Four Elements)
  • In terra pax

Judith Howarth, soprano
Della Jones, contralto
Martyn Hill, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Stephen Roberts, bass

Brighton Festival Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert, conductor

Date: 1996
Label: Chandos

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Frank Martin - Sechs Monologs aus Jedermann; Suite from 'Der Sturm' (Matthias Bamert)


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Composer: Frank Martin
  • Der Sturm Suite
  • Maria-Tryptichon
  • 6 Monologues from Hofmannsthal's Jedermann

Lynda Russell, soprano
David Wilson-Johnson, baritone
Duncan Riddell, violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: Chandos

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Frank Martin - Ballades for Piano, Trombone, Viola, Cello, Saxophone and Flute (Matthias Bamert)


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Composer: Frank Martin
  1. Ballade for Piano and Orchestra
  2. Ballade for Trombone and Orchestra
  3. Ballade for Cello and Small Orchestra
  4. Ballade for Saxophone and Orchestra
  5. Ballade for Viola, Wind, Harp, Harpsichord, Timpani, Percussion and Orchestra
  6. Ballade for Flute, String Orchestra and Piano
Roderick Elms, piano
Ian Bousfield, trombone
Peter Dixon, cello
Martin Robertson, saxophone
Philip Dukes, viola
Rachel Masters, harp
Celia Chambers, flute

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: Chandos

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Frank Martin - Symphony; Symphonie Concertante; Passacaglia (Matthias Bamert)


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Composer: Frank Martin
  • Symphony, for large orchestra
  • Symphonie Concertante, for large orchestra
  • Passacaglia, for large orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert, conductor

Date: 1994
Label: Chandos

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Frank Martin - Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments; Studies for String Orchestra; Erasmi momentum (Matthias Bamert)


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Composer: Frank Martin
  • Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments, Percussion and String Orchestra
  • Studies for String Orchestra
  • Erasmi monumentum

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert, conductor

Date: 1994
Label: Chandos

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Monday, August 25, 2025

Ernest Bloch; Paul Ben-Haim - Music for Violin & Piano (Hagai Shaham; Arnon Erez)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch; Paul Ben-Haim
  • Bloch - Baal Shem
  • Bloch - Suite hébraïque
  • Bloch - Suites for solo violin Nos. 1 & 2
  • Ben-Haim - Sonata for solo violin in G minor, Op. 44
  • Ben-Haim - Berceuse sfaradite
  • Ben-Haim - Improvisation and Dance, Op. 30

Hagai Shaham, violin
Arnon Erez, piano

Date: 2007
Label: Hyperion

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Ernest Bloch - Violin Sonatas (Hagai Shaham; Arnon Erez)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Violin Sonata No. 1
  • Violin Sonata No. 2 "Poème mystique"
  • Mélodie
  • Nuit exotique
  • Abodah

Hagai Shaham, violin
Arnon Erez, piano

Date: 2004
Label: Hyperion

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Ernest Bloch - Piano Works Vol. 2 (István Kassai)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Ex-voto
  • Piano Sonata
  • Danse sacrée
  • Visions and Prophecies

István Kassai, piano
Date: 1991
Label: Marco Polo

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Ernest Bloch - Piano Works Vol. 1 (István Kassai)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Poems of the Sea
  • Nirvana (Poem for Piano)
  • In the Night
  • Five Sketches in Sepia
  • Enfantines - ten pieces for children
  • Four Circus Pieces

István Kassai, piano
Date: 1991
Label: Marco Polo

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Sunday, August 24, 2025

Ernest Bloch - Piano Quintets (Piers Lane; Goldner String Quartet)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Piano Quintet No. 1
  • Night
  • Paysages
  • Two Pieces for String Quartet
  • Piano Quintet No. 2

Piers Lane, piano
Goldner String Quartet
    Dene Olding, violin
    Dimity Hall, violin
    Irina Morozova, viola
    Julian Smiles, cello

Date: 2007
Label: Hyperion

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Ernest Bloch - Music for String Quartet (Galatea Quartet)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Prelude (Recueillement)
  • Landscapes (Paysages)
  • Prayer (from Jewish Life No. 1) (arr. Julien Kilchenmann)
  • Deux pièces
  • Night (Nuit)
  • In the Mountains (Haute Savoie)
  • String Quartet in G major

Galatea Quartet
    Yuka Tsuboi, violin
    Sarah Kilchenmann, violin
    David Schneebeli, viola
    Julien Kilchenmann, cello

Date: 2011
Label: Sony

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Ernest Bloch - String Quartets Nos. 1-4 (Griller Quartet)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch

  • CD1: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3
  • CD2: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 4

Griller Quartet
    Sidney Griller, violin
    Jack O'Brien, violin
    Philip Burton, viola
    Colin Hampton, cello

Date: 1954
Label: Decca

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Ernest Bloch - Sacred Service (Geoffrey Simon)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)

Louis Berkman, baritone
The Zemel Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon, conductor

Date: 1978/2005
Label: Chandos

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Ernest Bloch - Poèmes d'automne; Psaumes; Hiver-Printemps (David Shallon)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Hiver-Printemps, symphonic poems
  • Poèmes d'automne, for mezzo-soprano & orchestra
  • In the Night, for orchestra
  • Deux Psaumes, for soprano & orchestra
  • Psaume 22, for baritone & orchestra

Mireille Delunsch, soprano
Brigitte Balleys, mezzo-soprano
Vincent Le Texier, baritone

Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
David Shallon, conductor

Date: 1999
Label: Timpani

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Saturday, August 23, 2025

Ernest Bloch - Music for Cello & Piano (Raphael Wallfisch; John York)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Sonate pour piano et violoncello
  • Suite for cello and piano (arr. Gabor Rejto & Adolph Baller)
  • Nigun (Improvisation from Baal Shem, arr. Joseph Schuster)
  • From Jewish Life
  • Méditation hébraïque

Raphael Wallfisch, cello
John York, piano

Date: 2017
Label: Nimbus

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Paul Ben-Haim; Ernest Bloch; Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Cello Concertos (Raphael Wallfisch)


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Composer: Paul Ben-Haim; Ernest Bloch; Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  • Ben-Haim - Cello Concerto
  • Bloch - Symphony for Cello & Orchestra
  • Korngold - Cello Concerto in C major, Op. 37
  • Korngold - Tanzlied des Pierrot (from the opera 'Die tote Stadt')
  • Bloch - Vidui (1st movement of the Baal Shem-Suite)
  • Bloch - Nigun (2nd movement of the Baal Shem-Suite)

Raphael Wallfisch, cello
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Łukasz Borowicz, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: CPO

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Ernest Bloch; André Caplet; Maurice Ravel - Music for Cello & Orchestra (Raphael Wallfisch)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch; André Caplet; Maurice Ravel
  • Bloch - Voice in the Wilderness
  • Caplet - Epiphanie (d'apres une légende éthiopienne)
  • Ravel - Mélodie hébraïque, Kaddisch
  • Bloch - Schelomo. Rhapsodie hébraïque

Raphael Wallfisch, cello
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

Date: 2014
Label: Nimbus

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Friday, August 22, 2025

Ernest Bloch; Luigi Dallapiccola; György Ligeti - Suites for Solo Cello (Natalie Clein)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch; Luigi Dallapiccola; György Ligeti
  • Bloch - Suite No. 1 for solo cello
  • Bloch - Suite No. 2 for solo cello
  • Bloch - Suite No. 3 for solo cello
  • Dallapiccola - Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio
  • Ligeti - Sonata for solo cello

Natalie Clein, cello
Date: 2017
Label: Hyperion

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Ernest Bloch; Max Bruch - Works for Cello & Orchestra (Natalie Clein)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch; Max Bruch
  • Bloch - "Schelomo", Rhapsodie Hébraïque
  • Bloch - From Jewish Life (arr. C. Palmer)
  • Bloch - Voice in the Wilderness
  • Bruch - Kol Nidrei, Op. 47

Natalie Clein, cello
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ian Volkov, conductor

Date: 2011
Label: Hyperion

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Ernest Bloch - Suite for Viola and Orchestra; etc. (Hong-Mei Xiao)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Baal Shem
  • Suite for Viola and Orchestra
  • Suite hébraïque

Hong-Mei Xiao, viola
Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV
Mariusz Smolij, conductor

Date: 2013
Label: Naxos

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Thursday, August 21, 2025

Ernest Bloch - Violin Concerto; Baal Shem; Suite Hébraïque (Zina Schiff)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Violin Concerto
  • Baal Shem
  • Suite Hébraïque

Zina Schiff, violin
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
José Serebrier, conductor

Date: 2007
Label: Naxos

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Ernest Bloch - Concerto Symphonique; Concerto Grosso No. 1; Scherzo Fantastique (Jenny Lin)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Concerto Symphonique for piano and orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso No. 1 for string orchestra with piano obbligato
  • Scherzo Fantastique for piano and orchestra

Jenny Lin, piano
SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern
Jiří Stárek, conductor

Date: 2007
Label: Hänssler

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Ernest Bloch - Concerti Grossi; Concertino; Four Episodes (Agnieszka Duczmal)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Concerto Grosso No. 1, for string orchestra & piano obbligato
  • Concertino, for flute, viola & strings orchestra
  • 4 Episodes, for chamber orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso No. 2, for string quartet & strings

Amadeus Chamber Orchestra
Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

Date: 1992
Label: CPO

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Ernest Bloch - Helvetia; Suites for Viola and Orchestra (Lior Shambadal; Gérard Caussé)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Helvetia
  • Suite for viola & orchestra
  • Suite Hébraïque, for viola & orchestra

Gérard Caussé, viola
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Lior Shambadal, conductor

Date: 2002
Label: Cascavelle

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Ernest Bloch - Israel Symphony; Schelomo (Maurice Abravanel; Zara Nelsova)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for cello & orchestra
  • Israel Symphony

Zara Nelsova, cello
Blanche Christensen & Jean Basinger Fraenkel, sopranos
Christina Politis & Diane Heder, altos
Don Watts, bass
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel, conductor

Date: 1967
Label: Vanguard

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Ernest Bloch - America (Leopold Stokowski)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • America, an Epic Rhapsody
  • Speech by Ernest Bloch

Symphony of the Air
Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Date: 1960
Label: Vanguard

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Ernest Bloch - Symphony in E flat major; Evocations (Andrey Boreyko)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Symphony in E flat major
  • Evocations, symphonic suite
  • Trois poèmes juifs, for large orchestra

Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Andrey Boreyko, conductor

Date: 2002
Label: BIS

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Ernest Bloch - Symphony in E flat major; Three Jewish Poems (Dalia Atlas)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Macbeth, opera: Interludes
  • Three Jewish Poems
  • In Memoriam
  • Symphony in E flat major

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Dalia Atlas, conductor

Date: 1996
Label: ASV

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Ernest Bloch - Symphony in C sharp minor; Poems of the Sea (Dalia Atlas)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Symphony in C sharp minor
  • Poems of the Sea

London Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Atlas, conductor

Date: 2011
Label: Naxos

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Ernest Bloch - Symphony in C sharp minor; Schelomo (Lev Markiz; Torleif Thedéen)


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Composer: Ernest Bloch
  • Symphony in C sharp minor
  • Schelomo, Hebrew Rhapsody for solo cello & large orchestra

Torleif Thedéen, cello
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Lev Markiz, conductor

Date: 1993
Label: BIS

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Sunday, August 17, 2025

Joachim Raff - Piano Works Vol. 6 (Tra Nguyen)


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Composer: Joachim Raff
  • Erinnerung an Venedig, Op. 187
  • Barcarolle, Op. 143
  • 6 Poemes, Op. 15
  • Fantaisie, Op. 142
  • 2 Pieces, Op. 169

Tra Nguyen, piano
Date: 2015
Label: Grand Piano

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Joachim Raff - Piano Works Vol. 5 (Tra Nguyen)


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Composer: Joachim Raff
  • Grande Sonate, Op. 14
  • Blätter und Blüten, Op. 135a

Tra Nguyen, piano
Date: 2015
Label: Grand Piano

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Joachim Raff - Piano Works Vol. 4 (Tra Nguyen)


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Composer: Joachim Raff
  • La cicerenella, Op. 165
  • 12 romances en forme d'etudes, Op. 8
  • 2 pieces, Op. 166
  • Allegro agitato, Op. 151

Tra Nguyen, piano
Date: 2014
Label: Grand Piano

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Joachim Raff - Piano Works Vol. 3 (Tra Nguyen)


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Composer: Joachim Raff
  • Album lyrique, Op. 17
  • Cinq Eglogues, Op. 105
  • Impromptu-valse, Op. 94
  • Fantaisie-polonaise, Op. 106

Tra Nguyen, piano
Date: 2012
Label: Grand Piano

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Joachim Raff - Piano Works Vol. 2 (Tra Nguyen)


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Composer: Joachim Raff
  • Fantasie-Sonate, Op. 168
  • Variationen über ein originalthema, Op. 179
  • Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 196

Tra Nguyen, piano
Date: 2012
Label: Grand Piano

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Joachim Raff - Piano Works Vol. 1 (Tra Nguyen)


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Composer: Joachim Raff
  • Frühlingsboten, Op. 55
  • Drei Klavier-Soli, Op. 74
  • Fantasie in B major, WoO. 15A

Tra Nguyen, piano
Date: 2012
Label: Grand Piano

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Saturday, August 16, 2025

Joachim Raff - Complete Works for Cello & Piano (Christoph Croisé; Oxana Shevchenko)


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Composer: Joachim Raff
  • Duo for Piano and Cello, Op. 59
  • 2 Fantasie-stücke for Cello and Piano, Op. 86
  • 2 Romances, Op. 182
  • Sonata for Piano and Cello in D Major, Op. 183

Christoph Croisé, cello
Oxana Shevchenko, piano

Date: 2022
Label: Avie

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