Frank Bridge: Selected Piano Works

0:00 Columbine: Poco lento – Tempo di Valse
2:55 Pensées fugitives I
6:11 The Dew Fairy: Allegretto moderato e rubato
10:00 Miniature Pastorals: I. Allegretto con moto
12:18 Scherzettino
17:01 Dusk: Molto moderato
22:00 Rosemary
26:02 Miniature Pastorals: II. Allegretto ben moderato
27:46 The Spell: Adagio e sostenuto
31:59 April
34:35 The Princess: Allegretto con moto

Frank Bridge (1879-1941), underappreciated, underplayed, and still little known even in his native England, is most frequently recognized today as the teacher of the young Benjamin Britten, who acknowledged his teacher's influence in a popular early work. Bridge's sizable musical catalog is devoted primarily to chamber music and songs; he wrote orchestral music but composed no symphonies and only one work he called a concerto, Oration, Concerto Elegiaco for Cello and Orchestra.
(Full biography: http://www.classical.net/music/comp.l...)

Performed by: Ashley Wass
(Frank Bridge Piano Music, Vol. 1, Bridge: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2)
'These are my personal selections'
Painting: Caspar David Friedrich: Hügel und Bruchacker bei Dresden
Frank Bridge sheet Music: http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Bridge...