Raphael Terroni, Bingham String Quartet - Bridge & Scott: Piano Quintets (2013)

Tracklist

01. Piano Quintet in D Minor, H. 49: I. Adagio - Allegro moderato
02. Piano Quintet in D Minor, H. 49: II. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro con brio - Adagio ma non troppo
03. Piano Quintet in D Minor, H. 49: III. Allegro energico
04. Piano Quintet No. 1: I. Andante con esaltazione
05. Piano Quintet No. 1: II. Allegro grazioso ma non troppo
06. Piano Quintet No. 1: III. Adagio con gran espressione
07. Piano Quintet No. 1: IV. Finale. Allegro con molto spirito

Frank Bridge is today recognised as one of the most gifted figures in British musical life before World War I. His Piano Quintet, a work of personal significance prompted by the absence of his fiancée, is notable for its passionate, lyrical and forceful language, the Rachmaninov-like technical demands of the piano part calling for a virtuoso pianist. Debussy described Cyril Scott’s exotic harmonic language as “an intoxication for the ear”, and the First Piano Quintet is a multifaceted work which mirrors Scott’s flamboyant public persona while maintaining a genuinely poetic inner beauty.

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