Bloch: Suite For Viola And Orchestra, Baal Shem, Suite Hebraique / Hong-mei Xiao

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 25, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BLOCH, ERNEST
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Budapest Symphony Orchestra Mav
    • PERFORMER
      Xiao, Smolij
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 25, 2013
    • UPC
      747313082971
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8570829
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Vidui (Contrition)

      Composer: Ernest Bloch

      Ensemble: MAV Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Mariusz Smolij

    2. No. 2. Nigun (Improvisation)

      Composer: Ernest Bloch

      Ensemble: MAV Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Mariusz Smolij

    3. No. 3. Simchas Torah (Rejoicing in the Holy Scriptures)

      Composer: Ernest Bloch

      Ensemble: MAV Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Mariusz Smolij

    4. I. Lento - Allegro - Moderato

      Composer: Ernest Bloch

      Ensemble: MAV Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Mariusz Smolij

    5. II. Allegro ironico

      Composer: Ernest Bloch

      Ensemble: MAV Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Mariusz Smolij

    6. III. Lento

      Composer: Ernest Bloch

      Ensemble: MAV Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Mariusz Smolij

    7. IV. Molto vivo

      Composer: Ernest Bloch

      Ensemble: MAV Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Mariusz Smolij

    8. I. Rapsodie

      Composer: Ernest Bloch

      Ensemble: MAV Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Mariusz Smolij

    9. II. Processional: Andante con moto

      Composer: Ernest Bloch

      Ensemble: MAV Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Mariusz Smolij

    10. III. Affirmation: Maestoso

      Composer: Ernest Bloch

      Ensemble: MAV Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Mariusz Smolij


Although Ernest Bloch’s exploration of the ‘Jewish Soul’ focused on a cycle of seven works written between 1911 and 1916, he returned to Jewish themes throughout his life. Baal Shem explores Eastern European Hasidic traditions in all their expressive intensity in this version for viola and orchestra transcribed by soloist Hong-Mei Xiao. Bloch’s 1918 Coolidge Prize-winning Suite for Viola and Orchestra remains one of the twentieth century’s enduringly important works for the instrument, whilst the Suite hébraïque, written in his last decade, absorbs Jewish elements ever more fluently and subtly.