Hi Res Download, Bridge (composer)

The emotions come across strongly, though without sacrificing either Bridge's subtlety or his intellectual strength. Bridge remains an introvert, but it's still extraordinary how much of his... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

He takes the view that a noble reticence suits Elgar’s emotional world just as well as the huge intensity of Jacqueline du Pré, whose early recording he cites as an inspiration. Often this approach... — The Telegraph, 10th January 2020 More…

What this beautifully played and thoughtfully programmed disc has going for it are, first, that it presents these works in a chronological survey of Bridge's chamber output...Altogether, a valuable... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It’s all very tastefully done, if rather insubstantial. — The Guardian, 6th February 2020 More…

If IKEA were to make a cello, this would be it…Sow how does it sound? In Steven Isserlis’s hands, remarkably fine – though he only uses it for a handful of evocative miniatures…On Isserlis’s... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Bridge’s Cello Sonata incline more to rhapsody than rhetoric, and draws particularly heartfelt playing from Clein and Hadland in the lingeringly regretful opening of the second movement…[The... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…