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The Music of Frank Bridge.
Bridge: The Music of Frank Bridge. Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Delos DE 3263.
For the last quarter century, one of my favorite albums for pure relaxation has been EMI's recording of Bridge's "The Sea" and other short works with Sir Charles Groves and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. I mention this because it is probably a lot people's introduction to the pastoral music of Englishman Frank Bridge. For more of the same, Constantine Orbelian and his Moscow Chamber Orchestra offer three lesser-known pieces by the composer. Although they are not in the same league as the works on the EMI disc, they do demonstrate the innate sweetness of Bridge's touch.
The highlight of this new disc is a suite of four short pieces arranged for string orchestra called, appropriately, "Four Pieces for String Orchestra." Originally written as separate items, they are assembled here by Paul Hindmarsh and make a wonderfully entertaining and soothing combination. The central waltz is slightly macabre in tone but has a lovely lilt; and the closing Scherzo is vibrant and amusing. On either side of the "Four Pieces" we find the Chamber Concerto for piano and orchestra and ...
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- Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The Allan Ulrich May 20, 1995 700+ words
...Armenian Reporter, The 05-20-1995 Moscow Chamber Orchestra, with Orbelian Conducting...8th at Davies Symphony Hall where the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and conductor Constantine...to establish their credentials. The Moscow Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1956 and violist...
- Frank Bridge: A Bio-bibliography.
- Magazine article from: Notes Everett, William A. December 1, 1994 700+ words
...composers associated with this movement, Frank Bridge, John Ireland, and Herbert Howells...outputs. Karen R. Little's volume on Frank Bridge opens with a succinct (seventeen...Paul Hindmarsh's thematic catalogue (Frank Bridge: A Thematic Catalogue, 1900-1941...
- Shostakovich: Waltzes. Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Delos DE...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John April 1, 2000 700+ words
Shostakovich: Waltzes. Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Delos DE 3257. When you think of music...complied in his own way. Constantine Orbelian and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra play each piece with extreme precision...
- Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; The Seasons. Constantine Orbelian, Moscow...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John September 1, 2000 700+ words
...Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; The Seasons. Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Delos DC 3255. The highlight of this disc is the playing of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra. As the booklet note asserts, they truly perform as a single...
- Piazzolla: Tangos Arranged for Saxophone and Orchestra. Federico Mondelci, sax;...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John February 1, 2000 700+ words
...Orchestra. Federico Mondelci, sax; Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Delos DE 3252. The music on this disc is a...why not sax? Third, the accompaniment is provided by the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, a group most at home with Brahms and Shostakovich...
- Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Variations on a Theme of...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound July 1, 2004 700+ words
...Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge. Benjamin Britten; London Symphony Orchestra, English...Also on the disc is Britten's Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Bridge being his mentor, played by the English Chamber...
- Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony; Schnittke: Concerto for Piano and Strings....
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John January 1, 2001 700+ words
...Strings. Constantine Orbelian, pianist and conductor; Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Delos DE 3259. This disc prepares you for the...elation and inner questioning and answers by its end. The Moscow Chamber Orchestra recorded both pieces on the vast sound stage of...
- Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE January 1, 1996 700+ words
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge. Work for str. orch. Op.10 by Britten comp. 1937 for Salzburg Fest. but f.p. two days earlier in Radio Hilversum studio...
Source: HighBeam Research, The Music of Frank Bridge.