Toch
Ernst Toch (1887-1964) was an Austrian-born composer and teacher who later settled in the United States. Born in Vienna, he became known in Europe as a modern composer before exile redirected his career.
His works include symphonies, chamber music, piano pieces, film scores and experimental vocal works such as the Geographical Fugue. He also contributed to the collaborative Genesis Suite.
Toch’s music is clear,...
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
ENESCU Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
GLAZUNOV Carnaval Overture, Concert Waltzes
WALTON Scapino
Studio recordings, 1940-41
Total duration: 2hr 33:02
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frederick Stock
VARIOUS Genesis Suite
PISTON Symphony No. 2
Recorded in 1945/6 & 1944
Total duration: 75:32
Edward Arnold, narrator
Janssen Symphony of Los Angeles
Werner Janssen, conductor
Boston Symphony Orchestra
G. Wallace Woodworth, conductor
BACH Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, “St. Anne”
BACH Toccata and Fugue in D minor
BENJAMIN Overture to an Italian Comedy
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
CHAUSSON Symphony in B-flat
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
DVOŘÁK In Nature’s Realm
ELGAR Enigma Variations
GLAZUNOV The Seasons
GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture
GOLDMARK Rustic Wedding Symphony
GRIEG Peer Gynt excerpts
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream excerpts
R. STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra
R. STRAUSS Aus Italien - On the Shores of Sorrento
SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre
SMETANA The Bartered Bride - Overture
STOCK Symphonic Waltz
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Marche slave
WAGNER Siegfried - Forest Murmurs
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - Prelude
PLUS MUSIC BY: BIZET, CAREY, DOHNÁNYI, ENESCU, François Schubert, GLIÈRE, HANDEL, IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, J. Strauss II, Järnefelt, LIADOV, MACDOWELL, MEACHAM, MOZART, PAGANINI, Ponchielli, Rezniček, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Simonetti, Suk, Suppé, Thomas, Toch, Volkmann, Walton, Weber and Wolf-Ferrari
Studio recordings, 1930-1941
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frederick Stock