Bridge reviews
Proud Songsters – English Solo Song
Michael Chance, Lawrence Zazzo, Tim Mead (countertenor), et al, Simon Lepper (piano) (King's College)
And Love Said...
Jodie Devos (soprano), Nicolas Krüger (piano) (Alpha Classics)
English Music for Strings
Sinfonia of London/John Wilson (Chandos)
100 Years of British Song, Vol. 1
James Gilchrist (tenor), Nathan Williamson (piano) (SOMM)
Lento Religioso
Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (Channel Classics)
Come To Me In My Dreams : Works by Bridge, Britten, Holst, Howells, Ireland, Turnage, et al
Sarah Connolly, Joseph Middleton (Chandos)
Beethoven • Bridge • Unsuk Chin: String Quartets, etc
Esmé Quartet (Alpha Classics)
The Contrast: English Poetry in Song
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) (BIS)
Belle Epoque
Daniel Hope (violin), Simon Crawford-Phillips, Lise de la Salle (piano), Stefan Dohr (horn), Yibai Chen (cello); Zurich Chamber Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
Songs of Vain Glory
This beautifully programmed recital will make you want to rush out and buy as many volumes of British songs as you can. It collects – imaginatively, coherently, and to deeply moving effect – 23 songs on the theme of war.
Albion Refracted
Piatti Quartet (Champs Hill Records)
Bridge • Rebecca Clarke • Vaughan Williams
Natalie Clein & Christian Ihle Hadland (Hyperion)
Elgar (Sheku Kanneh-Mason)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), et al; LSO/Simon Rattle (Decca)
Bridge: Phantasy Piano Quartet; Cello Sonata
Frank Bridge’s chamber music is more often recorded now than ten years ago, and there are several excellent competing versions for the Cello Sonata, the Phantasy Piano Quintet and the charming string quartet pieces on traditional tunes.
Bridge • Bloch • Hough: In The Shadow Of War
Walton • Bridge • Lekeu