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Bloch: Trois Poèmes Juifs, Etc / Borejko, Malmö So

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Details

Composer
BLOCH, ERNEST
Artist
Andrey, Boreyko
Format
CD
Label
BIS
Released
Jun 01, 2002
Catalog #
BIS-CD-1183
UPC
7318590011836

About

There's a little joke behind the innocuous name of Ernest Bloch's Symphony in E-flat. It is, in truth, one of his most harmonically acerbic works, very close to the tortured contrapuntal idiom of another famous Swiss composer: Honegger. The piece only really achieves its home key in the quiet, final bars, but along the way sparks fly in all directions, and no matter how dissonant the idiom the argument is very easy to follow, and melodies and motives have distinctive, easily recognizable shapes. Andrey Boreyko and the Malmö Orchestra play the work with the guts and vigor it needs, and as usual the BIS recording is superb. The same observations about performance and sound characterize the other two works as well.


Evocations, inspired by a book on Chinese art, deserves to be much better known. Tuneful, glitteringly scored, and with a really exciting central movement (God of War) and a mesmerizing, lyrical finale (Renouveau-Spring), it also has a gentle fund of pentatonic-inspired melody, but otherwise sounds like Bloch in his "exotic" mode. The Three Jewish Poems, though never played in concert, have enjoyed a few recordings, and compared to the competition on Koch and ASV, this performance offers a touch more languor without ever seeming too slow, and it's the best sounding of the batch. BIS is quietly working its way though Bloch's orchestral output, and in my opinion no series in progress on any label is more important or interesting. Hopefully the series will include two of the most enthralling and magnificent of 20th century concertos, the Viola Suite, and the Concerto symphonique, without delay.
--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Tranquillo - Allegro deciso - Tranquillo - Allegro deciso - Tranquillo 08:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Tranquillo - Allegro deciso - Tranquillo - Allegro deciso - Tranquillo
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Ernest Bloch
  2. 2 II. Allegro 04:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Ernest Bloch
  3. 3 III. Andante 05:01
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Ernest Bloch
  4. 4 IV. Allegro deciso 05:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro deciso
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Ernest Bloch
  5. 5 I. Andante moderato (Contemplation) 06:50
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Andante moderato (Contemplation)
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Ernest Bloch
  6. 6 II. Animato - Moderato - Tempo I (Houang Ti) 05:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Animato - Moderato - Tempo I (Houang Ti)
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Ernest Bloch
  7. 7 III. Andante piacevole (Renouveau-Spring) 06:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Andante piacevole (Renouveau-Spring)
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Ernest Bloch
  8. 8 I. Danse 08:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Danse
    Duration
    08:43
    Composer
    Ernest Bloch
  9. 9 II. Rite 07:35
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Rite
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Ernest Bloch
  10. 10 III. Cortege funebre 10:21
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Cortege funebre
    Duration
    10:21
    Composer
    Ernest Bloch