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Bridge - Allegro moderato - fragment of a symphony for string orchestra
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Orchestral » Symphonies
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Bridge: Orchestral Works, Volumes 1-6
The Collector's Edition
Howard Shelley (piano), Alban Gerhardt (cello), Roderick Williams (baritone), Philip Langridge (tenor), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Richard Hickox
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... — More…
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Frank Bridge: Dance Rhapsody, 'Rebus' Overture & Poems for Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
How, one wonders, can such a rapturously tuneful work as Bridge's Dance Rhapsody (1908) be so shamefully neglected: it deserves to be as popular as, say, Ravel's La valse! The intense songfulness... — More…
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Bridge: Orchestral Works Volume 4
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales, Richard Hickox
Here's probably the most appealing and varied instalment in Richard Hickox's Frank Bridge series for Chandos. The disc's highlight is a superb performance of the 1930 'Concerto elegiaco' Oration,... — More…
