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English Music for Viola / Matthew Jones

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-02-22

Works: Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for viola & piano; William Walton: Pieces (2) for violin & piano; Frank Bridge: Pieces (4), for viola & piano; Arnold Bax: Legend, for viola & piano; Arthur Bliss: Intermezzo, ...
Performers: Hampton, Michael; Jones, Matthew

Naxos presents Michael Hampton, as he performs English music for the viola. The works featured on this recording include Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata, which ranks...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...

English Viola - Bliss, Delius, Bridge

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Arthur Bliss: Sonata for viola & piano, Op. 52, F. 91; Frederick Delius: Sonata for violin & piano no 3, RT viii/10; Frank Bridge: Allegro Appassionato, for viola & piano in B minor, H. 82; Serenade ...
Performers: Imai, Tadashi [Piano]; Magyar, Eniko [Viola]

The viola, with its plangent tone, subtle sonority and lyrical qualities, is often overshadowed by its more brilliant-sounding sibling, the violin. An accomplished violist himself,...continue...
Recording information: Phoenix Studios, Budapest, Hungary (2009-07-10_2009-07-11&2009-)....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: Piano Sonata, Pensées fugitives, etc / Ashley Wass

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-05-29

Works: Frank Bridge: Piano Sonata, H. 160; Lament, for piano, H. 117b; Improvisations (3) for piano, left hand, H. 134; Sketches (3) for piano, H. 68; Moderato, for piano in E minor, H. 29; Pensée Fugi...
Performers: Wass, Ashley

Perhaps no other British composer of the first half of the twentieth century reveals a stylistic journey as varied as that of Frank Bridge, whose...continue...

Bridge: Piano Music / Ashley Wass

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Frank Bridge: Fairy Tale, suite for piano, H. 128; Hour Glass, suite for piano, H. 148; Miniature Pastorals, for piano, Set 1, H. 127; Lyrics (3) for piano, H. 161; Pieces (3) for piano, H. 108; In A...
Performers: Wass, Ashley

Perhaps no other British composer of the first half of the 20th century reveals a stylistic journey as varied as that of Frank Bridge. Bridge's...continue...

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...

Bridge: The Sea, Enter Spring, Summer / Judd, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-08-01

Works: Frank Bridge: Enter Spring, rhapsody for orchestra, H. 174; Summer, tone poem for orchestra, H. 116; Poems after Richard Jefferies, for orchestra, H. 118; The Sea, suite for orchestra, H. 100
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Perhaps no other English composer of the first half of the twentieth century reveals a stylistic musical journey as varied as that of Frank Bridge....continue...

Bridge: String Quartets no 1 & 3 / Maggini Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Frank Bridge: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor ("Bologna"), H. 70; Quartet for Strings no 3, H. 175

"Bridge wrote his First Quartet in 1906. It is full of tunes, drama, color, and animated, civilized musical conversations. His Third Quartet from 1926 shows...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...

English String Miniatures Vol 2 / Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-03-01

Works: Frank Bridge: Sally in Our Alley, for string quartet, H. 119/1; Cherry Ripe, for string quartet, H 119/2; Sir Roger de Coverley, H 155; Edward Elgar: Sospiri; Haydn Wood: Fantasy Concerto, for orches...
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: English Northern Philharmonia

This second volume of English String Miniatures offers a form of music in which English composers have shown considerable facility, often serving a widespread amateur...continue...

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 ...

English String Festival / Leaper, Capella Istropolitana

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1990-04-10

Works: John Dowland: Work(s); Edward Elgar: Elegy for Strings, Op. 58; Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47; Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20; Frank Brid...
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana