Browse: Bridge - String Quartet No. 4

Frank Bridge's exploratory late chamber works can sound reticent, elusive in performance. Not here: fire, drama and intense fantasy abound, but there's no lack of refined control or shaping... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

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…

This is an absolutely splendid disc, with powerful, committed performances that illuminate Frank Bridge's mastery of chamber music in two major scores, early and late, as well as the famous Idylls... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It’s at moments like this that I wonder if we take Naxos for granted...presented like this – a hefty 20-disc box of British string quartets, recorded by the Maggini Quartet between 1994 and 2009... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2019 More…