Bridge, Scott: Piano Quintets

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
December 11, 2015
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRIDGE SCOTT
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bingham String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Terroni, Scott
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 11, 2015
    • UPC
      747313135578
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8571355
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio - Allegro moderato

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Ensemble: Bingham Quartet

      Performer: Raphael Terroni

    2. II. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro con brio - Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Ensemble: Bingham Quartet

      Performer: Raphael Terroni

    3. III. Allegro energico

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Ensemble: Bingham Quartet

      Performer: Raphael Terroni

    4. I. Andante con esaltazione

      Composer: Cyril Scott

      Ensemble: Bingham Quartet

      Performer: Raphael Terroni

    5. II. Allegro grazioso ma non troppo

      Composer: Cyril Scott

      Ensemble: Bingham Quartet

      Performer: Raphael Terroni

    6. III. Adagio con gran espressione

      Composer: Cyril Scott

      Ensemble: Bingham Quartet

      Performer: Raphael Terroni

    7. IV. Finale: Allegro con molto spirito

      Composer: Cyril Scott

      Ensemble: Bingham Quartet

      Performer: Raphael Terroni


Frank Bridge is today recognized as one of the most gifted figures in British musical life before World War I. His Piano Quintet, a work of personal significance prompted by the absence of his fiancee, is notable for its passionate, lyrical, and forceful language, the Rachmaninov-like technical demands of the piano part calling for a virtuoso pianist. Debussy described Cyril Scott's exotic harmonic language as "an intoxication for the ear", and the First Piano Quintet is a multi-faceted work that mirrors Scott's flamboyant public persona while maintaining a genuinely poetic inner beauty.