CD, Bloch, E (composer)
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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. — More…
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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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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... — More…
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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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New. Ernest Bloch: Schelomo - Hebraic Rhapsody, Suite For Viola and Orchestra
Parry Karp (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kenneth Woods
Karp and conductor Kenneth Woods are attentive to detail, clarity and colour. There’s also no lack of expressive intensity when required, and I would rate this alongside the recordings by Steven... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Editor's Choice
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Undoubtedly the most approachable music in this fascinating programme is Ligeti’s Sonata, already a firmly established favourite amongst cellists. Clein’s performance is exemplary, bringing... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2017, Editor's Choice
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He takes the view that a noble reticence suits Elgar’s emotional world just as well as the huge intensity of Jacqueline du Pré, whose early recording he cites as an inspiration. Often this approach... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Nouveauté
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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,... — More…
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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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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
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