Instrumental, Piano Solos, Piano Sonatas, Bridge (composer)
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The main work here is the grim and haunted Sonata (1921-24), Bridge's painful and profound response to the Great War. This is an epic performance, making the most of the work's mingled violence... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, Instrumental Choice
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A sense of occasion permeates this recital...Some technical mishaps, but impeccable musicianship. —
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Special offer. Lento Religioso: Works by Berg, Korngold, Bruckner
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
It’s something of a gamble to build an entire release around a programme showcasing a sequence of intense rather slow late-Romantic works. Yet the danger of emotional overkill is triumphantly... —
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The Story of Naxos (The Soundtrack)
Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jeno Jando (piano), Joanna Borowska (soprano), Terence Dennis (piano), Idil Biret (piano), Maria Kliegel (cello), Raimund Havenith (piano), Ilya Kaler (violin), Roderick Shaw (harpsichord), Patrick Gallois (flute), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano), Roman...
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At its centre is the large-scale Piano Sonata by Bridge...It breaks with Bridge’s pre-war tonal language and Soares is clearly in tune with the work’s anguish, making much of the opening’s high-lying... —
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111 Organ Masterpieces
Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss (organ), Martin Schnellenberg (organ), Ernst Riedlinger (organ), Hans-Dieter Weber (organ), Frank Berger (trumpet), Werner Simons (organ), Francis Jackson (organ), Ullrich Böhme (organ), Martin Baker (organ), Andrew Lumsden (organ), Kevin Bowyer (organ), James O'Donnell...
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Special offer. Christopher Langdown - Live in London
This album is a recording of Christopher Langdown’s recital at Wigmore Hall, London on 9th June 2009.
Christopher Langdown (piano)
Christopher Langdown has a lovely tone, smooth legato and a technique equal to the pianistic challenges in this programme. —
