Ondes Martenot
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Composer: Olivier MessiaenComposer: Thomas Bloch
Composer: Bernard Wisson
Composer: Michel Redolfi
Composer: Lindsay / Sidran, Abdulah Cooper
Composer: Bohuslav Martinu
Composer: Olivier / Bloch, Thomas Touchard
Composer: Etienne Rolin
Conductor: Fernand Quattrocchi
Performer: Thomas Bloch Waves Orchestra
Orchestra: Thomas Bloch Waves Orchestra
Performer: Pomeranian Quartet
Orchestra: Paderewski Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Bernard Wisson
Performer: Susan Belling
Performer: Lindsay Cooper
Performer: Ademir Kenovic
Performer: Phil Minton
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-09-21
Music Label: Naxos
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Free Music Review: Excellent recording of unusual and entertaining music
Hit: 5 Stars
Thomas Bloch and his fellow musicians have made a real winner with this CD. The music is diverse and interesting and the performances are lovely.
I am unfamiliar with some of the composers presented on this disc (Martinu and Messiaen are the most well known), but there are some very good pieces of music here - even though they might not be described as 'masterpieces'. Bernard Wilson's double concerto for ondes Martenot, piano, strings and percussion reminds me of Bartók's piano concertos.
Some of the other pieces on this CD are works of pure fantasy. If you want to know what 9 ondes Martenot sound like when played together, Thomas Bloch's Wave Orchestra provides you with a delightful answer.
The ondes Martenot is one of my favourite 20th century 'period instruments' and this disc is a wonderful introduction to this instrument.
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Rare instrument specialist Thomas Bloch is equally at home performing on the soundtrack of Amadeus, on stage with Radiohead, or at Milan?s La Scala (playing glass harmonica, cristal Baschet or ondes Martenot). This CD offers the widest possible range of repertoire for the ondes Martenot, one of the earliest electronic instruments (1919): a solo work and an ensemble for nine ondes Martenot (Bloch), chamber music (Martinu, Messiaen), double concerto with piano, orchestra and percussion (Wisson), electroacoustic compositions (Redolfi, Touchard), and a fully composed piece (Cooper) which contrasts with a partially improvised work (Rolin). These at times surprising works are performed by Bloch and some of his fellow-composers, and also feature Phil Minton, Fernand Quattrocchi, the Pomeranian Quartet and the Paderewski Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.Classical Music CDs
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