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This new album will offer four compositions by Hendrik Andriessen, an outstanding Dutch composer from the past, whose works, rooted in the romantic music of César Franck and Gabriel Fauré, reveal at the same time his per- sonal friendships with modernists like Albert Roussel and Darius Milhaud.

The Amsterdam Bridge Ensemble is named after the English composer Frank Bridge (1879-1941), who in his evolution as a composer bridged the border between romanticism and modernism. Actually, Bridge’s Phantasy for piano quartet was the very first piece performed by the group. Founded in 2005, the Amsterdam Bridge Ensemble appears as a piano quartet, as a piano trio and as a string trio. Besides, it invites musical friends to share its passion for chamber music on stage. The German press praised the ensemble for its “virtuosity of the passions”.

The ensemble’s debut cd was dedicated to contemporary Dutch composer René Samson, encompassing three com- positions written especially for the ensemble’s members. It earned the highest rating (10 out of 10) in the Dutch music magazine Luister.

The concert programmes of the Amsterdam Bridge Ensemble mostly combine romantic with modernist music and neglected with well known compositions. In the past years, the ensemble had its own concert series in Amsterdam. Themes of the concerts, that were preceded by power point presentations linking the music to other expressions of art, were, among others: the romantic and the modernist Bridge, Romanticism and modernism in the Czech countries, French romanticism and Walloon modernism, the classical and modernist Vien- nese schools and Johann Strauss, Russia and the Soviet Union.

Both Doris Hochscheid and Frans van Ruth hold teaching positions at the Conservatoire in Amsterdam, Jacobien Rozemond and Doris Hochscheid hold leading positions in Amsterdam Sinfonietta and the ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble respectively.

Tracklist

1.

SONATA FOR CELLO AND PIANO - Andante tranquillo

05:10

2.

SONATA FOR CELLO AND PIANO - Allegro

03:55

3.

SONATA FOR CELLO AND PIANO - Arioso (Adagio)

02:58

4.

SONATA FOR CELLO AND PIANO - Molto Allegro, ma gracioso

04:09

5.

SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro moderato

04:15

6.

SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO - Adagio

03:45

7.

SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO - Allegretto leggiero

03:09

8.

THREE INVENTIONS FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO -Adagio

05:11

9.

THREE INVENTIONS FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO - Andante quasi allegretto

03:14

10.

THREE INVENTIONS FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO - Molto vivace

01:46

11.

TRIO FOR PIANO, VIOLIN AND CELLO - Andante con molto espressivo

06:11

12.

TRIO FOR PIANO, VIOLIN AND CELLO - Presto, con spirito

06:26

13.

TRIO FOR PIANO, VIOLIN AND CELLO - Tempo sostenuto ma appassionato

07:40

Additional information

Digital Converters	dCS 904 AD/905 DA
Artists	Amsterdam Bridge Ensemble
Mastering Engineer	Tom Peeters
Mastering Equipment	KEF Reference series 107
Microphones	B&K 4003, modified by Rens Heijnis
Mixing Board	Rens Heijnis custom made
Producer	Tom Peeters
Recording Engineer	Tom Peeters
Recording location	Westvest90-Hall, Schiedam, Holland
Recording Type & Bit Rate	DSD64
Recording Software	Pyramix
Composers	Andriessen
Genre	Chamber Music, Classical
Label	Cobra Records
Format	Physical, Download (Stereo)
Type	FLAC 192 kHz, CD, FLAC 96 kHz, FLAC 44.1 kHz, MP3 44.1 kHz

Press reviews

Positive feedback

All of these works are beautifully performed, with true passion and commitment, by the Amsterdam Bridge Ensemble. They clearly have an affinity for the music and plumb the depths well. And the excellence of the performances is enhanced by the beauty of recorded sound provided by recording engineer Tom Peeters. The sound quality Tom Peeters provides is intimate, warm, and highly resolved. As is usual with his efforts, we are given the gift of being in the immediate presence of the musicians, as in a live recital.

Rush Paul - Source

Opus Klassiek

Het Bridge Ensemble afficheert zichzelf als een ensemble van gelouterde musici met een passie voor kamermuziek. Daar is geen woord teveel mee gezegd. Hier wordt inderdaad met passie maar ook heel innig gemusiceerd en de jarenlange vertrouwdheid met deze werken is in elke noot te horen. Een juweel van een cd met een uitstekende inleiding van pianist Frans van Ruth en een mooie, heldere maar vooral warme opname van Tom Peeters.

Siebe Riedstra - Source

De recensent

Gottogottogot wat gaan Jacobien Rozemond (viool), Doris Hochscheid (violoncello) en Frans van Ruth (piano) overtuigend aan de slag met Hendrik Andriessens veelal vloeiende, dan weer wat nukkige maar in elk geval boei-en-de muziek. Het kluistert tot indrinken zogezegd.’

Klassieke zaken

De Cellosonate, de Vioolsonate, de Inventies voor viool en cello en het Pianotrio krijgen uitvoeringen waar de passie voor Andriessens oeuvre van afspat. Na het beluisteren van deze cd wil je meer weten van de componist wiens liefde voor de Franse muziek in al zijn werken voelbaar is.

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