Browse: Instrumental, Piano Solos, Piano Sonatas, Bridge (composer)

The main work here is the grim and haunted Sonata (1921-24), Bridge's painful and profound response to the Great War. This is an epic performance, making the most of the work's mingled violence... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

At its centre is the large-scale Piano Sonata by Bridge...It breaks with Bridge’s pre-war tonal language and Soares is clearly in tune with the work’s anguish, making much of the opening’s high-lying... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2021 More…

A sense of occasion permeates this recital...Some technical mishaps, but impeccable musicianship. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Lee is surefooted along Bax’s sometimes meandering trails, with carefully delineated voicing. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Two striking 1920s works: Frank Bridge's anguished war memorial (splendidly played) and Lambert's nervously syncopated Sonata. The thoughtful Reizenstein (1964) suggests Hindemith bathed in warm... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…