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Bridge Records

  • New England Trios make a solid program

    Dec 28th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Bridge Records, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Joel Pitchon, Leonard Bernstein, Marie-Volcuy Pelletier, Noteworthy Release, Ronald perara, Walter Piston, Yu-Mei Wei

    Joel Pitchon, Marie-Volcuy Pelletier, and Y-Mei Wei had a very specific program in mind for this recording. In the liner notes, they state that they wanted piano trios that “spoke with an American, and even more narrowly, a New England voice.” In the end their focus was even tighter. The four piano trios on this […]

  • Aaron Tindall soars with Yellowbird

    Dec 3rd, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Aaron Tindall, Bridge Records, CD Review, Chamber music, Chuck Bergeron, Classical music, Jazz, Shelly Berg, Svet Stoyanov

    For his sophomore release, tuba virtuoso Aaron Tindall presents music that blends classical and jazz. And it works really, really well. Tindall’s masterful technique makes the tuba a truly lyrical instrument. His playing has exceptional clarity throughout the registers — no mean feat. And his musical phrasing is spot on. Many times classical artists who […]

  • Poul Ruders avoids categorizations in Volume 15

    Nov 23rd, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Andreas Delfs, Anne-Marie McDermott, Benjamin Schwartz, Bridge Records, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, Odensesymponieorkester, Poul Ruders, Quattro Mani

    What I like best about Poul Ruders is that he’s his own man. Ruders picks and chooses from all the various contemporary compositional trends. He mixes and matches them, all in service of the idea he wants to express. And Ruders makes it all sound not only cohesive but logical — as if it simply […]

  • Andrew Waggoner – Quantum Memoir explores connections

    Nov 16th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Andrew Waggoner, Bridge Records, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, Gloria Cheng, Julia Tai, Kenneth Meyer, Michael Lim, Seattle Modern Orchestra

    This release features three concertos by violinist and composer Andrew Waggoner. These are short works — the longest runs just 19 minutes. But they’re also densely packed. Waggoner writes in a post-tonal style that can be enjoyed by the casual (albeit adventurous) listener, and those who want music that reveals more with every playing. The […]

  • Aleck Karis brings fresh insights to Debussy

    Nov 9th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Aleck Karis, Bridge Records, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, Classical piano, Claude Debussy

    There are plenty of Debussy recordings made by artists past and present — so what makes this release different? Two things, I think; Aleck Karis’ musicality and Bridge Records’ skill at piano recordings. Right from the opening Etude, I was impressed. Pour Les “Cinq Doigts”: D’après Monsieur Czerny starts off with a simple scale but […]

  • Morton Feldman – For John Cage

    Nov 2nd, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Aleck Karis, Bridge Records, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Erik Carlson, John Cage, Morton Feldman

    “For John Cage” is one of the seven musical portraits Morton Feldman composed for friends. And it’s the third issued by Bridge Records. “For John Cage” doesn’t quote any of Cage’s music, but Feldman perfectly captures his aesthetic, I think. This 71-minute piece draws the listener in, and heightens their awareness of the ambient sounds […]

  • “Buried Alive” unearths Roaring 20s classics

    Oct 26th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Arthur Honegger, Bridge Records, CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Dmitri Mtropoulous, Leon Botstein, Michael Nagy, Orchestral music, Othmar Schoeck, The Orchestra Now

    This release presents three works from the late 1920s. It was a time of reinvention. The First World War swept away the conventions of the Edwardian Age. Composers (and other artists) developed new forms of expression, that incorporated various elements of prewar aesthetics. Arthur Honegger, Othmar Schoeck, and Dmitri Mtropoulous were among them — each […]

  • Aquarelles — fine music-making with old friends

    Oct 19th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Barry Snyder, Bohuslav Martinu, Bonita Boyd, Bridge Records, Carl Maria von Weber, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Jean-Michel Damase, Philippe Gaubert, Steven Doane

    This is what chamber music should be about — a conversation among old friends. Bonita Boyd, Steven Doane, and Barry Snyder are all long-time current or former faculty of the Eastman School of Music. The individual performances are top-flight, as one might expect of such musicians. But they’re also fully integrated. All three performers are […]

  • American Gifts presents new music for marimba duos

    Oct 12th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Bridge Records, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Jack Van Geem, Nancy Zeitsman, Noteworthy Release

    Full disclosure: I majored in keyboard percussion as an undergrad, specializing in marimba. So of COURSE I was looking forward to auditioning “American Gifts.” And it didn’t disappoint. Jack Van Geem and Nancy Zeitsman are superb players. I was also impressed by the recorded sound. The marimba has warm, resonant tones in its lower register […]

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