Composer: Leo Blech
Performer: Sonja Gornik, Opernchor Aachen
Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Aachen
Conductor: Christopher Ward
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Capriccio
Catalogue: C5481
Release: 2022
Size: 648 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Waldwanderung, Op. 8
02. Von den Englein
03. Trost in der Natur, Op. 7 No. 3
Children’s Songs, Op. 25
04. No. 1, Ein kleines Lied
05. No. 2, Winterlied im Herbst
Children’s Songs, Op. 24
06. No. 3, Tintenheinz und Plätscherlottchen
Blech: Children’s Songs, Op. 27
07. No. 1, Veilchen
08. No. 2, Nur eine kleine Geige
Children’s Songs, Op. 21
09. No. 7, Heimkehr vom Feste
10. Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, Op. 21 No. 8
11. Sommernacht
12. Die Nonne, Op. 6
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 Humperdinck or Rheinberger for instance.