Bridge: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 Orchestral & Concertos Chandos

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Review for Volumes 1 - 6
"Throughout these six collections the BBC National Orchestra of Wales are on top form; they obviously enjoy the music. Hickox is persuasively idiomatic an spontaneous, and the Chandos recording is first class)"

The Pengiun Guide – 1000 Greatest Classical Recordings 2011-12

This is Volume 5 of Chandos’ indispensable Frank Bridge series. The Suite for Strings is superbly done, Richard Hickox being fully alive to the wide range of moods that make up the four movements. Drawing excellent playing, Hickox catches the rumination and growth of the opening Prelude, the perkiness and expressive asides of the Intermezzo creates a haunting atmosphere for the introspective Nocturne, and the Finale scampers with good humour. The rest of the CD is of miniatures, each memorable, and including first recordings.

Fanfare

'Sound, lacking nothing in clarity and warmth, is well up to the standard of previous volumes - as is Paul Hindmarsh's enthusiastic note. One disc to go… should make a fitting close to this valuable series.'

International Record Review

'Another valuable survey, then, glowingly engineered by Ralph Couzens and expertly annotated by Paul Hindmarsh.'

Gramophone

'But there is still a more substantial gem, the Suite for Strings - a work that deserves to be ranked alongside the better-known British classics for string orchestra (Elgar, Vaughan Williams , Britten and Tippett.)'

BBC Music Magazines

Here is Volume 5 in a superb series of Frank Bridge’s orchestral music… This is a beautifully played and produced program of under-valued British music, and is recommended along with the other volumes in the series.

American Record Guide

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