Ernst Toch

Overview - Recordings - Scores - Books - Links

Born: December 7, 1887, Vienna, Austria
Died: October 1, 1964, Santa Monica, California, USA

Ernst Toch's Spiel is another of the early 20th-century works for band that is finally getting the attention it deserves on recordings. Among the three currently available, the Corporon performance is my clear favorite. Corporon's pacing is splendid, and the drier acoustic of this recording suits the music well. Carmichael's performance is part of a CD that brings together all of the band commissions from the 1926 Donaueschingen Music Festival. He accentuates the tempo differences between movements, while Reynish minimizes them. It is great to see classic band works receiving this type of variety of interpretation!

Recordings

Works	Performers	Reviews	Stores
Spiel, Op. 39	North Texas Wind Symphony Eugene Corporon	Salas	Tower Amazon
Spiel, Op. 39	Furman Civic Wind Ensemble John C. Carmichael		Tower
Spiel, Op. 39	Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra Timothy Reynish	North	Tower Amazon
Miniature Overture	North Texas Wind Symphony Eugene Corporon	Johnson	Tower Amazon

Scores

Spiel, Op. 39

Books

The Shaping Forces in Music: An Inquiry into the Nature of Harmony, Melody, Counterpoint, Form by Ernst Toch