BLOCH Sacred Service. Schelomo. From Jewish Life (excerpts).

BLOCH Sacred Service. Schelomo. From Jewish Life (excerpts) · Ernest Bloch, cond; (pn);London Phil Ch and O; Marko Rothmuller (cantor);Zara Nelsova (vc) · PEARL GEM-0164, mono/analog (69:03) Like the recent Pearl release of Barber conducting Barber (Fanfare 25:5), this new issue offers the opportunity to hear a …

“THE ERNEST BLOCH COMPANION” By David Z. Kushner

 THE ERNEST BLOCH COMPANION. By David Z. Kushner. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002. 198 pp. $79. Information generally available about Ernest Bloch and his music is so stale, third-hand, and pervaded by ideas that are either misconceived, trite, or both, that …

AMERICAN WORKS FOR ORGAN AND ORCHESTRA. BARBER: Toccata Festiva. PISTON: Prelude and Allegro. SOWERBY: Concertpiece. COLGRASS: Snow Walker

AMERICAN WORKS FOR ORGAN AND ORCHESTRA · David Schrader (org); Carlos Kalmar, cond; Grant Park Orchestra · CEDILLE CDR-90000 063 (65:15) BARBER: Toccata Festiva. PISTON: Prelude and Allegro. SOWERBY: Concertpiece. COLGRASS: Snow Walker This new release is the first recording to feature the Casavant Frères organ built during the early 1990s …

HEGGIE Dead Man Walking

HEGGIE Dead Man Walking · Patrick Summers (cond); Susan Graham (Sister Helen Prejean); John Packard (Joseph De Rocher); Frederica von Stade (Mrs. Patrick De Rocher); Orchestra and Choruses of the San Francisco Opera · ERATO 86238-2 (2 CDs: 2:26; Live Perf: Oct., …

BARBER Choral and Organ Works

BARBER Choral and Organ Works · Timothy Brown, cond; Cambridge University Chamber Choir; Jeremy Filsell (org); Thomas Adès (pn) · GUILD GMCD 7145 (60:45) Two Choruses, op. 8; Agnus Dei, op. 11; “Heaven Haven,” “Sure on This Shining Night,” fm. op. 13; A Stopwatch and …

BRAGA SANTOS: Concerto in D for Strings (1951); Sinfonietta for Strings (1963); Variations Concertantes (1967); Double Concerto (1968).

BRAGA SANTOS: Concerto in D for Strings (1951); Sinfonietta for Strings(1963); Variations Concertantes (1967); Double Concerto (1968) · Álvaro Cassuto, cond; Northern Sinfonia; Sue Blair (hp); Bradley Creswick (vn); Alexander Somov (vc)· MARCO POLO 8.225186 (67:51) Joly Braga Santos (1924-1988) increasingly seems to be …

BLOCH: Macbeth

BLOCH: Macbeth · Alexander Rumpf (cond); Hannu Niemelä (Macbeth); Sonja Borowski-Tudor (Lady Macbeth); Karl-Heinz Lehner (Macduff); Thomas de Vries (Banquo); Norbert Schmittberg (Duncan); Dortmund Theater Ch, PO · CAPRICCIO 10 889/90 (2 CDs: 2:13; Live Perf: 12/5/98) Yes, it is amazing, isn’t …