Bloch: Quintet No. 1 for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello

SOMETHING TO KNOW:

Bloch wrote this quintet on the weekends while serving as director of the Cleveland Institute of Music.

SOMETHING TO LISTEN FOR:

The work opens with brooding quarter-tone triplets in the strings that set the stage for this stormy piece.

Recorded live in Alice Tully Hall on May 3, 2019.
Video produced by Ibis Productions.