Recordings
Thomas Roseingrave: Eight Harpsichord Suites
Signum Records, 2024
‘Harpsichord gems: Bridget Cunningham finds lyricism in rare Roseingrave’. ‘Cunningham’s empathy with his myriad of little eccentricities and of his art in general is abundantly on display’. Eight Harpsichord Suites and other Keyboard works of Thomas Roseingrave.
★★★★★ Performance ★★★★★ Recording
BBC Music Magazine
Caio Fabbricio HWV A9 by G.F. Handel
Signum Records, 2022
"Bridget Cunningham directs Caio Fabbricio brilliantly, leading from the harpsichord to energise the other players, and to give them space to exploit juicy passages. The singers’ virtuosity and rich characterisations are delightful… Caio Fabbricio contains much fine music and compels fresh admiration of Handel’s orchestral skills. Execution of this project is uniformly excellent”. BBC Music Magazine
Handel’s Eight Great Harpsichord Suites
Signum Records, 2021
"They are unashamedly intended to please the senses and, in the hands of stylistically informed players they never fail to do so. Bridget Cunningham is just such a player… her ability to entertain unassailable"
★★★★★ BBC Music Magazine
“At once magisterial and engaging, harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham brings a dynamic imagination to bear on Handel's still relatively neglected keyboard works” ★★★★★ Robert Hugill.
“Sometimes one hears a recording for the first time, and immediately knows that it will be remarkable… Bridget Cunningham’s is one that stands out as a well-crafted and musically deeply committed performance. Above all, her playing conveys to the listener her love of these brilliant and astonishing pieces, and the recording does full justice to the music”. Harpsichord and Fortepiano Magazine, Autumn 2022
Handel’s Queens
Signum Records, 2019
“Superb album - I never thought I could listen to more than 2 hours of such stuff at a stretch without a break, but that’s what I have done”
David Mellor, Classic FM.
“Handel has never sounded better”
★★★★★ BBC Music Magazine
“Ce programme riche en raretés”
Les disques du mois, Classica Magazine
Handel at Vauxhall:
Volume 2
Signum Records, 2017
“There sweetest flowers of mingled hue’ is amply worth the price of admission”
Gramophone
“A must for early music devotees”
Northern Echo
“Bridget Cunningham directs with a fine sense of 18th-century style, and provides very effective harpsichord support”
Andrew Benson-Wilson, Early Music Reviews
Handel in Ireland:
Volume 1
Signum Records, 2017
“Cunningham's playing is brilliantly authoritative... loving superb keyboard playing but her thoughtful and imaginative programme means that we are double tempted.”
Planet Hugill
Selected as Primephonic’s Hidden Gem, January 2021
Handel in Italy:
Volume 2
Signum Records, 2016
"The playing is so beautifully focused...Splendid in every respect"
BBC Radio 3
"Handel in Italy....reaching for the heavens" Andrew McGregor, BBC Radio 3, Record Review and Editors Pick in Gramophone
"Bridget Cunningham's musical direction and her insightful research in compiling these two recordings is spot on. Her detailed programme notes are exemplary, and her harpsichord solos on both volumes are also particularly interesting, both for their choice from the less-explored part of Handel's repertoire, and for their spirited and lively playing. Bridget Cunningham’s London Early Opera have other projects and recordings on the go. I look forward to hearing more from them"
Andrew Benson Wilson
Handel at Vauxhall:
Volume 1
Signum Records, 2016
“An attractive potpourri... bright lively accounts of music”
The Observer
“Revelatory – a superbly performed, thoroughly enjoyable disc”
★★★★★ Choir & Organ Magazine
“It's fine entertainment three centuries on”
BBC Radio 3
“Most decorously sung and played by London Early Opera, conducted by Bridget Cunningham”
Financial Times
Handel in Italy:
Volume 1
Signum Records, 2015
“A dazzling disc”
The Observer
“This is as polished an account as any on account of Sophie Bevan's unerring sense of decorum for what each movement requires.”
Gramophone editor’s pick
"The quality of the musicianship is high."
BBC Music Magazine
Thirty-odd feet below Belgium
Gloria Magnificat Recording Company, 2011
Ireland’s Enchantment
Rose Street Records, 2010
Venice Revealed
Peter Ackroyed, 2011
Gloria
Vivaldi’s Women, 2009
Thistle and the Rose with Fleuri
Rose Street Records, 2009
Oxford’s Letters
Absolute Audio, 2006