Browse: Bridge (composer), Symphonic Poems

Firstly, the Hallé's stellar playing: it's genuinely hard to imagine how music of this English vintage could be performed better. Not only is everything beautifully idiomatic and clear, there's... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

He takes the view that a noble reticence suits Elgar’s emotional world just as well as the huge intensity of Jacqueline du Pré, whose early recording he cites as an inspiration. Often this approach... — The Telegraph, 10th January 2020 More…

…this new disc is very competitive, and an excellent introduction to Bridge's orchestral art. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2004, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Listening to this comprehensive Chandos set, Bridge’s position as a shadowy transitional figure comes into sharper focus, the early Edwardiana yielding to a much more sharply defined mature style...Despite... — The Arts Desk, 29th September 2012 More…

If IKEA were to make a cello, this would be it…Sow how does it sound? In Steven Isserlis’s hands, remarkably fine – though he only uses it for a handful of evocative miniatures…On Isserlis’s... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Anyone interested in British music...will find something of interest. — The Guardian, 31st December 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Boasting immaculate production values from the Biddulph team and exemplary annotations from Tully Potter, Felix Salmond’s Complete Columbia Recordings, recorded 1926-30, sound as pristine here... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…