ERNEST BLOCH (1880-1959): Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2, String Quartet: Night, Paysages, 2 Pieces.

Catalogue Number: 12J014

Label: Hyperion

Reference: CDA 67638

Format: CD

Price: $18.98

Description: What is proving to be an unnumbered Bloch series continues from Hyperion with the well-known piano quartets and also the reason for this release's inclusion here: the descriptive pieces from 1923 Night - three minutes of limpid melodies, oscillating accompaniment and gently pulsating rhythms - and Landscapes, consisting of "North" (a study in the bleakness and desolation of Arctic wastes), "Alpestre" (a warmer depiction of the flora of Bloch's native Swiss Alps) and "Tongataboo" (an exotic evocation of the pounding dance and percussion traditions of the people of Tonga). The 2 Pieces of 1938 and 1950 are rather like studies for the string quartets of 1945 and 1952-56. Goldner String Quartet, Piers Lane (piano).

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