Person · Male
Ernest Bloch
Swiss-American composer
- From
- Genève, Switzerland
- Active
- 1880–1959
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 121
- classical
About
Ernest Bloch (; German: [blɔx]; July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. He is recognized as one of the most significant Swiss composers in history. Several of his most notable compositions reflect his Jewish heritage. As well as producing musical scores, Bloch had an academic career that culminated in his recognition as Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley in 1952.
Discography
Albums
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Quintet for Piano and Strings
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Ives: Trio / Copland: Vitebsk / Bloch: Three Nocturnes
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Elgar: Cellokonzert / Bloch: Schelomo
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Schelomo / A Voice In the Wilderness;
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Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1 / Bloch: Schelomo
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The Romantic Cello
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Bloch: Concerto Grosso no. 1 / Barber: Adagio for Strings, op. 11 / Grieg: Holberg Suite, op. 40 / Puccini: Crisantemi
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Sacred Service
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Dvořák: Cellokonzert / Bruch: Kol Nidrei / Bloch: Schelomo
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Complete Music for Violin and Piano, Volume II
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Complete Music for Violin and Piano, Volume I
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Cello Concerto / Schelomo
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Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Silent Woods / Bloch: Schelomo
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Piano Works (Complete), Vol. 1
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Music on Hebrew Themes
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America: An Epic Rhapsody in Three Parts for Orchestra
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Bloch: Schelomo / Bruch: Kol Nidrei
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Music for Viola & Piano / Two Piano Pieces
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Hanson Conducts Bloch
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Music by Ernest Bloch
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Schelomo / “Israel” Symphony
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Piano Works (Complete), Vol. 2
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Bloch: Sacred Service / Foss: Song of Songs / Ben-Haim: Sweet Psalmist of Israel
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Cello Concerto / Rococo Variations / Schelomo / Elegie
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Jewish Music
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Baal Shem / String Quartet no. 2
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Symphony in C-sharp minor / Schelomo
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Gershwin, Copland, Schuller, Bloch
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Sonata for Piano (1935): and Works by Ruggles, Reale and Lipkis
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Viola 1919
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Virtuoso Vengerov
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Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations / Bruch: Kol Nidrei / Bloch: Schelomo
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An Epic Rhapsody for Orchestra: America / Concerto Grosso for Strings and Piano
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The New York Album
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Violin Concerto / Poems of the Sea / Suite symphonique
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Baal Shem / The Two Violin Sonatas
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Foote: Trio no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 65 / Bloch: Three Nocturnes / Chausson: Trio in G minor, op. 3
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Symphony in E-flat / Macbeth: 2 Interludes / 3 Jewish Poems / In memoriam
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Barber: Violin Concerto / Walton: Violin Concerto / Bloch: Baal Shem
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Elgar: Cello Concerto / Bloch: Schelomo / Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations / R. Strauss: Don Quixote
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Dvořák: Concerto pour violoncelle en si mineur no. 2 / Bloch: Schelomo
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Violin Sonatas nos. 1 & 2 / Suite hébraïque Apple Music
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Nigun / Schelomo / Symphonie “Israël”
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Hebrew Suite / Schelomo / Violin Concerto
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Poèmes d'automne / Psaumes / Hiver-Printemps / In the Night
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The Chamber Music with Viola
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Concertos in Contrast
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Complete Works for Violin and Piano
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Bloch, Bruch & Kotova Cello Concertos
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Visions & Prophecies
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Concerto symphonique / Scherzo fantasque / Hiver-Printemps
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Suites pour violoncelle - Méditations hébraïques pour violoncelle et piano
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Paradisi Gloria: Psalms
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Itzhak Perlman reDiscovered: Violin Sonatas
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String Quartets 1-4
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Violin Sonatas
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Schumann: Cello Concerto / Bloch: Schelomo / Bruch: Kol Nidrei
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America (An Epic Rhapsody) / Suite hébraique
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Complete Works for Viola & Piano
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The Two Piano Quintets
Live
Compilations
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In memoriam: Françoise Groben, Vol. 2
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Piano Quintets
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Violin Concerto / Schelomo / Sacred Service
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Méditations Hébraïques / Suites for Cello
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Lalo: Cellokonzert / Saint-Saëns: Cellokonzert / Bruch: Kol Nidrei / Bloch: Schelomo
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Cleveland Orchestra: Beethoven / Bloch
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Hindemith, Copland: Violin Sonatas / Bloch: Violin Sonata / Baal Shem
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The Rostropovich Edition
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Leopold Stokowski - The Symphony of the Air
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Feinberg: Piano Concerto in C minor / Bloch: Symphony for Trombone and Orchestra
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Violinkonzerte
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Mengelberg as Accompanist
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Schumann: Cello Concerto / Bloch: Schelomo
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Bazzini / Bloch / Dinicu / Granados / Kreisler / Moszkowski / Novàček / Rimsky-Korsakov / Sarasate / Wieniawski
Other
Links
Teacher
Also known as
E. Bloch · Ernst Bloch
Tags
- american composer
- composer
- modern
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- e91fbf2b-178d-4243-972e-73eff6a5676f
- ISNI
- 0000000110308955
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