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Bridge: The Sea; Enter Spring; Summer

~ Frank Bridge (Composer), James Judd (Conductor), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

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Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: James Judd
Composer: Frank Bridge
Audio CD (28 Jun 2004)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Naxos
ASIN: B0002BXO3W
Other Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Against Stiff Competition This CD Still Deserves Attention, 4 Sep 2004

By	J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Frank Bridge's tone poems included on this CD from the wonderful New Zealand Symphony, under James Judd, come up against strong competition from a couple of older recordings, those of Sir Charles Groves and Richard Hickox, each of which has a slight edge over this budget-priced new entry. I frankly fell in love with them when the 1975 Groves recording came out, and possibly I'm simply too familiar with those wonderful performances to hear the current efforts without a certain bias. But there are details that clearly are superior in the Groves. For instance, Groves's 'The Sea' is so clearly describing the roiling North Sea with its dramatic crashes of surf against rocks, compared to the rather quieter and, dare I say, tame sea in Judd's performance. In fairness, Judd's 'Moonlight' (3rd movement of 'The Sea') is gorgeously done. Hickox, too, makes this a more vivid picture. The same is true with 'Enter Spring,' which I consider to be an out-and-out masterpiece. Judd doesn't quite give the same impression of Spring coming in as a force of nature to defeat the clutches of Winter; his Spring is rather too well-behaved, although it is beautifully performed by his New Zealanders.

The 'Two Poems for Orchestra,' included here (amounting to about 11 minutes of music) are new to me. They are slighter than the other pieces, but none the less beautiful for that. And they are given loving performances here. 'Summer' is also slighter than either 'Enter Spring' or 'The Sea,' and it is given a rather more gentle, and perhaps appropriate, performance than that of Groves. For that matter, Richard Hickox's performance is rather more bucolic, too. Hickox, by the way, has recorded all of Bridge's orchestral music on Chandos and both that series and Groves's early recording of the pieces here (sans the 'Two Tone Poems') are available here at Amazon, at a somewhat higher price than this Naxos disc.

So, my advice would be to go for the Groves if you're new to Bridge's orchestral music. But if you are interested in hearing the 'Two Tone Poems,' and don't already own them, this budget disc would be a good purchase. It's not that the other performances here are bad - and indeed if I hadn't heard the earlier recordings I would probably be more positive about them - it's just that Hickox and especially Groves have the edge.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Worthy Release, 30 April 2008

By	chatvarin (England) - See all my reviews

I bought this CD because it was budget-priced and because I wanted to try out Frank Bridge. It's very good. "Enter Spring" and "The Sea" are clearly the heavier-weight here. I think I agree with the first reviewer that the performance is rather well-behaved, which is not to say it is bad! It would make for a more cultivated experience I guess.

Against these the symphonic poems feel much less inspired. "Summer" is the slightest of the pieces and, whilst appropriate, detracts from the overall CD quite a bit. The "Two Poems for Orchestra" are more up-tempo, and that seems, judging from this disc, what Bridge does better at.

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