Sinfonieorchester Des Hessischen Rundfunks, Sonja Gornik, Christopher Ward, Aachen Opera Chorus – Blech: Complete Orchestral Works (2022)
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Rarities of a Forgotten Late Romantic: The closest Leo Blech (1880–1959) gets to fame these days is being mistaken for Ernest Bloch, although some might still remember his seminal work as an opera conductor in Berlin, where he worked for almost half a century (except for the Nazi years). But his compositions – either operas or involving the voice in some other way – have disappeared from the repertoire, which is a pity because his music, while less probing than that of his contemporary Bloch, is very much charming in the style of, say, Humperdinck or Rheinberger.
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