Concertos, Bridge (composer)

Van der Heijden is mesmerising, her intense, focused tone powerfully articulating its pained rhetoric, her keening lyricism punctuated with grittier, muscular anger. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2024 More…

this profoundly engaging reading [of the Bridge] sets a new standard. [in Schelomo] nothing is forced or overdone, no rhetoric or posturing gets in the way of the work's own soulful expression...What... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

— International Piano, 5 out of 5 stars More…

A pretty good collection that promises well for these musicians. — MusicWeb International, May 2019 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…

It’s all very tastefully done, if rather insubstantial. — The Guardian, 6th February 2020 More…

The emotions come across strongly, though without sacrificing either Bridge's subtlety or his intellectual strength. Bridge remains an introvert, but it's still extraordinary how much of his... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Nimbus's warm-toned, typically resonant sonics capture everything with merciless fidelity ... Sturdy, straight-down-the-line music-making from Boughton and his assembled colleagues. No complaints,... — Gramophone Magazine 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... — The Arts Desk, 29th September 2012 More…