Description
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.
Additional information
Digital Converters | dCS 904 AD/905 DA |
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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 |
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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.
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.
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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