Ernest Bloch

Helvetia
The Land of Mountains and its People
A Symphonic Fresco for Orchestra

(1900-1929 Frankfurt - San Francisco)

Intrumentation:

4 Flutes	6 Horns
3 Oboes	4 Trumpets
English Horn	3 Trombones
3 Clarinets	Tuba
Bass Clarinet
3 Bassoons
Contrabassoon

Timpani
Percussion

Celesta

2 Harps

Strings

Chorus (option)

Publication:

Broude Brothers Limited.

• Large Score
  

 

• Duration : 23 minutes

Recordings : (in alphabetical sequence of name of Conductor)

David Amos (conductor) Royal Scottish National Orchestra	CD	KLEOS CLASSICS (Helicon Records) : KL 5134 [rel. 2005]	rec. 2003
Ernest Ansermet (Conductor) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Excerpt	2LP	MUSICA HELVETICA : MH 29+30
Lior Shambadal (conductor) Orchestre de la Radio Suisse Romande	CD [DDD]	RSR : RSR 6170 (Switzerland) [rel. 2004]	rec. 2002

CD : Compact Disc, LD : Laser Disc, VHS : VHS Video Cassette,
LP : Long Playing Record, CT : Cassette Tape, SP : 78 RPM Standard Playing Record

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