CD, Bloch, E (composer)
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In the First Quintet Lane and the Goldners manage to communicate the urgency and immediacy of Bloch's musical argument… the opening passage projected with a frenzy that generates considerable... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Chamber Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, Disc of the month
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Elgar: Viola Concerto & Bloch: Suite For Viola and Orchestra
RecommendedTimothy Ridout (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Ridout’s account of the opening movement is full of richly rhapsodic playing , although the viola suggests more of a wistful musing than the deeper, elegiac contemplation possible on the cello. —
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Limelight Magazine, February 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th January 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Concerto
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New. Lutosławski: Concertos For Cello / For Orchestra, Bloch: Schelomo
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Luxembourg Philharmonic, Gustavo Gimeno
Already at the first hearing I was very intrigued by Jean-Guihen Queyras's new interpretation, as I could hear no traces of political history or power struggles in his playing. In fact, he makes... —
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In The Shadow of War
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Hugh Wolff, Gábor Takács-Nagy
this profoundly engaging reading [of the Bridge] sets a new standard. [in Schelomo] nothing is forced or overdone, no rhetoric or posturing gets in the way of the work's own soulful expression...What... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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An ideal background to sipping a café crème and nibbling a croissant. —
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Bloch/Bruch: Schelomo, Kol Nidrei & other works
Natalie Clein (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
As one might expect, Clein delivers a powerfully committed performance, but also manages to avoid over-indulgence, negotiating the peaks and troughs of the music's volatile emotional language... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
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Whether in the dreaminess of Delius’s post-Fauréan miniatures, in the relentlessness of the hard-edged Klein, in the intimacy of the Mompou or in the ironic cheek of the stylised dances by Jaques-Dalcroze,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrumental Recording of the Year
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Overall, this is a gorgeous recital that makes excellent listening. Stefanescu's rich-toned playing rises with aplomb to all its challenges and she crowns the disc with an irresistibly exultant... —
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Schwartz’s warm, silky playing matches Fedorova’s rounded piano touch. The top of the bass range lacks the penetrating quality of its smaller relatives, but Schwartz compensates with gravitas... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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Special offer. Ernest Bloch: Schelomo - Hebraic Rhapsody, Suite For Viola and Orchestra
Parry Karp (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kenneth Woods
The pedigree ensures an authority that is felt right from the enrapt intensity of Schelomo's long-held first note. Karp sustains the psychological narrative with compelling empathy...In Kenneth... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Editor's Choice
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