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Includes the name: Frank Bridge

Works by Frank Bridge

The songs of Frank Bridge (1997) 3 copies
Elgar [sound recording] (2020) — Composer — 3 copies
Spirit of England (1991) 3 copies
String Quartets (1994) 2 copies
Idylls 1 copy
Divertimenti 1 copy
Piano trios 1 copy
Bridge: Piano Music (2006) 1 copy

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The repertory here is breath-taking, particularly Bridge's well-known THE SEA and Julius Harrison's little-known WITH THE WILD GEESE. The Harty and Boughton pieces are less interesting. Even so, the Boughton recording has more than a little historical interest, considering that Boughton had been conducting this music for ages at his own Glastonbury Festival, which was at that time one of the best-know musical phenomena in the British Isles We must take things as they are given, of-course, but I wonder whether these recordings from the Twenties coudn't have been cleaned-up just a little bit more. I have a more patient ear than most, but the rough sound, even allowing for age, prevents my giving this the full five stars.… (more)
 
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