The Songs Of Frank Bridge
Label: HYPERION Catalog: CDD 22071 Format: CD Janice Watson (soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Louise Winter (mezzo-soprano), Jamie MacDougall (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)This important reissue brings together all forty-five of the songs composed by Frank Bridge. The program is presented generally along chronological lines, and although the songs were written over two decades there is a remarkable consistency of style. A good number of the texts will be familiar from the songs of, say, Quilter or Finzi, but many more show Bridge’s enthusiasm for unearthing rather less well-known literary subject matter. The performers include soprano Janice Watson, mezzo Louise Winter, tenor Jamie MacDougall and baritone Gerald Finley. Roger Vignoles provides his usual rock-solid and musically stellar accompaniment. |