Ernest Bloch

Poems of the Sea
A Cycle of Three Pieces for Piano (or Orchestra )

(July, 2-11, 1922, Cleveland)

1. Waves : Poco agitato- Poco più - Più mosso - Meno mosso - L'istesso tempo - Tempo I
2. Chanty : Andante misterioso
3. At Sea : Allegro vivo - Moderato

Intrumentation:

• Piano version

  
  Piano
  
  

• Orchestra version

3 Flutes		4 Horns in F
3 Oboes		3 Trumpets
3 Clarinets		3 Trombone
3 Bassoons		Tuba
Timpani Percussion Celesta Harp Strings

Publication:

G. Schirmer, Inc.

• Piano (50328740)

  Copyright, 1923, by G. Schirmer, Inc.
  
  
  36 Twentieth Century Pieces (50331300) : includes Waves
  
  
  51 Pieces from the Modern Repertoire (50327580) : includes Chanty
  
  
  All Time Favorite Pieces from Modern Repertoire (50500520) : includes Chanty
  
  
  

• "Chanty" Brass Sextet ( arranged by R. W. Landes )
  

• Duration : 12'

Recordings:

Piano
Maro Ajemian (Piano)	LP	MGM : E3445
Roy Bogas (Piano)	LP	Fantasy : 85020
Miriam Brickman (Piano & Reciting)	CD	Miriam Brickman : MB888 [rel.2002] "Music and Words, and Music"	with recitations of an excerpt of 'In Cabin'd Ships at Sea', by Walt Whitman. visit CDeMUSIC : MI523.
Mirian Conti (Piano)	CD [DDD]	Albany Records : 299 "Poems for Piano"	rec. July, 1989
Emily Corbato (Piano)	CT	Orion : OC687
	LP	Orion : 80383
István Kassai (Piano)	CD [DDD]	MARCO POLO : 8.223228	rec. 1988/89
Leroy Miller (Piano)	LP	Music Library : MLR7015
Jerome Rappaport (Piano)	LP	Etude : ER101
Diana Rowan (Piano) "Chanty" only	MP3	http://www.sirenharp.com/
George Skipworth (Piano) "Waves" only	LP	Educo : 3097
Maria Tipo (Piano)	LP	Contrepoint : MC20020
Orchestra
Dalia Atlas (conductor) London Symphony Orchestra	CD [DDD]	Naxos : 8.573241	rec. 2011
Fabrice Bollon (conductor) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, Berlin	CD	Capriccio : 67071 [rel. 2004]	rec. 2003
Sakari Oramo (Conductor) Malmö Symphony Orchestra	CD [DDD]	BIS : BIS-CD-639	rec. 1994
Other Instrumentation
Quintetto Italiano "Chanty" for guitar Quintet	CD	Koch Schwann : SCH 312802 H1 "Concierto Sefaradi"

CD:Compact Disc, LD:Laser Disc, VHS:VHS Video Cassette,
LP:Long Playing Record, CT:Cassette Tape, SP:78 RPM Standard Playing Record, MP3:MP3 Audio File

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