IDAGIO | Bloch: Schelomo & Voice in the Wilderness – Bruch: Kol Nidrei 00602448804396

Featuring

Natalie Clein
Ilan Volkov
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ernest Bloch
Max Bruch

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Composition History

The cello became the solution to Bloch's language problem for Schelomo after he met Russian cellist Alexandre Barjansky, to whom he dedicated the work.

Compositional Technique

Schelomo's heroic melody resembles 'Tzur Yisroel' ('Rock of Israel'), a traditional chant Bloch received from Cantor Reuben Rinder while preparing his 'Sacred Service'.

Composition History

Bloch's Schelomo, subtitled 'Rhapsodie hébraïque', was composed in just six weeks in early 1916.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bloch stated that the solo cello in Schelomo could be imagined as King Solomon, with the orchestra representing his internal world and life experience.

Composition History

Bloch originally conceived Schelomo as a vocal setting of verses from the biblical book of Ecclesiastes, but found French, German, or English unsuitable and his Hebrew inadequate.

Composer Biography

Ernest Bloch's three 'Jewish' works on this recording were written during different biographical and musical phases of his life.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bloch consciously adapted a South German cantorial chant, 'Uv'chen ten pachdecha', which his father often sang in Hebrew, for the middle section of Schelomo.