Bridge / Terroni / Bingham String Quartet / Scott Frank Bridge & Cyril Scott: Piano Quintets CD

Frank Bridge is today recognized 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 fianc?e, is notable for it's 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 multi-faceted work which mirrors Scott's flamboyant public persona while maintaining a genuinely poetic inner beauty.

1. I. Adagio - Allegro Moderato 2. II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo - Allegro Con Brio - Adagio Ma Non Troppo 3. III. Allegro Energico 4. I. Andante Con Esaltazione 5. II. Allegro Grazioso Ma Non Troppo 6. III. Adagio Con Gran Espressione 7. IV. Finale: Allegro Con Molto Spirito