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1. Schulz: Largo

2. Holt Sombach: Adagio

3. Reichardt: Rondeau

4. Naumann: Sonata No. 3: Recit

5. Naumann: Sonata No. 3: Andantino amoroso

6. Mozart: Adagio K.B. 356

7. Mozart: Adagio

8. Mozart: Rondo

9. Beethoven: Melodram

10. Rollig: Kleine Tonstucke: Grave

11. Rollig: Kleine Tonstucke: Commodetto

12. Apell: Trionfo della musica, cantata

13. Holt Sombach: 1ere Suite: Fantaisie

14. Holt Sombach: 1ere Suite: Allemande

15. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Mad Scene

16. Holt Sombach: 1ere suite: 2eme Menuet

17. Bloch: Sancta Maria

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Bloch's Interpretation is Second-to-None, Jan 2 2003

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M. Hori "Jesse Glass" (Urayasu, Chiba Japan) - See all my reviews
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This is a great introduction to the exquisite Glass Harmonica. Naxos once again enlarges our listening pleasure by allowing such gifted musician/composers as Thomas Bloch a wider audience than other, more recondite labels have afforded him. This instrument, invented by Franklin, and taken seriously by such greats as Mozart and Beethoven, is only now coming into its own again. Bloch is an integral part of that re-birth. Delicate, eerie, rumored to drive the listener mad, or to attract ghosts, the sound of the Glass Harmonica hovers at the very edges of hearing: a clean, celestial tone. You will never forget it once you hear its distictive sound. Liner notes give the instrument's fascinating history. Bloch himself attempts (along with such great post-moderns such as John Cage) to create a future for the Glass Harmonica with his "Sancta Maria" and does an extraordinary job. The price, too, for this CD is extraordinary. What a bargain!

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5.0 out of 5 stars unbelievable, Dec 10 2002

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Diane Whalen (Crompond, NY USA) - See all my reviews

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the music of the glass harmonica is so unusal that it is a joy to listen to. it is a shame that it is not more main stream the tones are so unearthly that is is like a song from a fantasy you really start to believe that elves are playing the music it is something out of Tolkin

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Bloch is a great 20th century composer, Oct 8 2002

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Nancy Moran (Baltimore, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews

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All right. This is a great album. It explores the history of the glass harmonica since the classical period. But to add to the other reviewers, there is one cut - the last cut - done by Thomas Bloch in the last century - Sancta Maria - that makes the whole album worthwhile. It is an extraordinary track and I don't care if the soprano is female or male. It is great music and a great listening pleasure. You will want to play it over and over again. Make it you most favorite MP3.

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4.0 out of 5 stars interesting, generally excellent
I would disagree with the reviewer below that this is anything more than a curiosity. Even the works on this disc by great composers such as Mozart and Beethoven are generally... Read more

Published on April 4 2002 by new music guy

5.0 out of 5 stars The glass harmonica CD reference
Any temptation to classify this fascinating disc as a musical curiosity is easily disposed of by a glance at track list. Read more

Published on Mar 16 2002