Bridge: Piano Trio No 2, Phantasie Trio, Miniatures / Wass, Liebeck, Chaushian

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
February 24, 2009
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRIDGE, FRANK
    • PERFORMER
      Wass, Chausbian, Liebeck
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 24, 2009
    • UPC
      747313079278
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8570792
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    2. II. Andante con molto espressione

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    3. III. Allegro scherzoso

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    4. IV. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    5. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    6. II. Molto allegro

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    7. III. Andante molto

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    8. IV. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    9. Set 1: No. 1. Minuet

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    10. Set 1: No. 2. Gavotte

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    11. Set 1: No. 3. Allegretto

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    12. Set 2: No. 4. Romance

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    13. Set 2: No. 5. Intermezzo

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    14. Set 2: No. 6. Saltarello

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    15. Set 3: No. 7. Valse russe

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    16. Set 3: No. 8. Hornpipe

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass

    17. Set 3: No. 9. Marche militaire

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Jack Liebeck, Alexander Chaushian, Ashley Wass




BRIDGE Piano Trios: No. 1, “Phantasie”; No. 2. Miniatures: Set 1; Set 2; Set 3 • Ashley Wass (pn); Jack Liebeck (vn); Alexander Chaushian (vc) • NAXOS 8.570792 (72:47)


The half-hour Bridge Second Trio (1929) is one of the best things he ever wrote, some of the very strongest British chamber music of its time, along with Bridge’s own last two quartets. The opening is unforgettably bleak, and a ripe expressionist drama unfolds. It is not as “advanced” as the music Webern and Schoenberg were writing 20 years earlier, yet at the same time it almost prefigures Shostakovich. Sound here is very good, and the playing has great commitment, concentration, and fleetness of foot. But the very stiff competition includes a live 1963 version with Britten, Menuhin, and Gendron, as well as a fine, cheap Helios disc.


Compared to the Trio No. 2, the rest of the CD offers salon music. The “Phantasie” Trio is much like the other Cobbett Prize-winning pieces by various composers, and it sounds faded to my ears, though these players give it everything. The Miniatures are slight character studies in late-19th century style, but they may be the disc’s main selling point for Bridge collectors. The Dussek Trio’s 1995 version is good, but these Naxos players make a strong case for the Miniatures , and the sound is better. This performance of the Second Trio won’t disappoint you either, if you get the Naxos disc for the other repertoire; though if you already have the Lyrita or Helios recordings, rest easy. If you have no Bridge Second Trio, do get the Britten version on BBC, even if you buy none of the other CDs. The new disc is highly recommended to admirers of the composer—two different composers, really, early and late, as this CD vividly demonstrates.


FANFARE: Paul Ingram