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Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch
3 Portraits For Orchestra, 3 Pictures For Orchestra, 4 Blake Songs / 3 Jewish Poems
Compil. US 1989 on Bay Cities label
Classical (Modern)
"The Songs were written in 1951 . . and first appeared on Columbia 12" LP-ML4919, coupled with the Three Pictures. Intersting, there was originally a fifth song, entitled "The Little Black Boy", but it reflected the blatantly anti-black sentiments of Blake's time and was therefore deleted at the time (1979) of CRI's reissue (SRD 398) from with this CD is drawn." "The 'Three Portraits' were originally released as 'Five Portraits' on Columbia 10" LP ML 2087. The LP contained the additional 'The Percussion Piece' and 'Cantabile for Strings'. These were arbitrarily chosen anyway and not a 'suite' as such, but drawn from Thomson's 'over 100 portraits' as described above [earlier in the notes]" "Ernest Bloch's '3 Jewish Poems' was, like the Philadelphia Orchestra Thomson pieces, recorded monaurally in the early 1950's. Part of the pioneering 'American Recording Society' series of 'only' recordings of American composer repertoire, this recording was reissue in the early 1960's on Desto LP (6)409." [Note -- the CD does not make it clear which Thomson pieces were conducted by Ormandy and which were conducted by Thomson -- thus I have left the general Track 1-10 in place for both of them as conductors. A review in Fanfare magazine (classical music review magazine) clarified that Ormandy conducted the Songs & Pictures, while the Portraits were conducted by Thomson. If I can find the exact reference in Fanfare (issue date, etc.), then I will update this entry appropriately.]
Musicians
 | Virgil Thomson p, 1896-1989 US conductor, album by, composed by |
 | Ernest Bloch , 1880-1959 CH album by, composed by |
 | Eugene Ormandy vn, 1899-1985 US conductor |
 | Tom Null , US producer, for compact disc |
 | The Philadelphia Orchestra , US orchestra |
 | Mack Harrell vn, bs, voc, 1909-1960 US baritone vocals |
 | Walter Hendl p, 1917-2007 US conductor |
 | Wiener Symphoniker , AT orchestra |
Producers
| Alain Silver executive-producer |
| Bruce Kimmel executive-producer |
| Michael Rosen executive-producer |
Composers
| Virgil Thomson |
| Ernest Bloch |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Pictures For Orchestra | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | Virgil Thomson | |
| 2 | The Seine At Night | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 7:51 | |
| 3 | Wheat Field At Noon | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 6:02 | |
| 4 | Sea Piece With Birds | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 4:37 | |
| 5 | Three Portraits For Orchestra | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | Virgil Thomson | |
| 6 | Bugles And Birds | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 2:05 | |
| 7 | The Tango Lullaby | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 2:05 | |
| 8 | The Fugue | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 2:33 | |
| 9 | 4 Blake Songs | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | Virgil Thomson | |
| 10 | The Divine Image | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 2:33 | |
| 11 | Tiger! Tiger! | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 2:45 | |
| 12 | The Land Of Dreams | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 3:05 | |
| 13 | And Did Those Feet | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 2:59 | |
| 14 | 3 Jewish Poems | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | Ernest Bloch | |
| 15 | Danse | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 7:24 | |
| 16 | Rite | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 6:23 | |
| 17 | Cortege Funebre | Virgil Thomson / Ernest Bloch | 8:46 |
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