Viola > Bridge, Frank

Hamlet Echoes: Songs by Loeffler, Liszt, Brahms, et al. / Stella Doufexis, mezzo soprano

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-11-08

Works: Charles Martin Loeffler: La chanson des Ingénues (The Song of the Ingenues), for voice, viola & piano; Harmonie du soir (Evening Harmony), for voice, viola & piano; Quatre poèmes, for vioce...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Heide, Daniel [Piano]; Sachse, Pauline [Viola]

These recordings, all based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, feature unusual scoring with mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano. German-Greek singer Stella Doufexis studied at the Hochschule der Künste...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandradio Kultur Produktionsstätte Gärtnerstraáe (04/2011)....continue...

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...

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...

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...

Florilegium: Frank Bridge, WA Mozart, Brahms Turina / Viola by Choice

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-08-17

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Quartet no 15; Johannes Brahms: Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91; Sextet no 1, Op. 18; Hans Sitt: Mazurka, for ensemble, Op. 132/2; Lowell Liebermann: Struwwelpete...
Performers: Barber, Elaine; Birdsong, Nikki; Bourianoff, Jennifer; Bravenec, Helen; Bustos, Isaac; Carapetyan, Martha; Cory, Julia; Ebbets, Alexis; Lyons, David; Minaux, Francois; Petillot, Aurelion; Petillot, E...
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Ensemble: Viola By Choice

Recording information: Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Church, Austin,; Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, Church, Austin, TX; St. David's Episcopal Church, Austin, TX; St. Martin Lutheran Ch...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...

Brahms, Bridge, Enescu, et al / Rysanov, Chang

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Mikhail Glinka: Sonata for viola & piano in D minor, G. iv3; George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Frank Brid...
Performers: Chang, Evelyn; Rysanov, Maxim

"...the playing, in its technical command and imaginative grasp, is outstanding. One feels that Maxim Rysanov has a very special relationship with his Guadagnini viola,...continue...

Phantasy - English Music for Viola and Piano - Bliss, Bridge, Clarke, Bowen / The Bridge Duo

1 CD / London Independent Records / 2008-09-09

Works: Sir Arthur Bliss: Sonata for Viola and Piano, T 52; Frank Bridge: Gondoliera; Allegro appassionato, H 82; Short Pieces (2) for Cello and Piano; Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus; York Bowen: Fantasy for Viola...
Performers: Hampton, Michael [piano]; Jones, Matthew [viola]
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Ensemble: The Bridge Duo

The Bridge Duo has performed worldwide to high acclaim. They are devoted to raising the awareness of the depth and quality of the repertoire for...continue...

Phantasy

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2008-06-01

Works: Arthur Bliss: Sonata for viola & piano, Op. 52, F. 91; Frank Bridge: Gondoliera, for violin & piano in E minor, H. 80; Meditation, for violin (or cello) & piano in C major, H. 104/1; Allegro Appassio...
Performers: Hampton, Michael; Jones, Matthew
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Ensemble: Bridge Duo

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...

The Blissful Viola - Clarke, Bliss, etc / Rutledge, Nosikova

1 CD / Centaur / 2007-01-01

Works: Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for viola & piano; Frank Bridge: Pieces (2) for viola & piano, H. 53; Arthur Bliss: Sonata for viola & piano, Op. 52, F. 91
Performers: Nosikova, Ksenia; Rutledge, Christine

Violist Christine Rutledge is well-known to audiences around the United States and abroad. Her performances as soloist and chamber musician on modern and Baroque viola...continue...

Bridge: String Quartet & Quintet / Bridge String Quartet

1 CD / Meridian / 2005-01-04

Works: Frank Bridge: Quartet for Strings in B flat major, H. 3; String Quintet, for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello in E minor, H 7
Performers: Werff, Ivo Jan van der

The Passion of Bliss, Bowen and Bridge / Lederer, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 2005-01-01

Works: York Bowen: Fantasie Quartet for 4 violas; Melody for the G string, Op. 47; Rhapsody for Viola and Piano; Frank Bridge: Lament, for 2 violas in C minor, H. 101/2; Arthur Bliss: Sonata for viola & pia...
Performers: Cassin, Jennifer Harris; Korcz, Dariusz; Lederer, Doris; Murray, Bruce; Shaw, Franklin

Heartache / Dame Avril Piston, Shamonia Harpa

1 CD / Guild / 2004-08-01

Works: Eric Coates: First Meeting; Alec Rowley: Reverie, for viola & piano; Aubade, for viola & piano; Farandole, for viola & piano; Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus, for viola & piano; I'll bid my heart be still (...
Performers: Harpa, Shamonia; Piston, Avril

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...

Fantasy - Bax, Bridge, Vaughan-Williams, Britten, Grainger

1 CD / Centaur / 2002-08-29

Works: Arnold Bax: Fantasy Sonata; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Romance for Viola and Piano; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Studies (6) in English Folksong; Elizabethan Songs (3); Percy Grainger: Sussex Mummers' Chri...
Performers: Lederer, Doris; Mollenhauer, Jude

English Music for Viola / Paul Coletti, Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-11-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Elegy for Viola solo; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Romance for viola & piano; Rebecca Clarke: Lullaby, for viola & piano; Morpheus, for viola & piano; Sonata for viola & piano; Percy Gra...
Performers: Coletti, Paul; Howard, Leslie

"Superb advocacy for some scandalously neglected music... this disc deserves to win both musicians and composers many new friends." -CD Review...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...

Bratsche! - Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bridge /Schotten, et al

1 CD / Crystal Records / 1999-12-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); Ludwig van Beethoven: Duet for Viola and Cello in E flat major, WoO 32; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 38; Frank Bridge: Lament, for ...
Performers: Collier, Katherine; Rejto, Peter; Schotten, Yizhak; Silverthorne, Paul

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...

A Bird Came Down the Walk / Nobuko Imai, Roland Pöntinen

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-06-20

Works: George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Jean Sibelius: Rondo, for viola & piano in D minor, JS 162; Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, Op. 48; Elegy for Viola solo; Toru Takem...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Pontinen, Roland