Bridge Records

Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios (Bridge Records)

Performance that are as sparkling as they are wise [DMD]

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Stuyvesant String Quartet: In Concert at the Library of Congress (Bridge Records)

A splendid American string quartet caught on the wing in concert in 1946 [JW]

Scriabin: Piano Sonatas No 2-4 & other piano works (Bridge Records)

The cream of Scriabin’s early sonatas and a handful of miniatures in strong performances [RCh]

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Paris, La Belle Époque (Bridge Records)

Playing of the highest quality in an intriguing and very rewarding programme [GPu]

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Villa Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 (Bridge)

(Déjà Review) Colourful, saturated, brittle, heavily rhythmic, laced with ostinato and swooning strings [JW]

Ginastera: Orchestral music (Bridge)

(Déjà Review) Saturated in swaying delicacy: lyricism with a capital L, voluptuous and unmistakable [JW]

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Mozart: Piano Concertos (Bridge)

(Déjà Review) Excellent retrieval work from Bridge, whose commitment to Balsam has been of long standing and great worth [JW]

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Karchin: Keyboards/Winds (Bridge Records)

A rewarding sampler of work by a consistently interesting composer, uniformly well-played and recorded [GPu]

Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios (Bridge Records)

Excellent performances, engaging and rewarding [SG]

Red Maple – Music for Bassoon & Strings (Bridge Records)

A collection of fine works for the unusual combination of bassoon and strings [GPJ]

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Dello Joio J: Piano Concerto (Bridge Records)

Impressive performances of three diverse and serious works [NB]

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Beethoven: Middle Quartets (Bridge Records)

(Déjà Review) An invaluable addition in excellent sound, splendid documentation and full of concentrated wisdom [JW]

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Carter: The Music of Elliot Carter Vol. 5 (Bridge)

(Déjà Review) Displays all Carter’s life-affirming complexity [JW]

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A Left Coast (Bridge)

A fine disc which will reward all lovers of song [GPu]

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A Left Coast (Bridge)

A valuable addition to the song repertoire, performed with deep involvement, though with some vocal issues [GF]

Clara Rockmore’s Lost Theremin Album (Bridge)

An affectionate tribute and mostly a pleasure that these recordings been set free [RB]

Regondi: A 200th Birthday Bouquet (Bridge Records)

Virtuosic renditions of past gems [ZT]

Classics of American Romanticism (Bridge Records)

Intriguing early American symphonies in convincing performances [NB]

Regondi: A 200th Birthday Bouquet (Bridge)

A must-buy for all lovers of guitar music [GF]

Bristow & Fry: Symphonies (Bridge)

Early American romanticism – golden-age verve rather than dutiful museum revival [RB]

The Stuyvesant String Quartet (Bridge)

(Déjà Review) A worthy salute to a fine quartet [JW]

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Matiegka: Sonatas for Guitar (Bridge)

An outstanding, indeed revelatory recording which makes an irresistible case for Matiegka’s sonatas [GPu]