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Music by Frank Bridge

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Frank Bridge: Quintet for Piano and Strings in D minor, H 49a; Novelletten, for string quartet, H. 44; Rhapsody Trio, for 2 violins & viola, H. 176; Lament, for 2 violas in C minor, H. 101/2; Cherry ...
Performers: Dussek, Michael; Schofield, Catherine [Violin]; Schofield, Michael; Twigg, Colin [Violin]

The Bridge String Quartet of London, named after composer Frank Bridge, whose works they have featured extensively on their concerts, have enjoyed an exciting and...continue...
Recording information: St. Philips Church, London (12/13/2008-12/15/2008)....continue...

Bax, Bridge: Piano Quintets

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-11-16

Works: Arnold Bax: Quintet for piano & strings in G minor; Frank Bridge: Quintet for Piano and Strings in D minor, H 49a
Performers: Wass, Ashley

Recognised as rising stars of their generation, pianist Ashley Wass and the Tippett Quartet join forces to present two contrasting yet equally engaging British piano...continue...
Recording information: St Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London, England (12/17/2009-12/19/2009)....continue...

Bridge: Piano Quintet; Three Skecthes; Phantasie; Pensiero

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-10-12

Works: Frank Bridge: Quintet for Piano and Strings in D minor, H 49a; Sketches (3) for piano, H. 68; Phantasie Quartet, for string quartet in F minor, H. 55; Pensiero, for viola & piano in F minor, H. 53/1;...
Performers: Gould, Kate; Gould, Lucy; Tom Dunn [Violin/Viola]
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Ensemble: London Bridge Ensemble

In this tuneful and attractive program, pianist Daniel Tong and the London Bridge Ensemble present three major chamber works by Frank Bridge from his engaging...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (12/21/2009-12/23/2009)....continue...

Bridge: Phantasie Trio, etc / Dussek Piano Trio

1 CD / Meridian / 2009-10-16

Works: Frank Bridge: Phantasie Trio, for violin, cello & piano in C minor ("Piano Trio no 1"), H. 79; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2, H. 178; Miniatures, for violin, cello & piano, H. 87-89
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Ensemble: Dussek Piano Trio

Frank Bridge (1879-1941) is most often mentioned as the teacher of a later and more famous British composer, Benjamin Britten, but his own music has...continue...

Bridge: Piano Quintet, String Quartet no 4, Idylls / Piers Lane, Goldner String Quartet

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-05-12

Works: Frank Bridge: Quintet for Piano and Strings in D minor, H 49a; Idylls (3) for string quartet, H 67; Quartet for Strings no 4, H 188
Performers: Lane, Piers

The chamber music of composer Frank Bridge, best remembered as the teacher of Benjamin Britten, reveals the composer’s strong French influence, the dance-like quality of...continue...

Epoch - Bridge: Piano Quartet; Maddison: Piano Quintet; Elgar / Fibonacci Sequence

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-04-14

Works: Edward Elgar: Trio for Piano and Strings [fragment]; Rosemary; Pageant of Empire; Adela Maddison: Piano Quintet; Frank Bridge: Quartet for Piano and Strings in C minor, H. 15
Performers: Hughes, Benjamin; Nabarro, Ben; Sturrock, Kathron
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Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence

The world premiere of Paul Adrian Rooke's performing edition of three Elgar sketches ranging from the early 1880s to 1920 is an essential listen for...continue...

Bridge: Piano Trios

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Frank Bridge: Phantasie Trio, for violin, cello & piano in C minor ("Piano Trio no 1"), H. 79; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2, H. 178; Miniatures, for violin, cello & piano, H. 87-89
Performers: Chaushian, Alexander; Liebeck, Jack; Wass, Ashley

Frank Bridge's reputation as the teacher of his most famous student, Benjamin Britten, has long hindered appreciation of his own impeccably crafted music. Between the...continue...

Bridge: String Quartets no 3 & 4, Piano Trio no 2, etc

2 CD / Lyrita / 2008-02-12

Works: Frank Bridge: Quartet for Strings no 3, H. 175; Quartet for Strings no 4, H 188; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2, H. 178; Phantasy Quartet, for piano quartet in F sharp minor, H. 94; Miniatures, for ...
Performers: Hawkins, Brian
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Ensemble: Tunnell Trio

"Frank Bridge is known almost entirely by his early works such as the Piano Quartet Phantasy. To those who know only this period of his...continue...

Elgar, Walton: String Quartets; Bridge / Coull Quartet

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-08-08

Works: Edward Elgar: Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Frank Bridge: Idylls (3) for string quartet, H 67; William Walton: Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor
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Ensemble: Coull Quartet

"Demidenko brings enormous gravitas and spirituality. The fire and dash he lavishes on the quicker movements make this highly enjoyable disc no less exciting than...continue...

Summer Travels - Duruflé, Bridge / Chamber Music Palm Beach

1 CD / Klavier / 2006-01-01

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Prelude, Recitative and Variations, for flute, viola & piano, Op. 3; Clark McAlister: L'Estivant (The Summer Traveler), for bassoon, two violins, viola & violoncello; Gustav Hol...
Performers: Aguirre, Sherie; Dixon, Karen Fuller; Leonard, Lisa; Reder, Rene
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Ensemble: Chamber Music Palm Beach

Bridge: String Quartets no 2 & 4 / Maggini Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Frank Bridge: Quartet for Strings no 2 in G minor, H. 115; Phantasy Quartet, for piano quartet in F sharp minor, H. 94; Quartet for Strings no 4, H 188
Performers: Roscoe, Martin [Piano]

At the outset of his career Bridge established his name through a series of chamber works in which he demonstrated a wholly idiomatic understanding of...continue...

British String Quartets / Bochman String Quartet

1 CD / Redcliffe / 2004-05-01

Works: Frank Bridge: Quartet for Strings no 4, H 188; Alan Bush: Suite of Six, for string quartet, Op. 81; Henry Purcell: Chacony for Strings in G minor, Z 730

Bridge: String Sextet, Quintet / Raphael String Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-03-01

Works: Frank Bridge: String Sextet, for 2 violins, 2 violas & 2 cellos in E flat major, H. 107; Lament, for 2 violas in C minor, H. 101/2; String Quintet, for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello in E minor, H 7
Performers: Valdimarsdottir, Asdis; Williams, Louise

"Even at their most orchestral, the Raphaels maintain the intimacy and spontaineity of a smaller chamber group. When the score calls for them to break...continue...

Beethoven, Mozart, Bridge: Trios / Menuhin, Gendron, Britten

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-11-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in D major, Op. 70 no 1 "Ghost"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in G major, K 564; Frank Bridge: Trio for Piano and Str...
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Gendron, Maurice; Menuhin, Yehudi

"This is a remarkable performance, not perhaps as red-blooded as some, but intense, subtle and beautifully shaped. Some of Menuhin's intonation is a touch raw,...continue...

English String Miniatures Vol 4 / David Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-04-01

Works: Peter Hope: Momentum Suite, for strings; Frank Bridge: Valse-Intermezzo, for strings in E minor, H 17; Scherzo Phantastick, for string quartet in E minor, H 6; Adam Carse: Sketches (2) for strings; E...
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

This fourth volume in Naxos' highly successful series 'English String Miniatures' contains music by some of the best-known names in twentieth century English music, as...continue...

Bridge: Phantasie Trio, Piano Trio no 2, etc

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-05-01

Works: Frank Bridge: Phantasie Trio, for violin, cello & piano in C minor ("Piano Trio no 1"), H. 79; Phantasy Quartet, for piano quartet in F sharp minor, H. 94; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2, H. 178
Performers: Ireland, Patrick
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Ensemble: Dartington Piano Trio

"The three works recorded here range from the contained, melancholic Romanticism of the Phantasie Trio and Phantasy Quartet, to the Second Piano Trio--strongly influenced by...continue...

Bridge: Chamber Concerto, etc / Orbelian, Rosenberger, et al

1 CD / Delos / 2001-01-01

Works: Frank Bridge: Quintet for Piano and Strings in D minor, H 49a; Moderato, for piano in E minor, H. 29; Valse-Intermezzo, for strings in E minor, H 17; Con moto, for violin & piano in G major (Andante)...
Performers: Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra

"The Delos sound is simply wonderful - which we expect from them. I've played this quite a bit since it came in, because it's such...continue...

Bridge: Phantasy Trio, Miniatures, etc / Roberts Trio

1 CD / Black Box Import / 2000-04-23

Works: Frank Bridge: Phantasie Trio, for violin, cello & piano in C minor ("Piano Trio no 1"), H. 79; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2, H. 178; Romance, miniature for piano trio, H. 88/1; Saltarello, miniatu...
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Ensemble: Bernard Roberts Piano Trio

A lovely selection of Frank Bridge's chamber works for piano trio, coupled with the rarely recorded Miniatures, published in three sets of three, dating from...continue...

Bridge: String Quartets no 1 and 4 / Bridge String Quartet

1 CD / Meridian / 1998-08-25

Works: Frank Bridge: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor, H 70 "Bologna"; Quartet for Strings no 4, H 188
Performers: Barker, Kaye; Schofield, Catharine; Schofield, Michael; Wilding, Lucy
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Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

"Bridge was unusual among English composers of his generation (Vaughan Williams, Holst, Ireland) in that he started in the approved conservative style and got wilder...continue...

British String Quartets - Bridge, Bush, Wesley / Bochmann String Quartet

1 CD / Redcliffe / 1998-02-01

Works: Frank Bridge: Quartet for Strings no 3, H 157; Alan Bush: Dialectic for String Quartet; Samuel Wesley: Quartet for Strings in E flat major
Performers: Adams, Peter; Bochmann, Michael; Messenger, Mark; Roberts, Helen
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Ensemble: Bochmann String Quartet

Bridge, Martin, Campo: Piano Trios / The Primavera Trio

1 CD / Centaur / 1997-04-18

Works: Frank Bridge: Trio for Piano and Strings in C minor, H 79 "Phantasie"; Frank Martin: Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises; Frank Campo: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano
Performers: Hammill, Rowena; Johnson, Lisa; Regnat, Francoise
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Ensemble: Primavera Trio

Finzi, Parry, Bridge - An English Suite / Boughton

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Gerald Finzi: Eclogue for Piano and Strings in F major, Op. 10; Frank Bridge: Sir Roger de Coverley, H 155; An Irish Melody "Londonderry Air", H 86; There Is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook, for orches...
Performers: Jones, Martin [Piano]
Conductors: Boughton, William
Ensemble: English String Orchestra

Bridge: Works for String Quartet / Maggini Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-02-21

Works: Frank Bridge: Phantasie Quartet, for string quartet in F minor, H. 55; Novelletten, for string quartet, H. 44; Idylls (3) for string quartet, H 67; An Irish Melody "Londonderry Air", H 86; Sir Roger ...