LP Reviews – Page 6 – Walter Simmons

BLOCH: String Ouartet No. 2. Prelude. Night. Two Pieces.

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

BLOCH: String Ouartet No. 2. Prelude. Night. Two Pieces. Pro Arte String Quartet. LAUREL LR-126, produced by Herschel Burke Gilbert, $9.98. In his brilliant essay, “Ferruccio Busoni: Historia Abscondita” (Fanfare VII: 3), Adrian Corleonis describes Busoni’s concept of “unity of key,” through …

BLOCH: Sonatas for Violin and Piano: No. 1; No. 2 (“Poème Mystique”). Baal Shem Suite. Abodah. Melodie.

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

BLOCH: Sonatas for Violin and Piano: No. 1; No. 2 (“Poème Mystique”).Alexis Galperine, violin; Frederic Aguessy, piano. ADDA 581044 [DDD]; 51:17. Produced by Christian Lemoine. (Distributed by Qualiton.) BLOCH: Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano (“Poème Mystique”). Baal Shem Suite. Abodah. Melodie. Joshua …

BLOCH: Symphony in C# minor

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

BLOCH: Symphony in C# minor. St. Louis Philharmonic conducted by Robert Hart Baker. ERNEST BLOCH SOCIETY EBS-001 [free with $15 membership in Ernest Bloch Society, 34844 Old Stage Road, Gualala, CA 95445]. Here, for the first time on records, is the long-awaited …

THE GLENN GOULD SILVER JUBILEE ALBUM

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

THE GLENN GOULD SILVER JUBILEE ALBUM. Glenn Gould, piano, etc. CBS MASTERWORKS M2X 35914 (two LPs), produced by Andrew Kazdin, Paul Myers, and Glenn Gould.BEETHOVEN/LISZT: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68: First movement. GOULD: So You Want to Write a Fugue (performed by Elizabeth Benson-Guy, soprano; …