Bridge: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 3

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Perhaps no other British composer of the first half of the twentieth century reveals a stylistic musical journey as great as Frank Bridge. His early works follow in the late-Romantic tradition bearing a kinship with Fauré; later Bridge comes close to Delius. After the First World War, however, his music became intense and chromatic. In his String Quartet No. 3 (1926), Bridge rubs shoulders with the early works of the Second Viennese School. Commissioned by the American patroness Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, it fully revealed for the first time Bridge’s advanced mature voice. The work’s language shows kinship with Berg and Bartók; the twelve semitones are constantly in play; octave doublings are avoided, and the music is driven by a relentless momentum. Bridge’s First String Quartet was written in haste in the space of a month in response to a competition organized by the Accademia Filarmonica, Bologna. Of the 67 quartets submitted only Bridge’s received a ‘mention d’honneur’.

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Bridge: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 3
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    		Bridge: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 3
    Frank Bridge , and Maggini Quartet
    Manufacturer: Naxos
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000BX5K4
    Release Date: 2003-10-21

    Tracks:

    1. Adagio - Allegro Appassionato
    2. Adagio Molto
    3. Allegretto Grazioso - Animato
    4. Allegro Agitato - Allegro Moderato - Adagio Molto
    5. Andante Moderato - Allegro Moderato
    6. Andante Con Moto
    7. Allegro Energico

    Album Description

    Perhaps no other British composer of the first half of the twentieth century reveals a stylistic musical journey as great as Frank Bridge. His early works follow in the late-Romantic tradition bearing a kinship with Fauré; later Bridge comes close to Delius. After the First World War, however, his music became intense and chromatic. In his String Quartet No. 3 (1926), Bridge rubs shoulders with the early works of the Second Viennese School. Commissioned by the American patroness Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, it fully revealed for the first time Bridge's advanced mature voice. The work's language shows kinship with Berg and Bartók; the twelve semitones are constantly in play; octave doublings are avoided, and the music is driven by a relentless momentum. Bridge's First String Quartet was written in haste in the space of a month in response to a competition organized by the Accademia Filarmonica, Bologna. Of the 67 quartets submitted only Bridge's received a `mention d'honneur'.

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