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Ernest Bloch

To Mrs. F. S. Coolidge
Suite
for Viola and Piano ( or Orchestra)

(1919, New York)
(Orchestrated March, 1919 - January, 1920)


  1. Lento - Allegro - Moderato
  2. Allegro ironico
  3. Lento
  4. Molto vivo

Intrumentation:

Piccolo   4 Horns in F
2 Flutes   3 Trumpets in C
2 Oboes   3 Trombones
2 Clarinets in B   Tuba
Bass Clarinets in B    
2 Bassoons    
Contrabassoon    

2 Harps
Bell (Glockenspiel)
Celesta

Timpani
Tam-tam
Xylophone
Triangle
Bass Drum
Cymbals
Snare Drum
Legno (Wood Box)

Viola-Solo

Strings


Publication:

G. Schirmer, Inc.
Masters Music Publications, Inc.

Recordings : (in alphabetical sequence of name of Violist)

Viola and Piano

Ladislav Cerny (viola)
Josef Palenicek
(Piano)
4SP
(12")
Ultraphone : UH23365/8  
LP Supraphon : SIF20044 (10")
Paul Cortese (viola)
Michel Wagemans
(piano)
CD
[DDD]
ASV : CD DCA 1094  
William Gromko (viola)
Harriet Wingreen
(Piano)
LP Classic Editions : CE1038  
Paul Neubauer (Viola)
Margo Garrett
(Piano)
CD
DL
Delos : DE3498 rec. Mar 16–18, 2001
William Primrose (Viola)
Fritz Kitzinger
(Piano)
CD
[ADD]
PAVILION RECORDS LTD (UK) Pearl GEMM CD 9453 Rec. 1939
CD Biddulph Recordings/Lab : 148
"The 20th-century Viola"
4SP
(12")
Victor : 15475/8, set M575
HMV : DB3977/80
William Primrose (Viola)
David Stimer
(Piano)
LP Capitol : P8355  
Daniel Raiskin (Viola)
Lisa Smirnova
(Piano)
CD
[DDD]
ARTE NOVA CLASSICS : 74321 80793 2 [rel.2003]
"ERNEST BLOCH: Complete Works for Viola and Piano"
Rec. Jan. 2002
Thomas Riebl (Viola)
Cordelia Höfer
(Piano)
CD
[DDD]
Pan Classics : 510098
"Hindemith, Clarke, Bloch Sonatas-1919"
released 1996
Rec. Apr. 1996
Simon Rowland-Jones (Viola)
Niel Immelman
(Piano)
CD
[DDD]
ETCETRA : KTC 1112 Rec. 1991
Yizhak Schotten (Viola)
Katherine Collier
(Piano)
CD Crystal : CD637
"Viola 1919 : HIDEMITH, CLARKE, BLOCH"
rel. 1993
 
LP Composer's Recordings Inc. : S450
Ernst Wallfisch (Viola)
Lory Wallfisch
(piano)
CD
[ADD]
ebs : ebs 6044 Rec. 1969
LP Da Camera Magna (Germany) : SM93806
Musical Heritage Society : MHS1486
Pierre- Henri Xuereb (Viola)
Jean-Louis Haguenauer
(piano)
CD
[DDD]
ADDA : 581107 Rec. 1988
The Zaslav Duo CD
[DDD]
Music & Arts Programs of America Inc. : CD-902 Rec. 1994
Tabea Zimmermann (Viola)
Jascha Nemtsov
(piano)
CD
[DDD]
hänssler CLASSIC : CD93.008 (Germany) Rec. 1999

Viola-Solo and Orchestra

Gérard Caussé (viola)
Lior Shambadal
(conductor)
Orchestre de la Radio Suisse Romande

CD
[DDD]

RSR : RSR 6170 (Switzerland) [rel. 2004] rec. 2002
Yuri Gandelsman (viola)
Dalia Atlas
(conductor)
Atlas Camerata Orchestra

CD
[DDD]

ASV : CD DCA 1148 (UK) rec. 2000
Milton Katims (viola)
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Henry Siegl
(Conductor)
CD
[ADD]
CARLTON CLASSICS : 30371 00472  
LP Turnabout : TVS34622
Jerzy Kosmala (viola)
Szvmon Kawalla
(conductor)
Cracow Radio Symphony Orchestra
CD
[ADD]
CENTAUR : CRC 2094 Rec. 1988
Marcus Thompson (Viola)
Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paul Freeman
(Conductor)
CD
[DDD]
CENTAUR : CRC 2150 Rec. 1990
Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Steven Sloane
(conductor)
CD Capriccio (Germany) : 67076 [rel.2004]
"20th Century Portraits · ERNEST BLOCH"
Rec. 2003

Other Instrumentation

Gabor Rejto (Violoncello)
Adolph Baller
(Piano)
CD
[AAD]
Orion master recordings: 7813-2 (USA) rec.1969 or 1979
arr.Baller & Rejo
LP Orion : ORS6904

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