Early Chamber Music

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FRANK BRIDGE
Early Chamber Music
The Raphael Ensemble

[ Hyperion / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 15 March 2004

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Frank Bridge's String Sextet in E flat major, first performed in 1913, is the most richly textured and expansive of all Bridge's early chamber works. Here it is presented alongside his Quintet in E minor and Lament for two violas - all energetically performed by the distinguished Raphael Ensemble

Tracks:

String Sextet in E flat major (1906-12) † [27'02]
Allegro moderato [10'53]
Andante con moto - Allegro giusto - Tempo I [9'22]
Allegro ben moderato [6'42]

Lament for two violas (1912) [8'51]
Adagio espressivo

String Quintet in E minor (1901) * [30'07]
Allegro appassionato [10'58]
Andante ma non troppo [6'30]
Presto - L'istesso tempo - Presto da capo [4'41]
Allegro molto [7'53]

* first recording