AMERICAN CHAMBER PLAYERS

Chamber Music from the Library of Congress
BLOCH: Quintet No. 1 for Piano and Strings (1923)
Koch International. Compact Disc: 3-7041-2

This disc, recorded by the American Chamber Players, contains Quintets Nos. and 2 for piano and strings by Ernest Bloch (1880-1959). Lambert Orkis performs in the first Quintet, a monumental work replete with driving rhythmic energy, beautifully lyrical melodies, rich full harmonies, and which tastefully employs the unusual device of the quarter-tone.

The artists joining Orkis in this piece are Elisabeth Adkins and Alexis Galpérine, violins, Miles Hoffman, viola, and Julia Lichten, cello.

This work was recorded in the historic Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

This recording "…features superb performances-technically secure, emotionally committed, and interpretively searching."

Fanfare

The American Chamber Players "…produce performances that are fully worthy of the prestigious imprimatur of the Library of Congress, and they explore relatively unfamiliar and very rewarding repertoire."

"The two Quintets for Piano and Strings of Ernest Bloch, works of rich imagination and emotional power that show this great composer at widely separated stages of his career (1923 and 1957), receive intense, expert performances on Koch…"

The Washington Post

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