The Bridge Sextet, a vocal quartet and piano duo,was formed in 1983 by alumni and faculty of the SanFrancisco Conservatory of Music to explore repertoire written and arrangedfor this combination of musicians. This unique group has performedextensively to wide public acclaim and has accumulated radio and televisioncredits in the U. S., Germany, Italy, Australia, Thailand, and Africa. Their concerts include a wide variety of engaging repertoire rangingfrom Brahms to Sondheim. Several composers from the San Francisco Bay Areahave also written compositions for the sextet. "The Singers were first rate, as were the two pianists.. . The popular four-hand transcription of "The Hebrides Overture"by Mendelssohn and vocal works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and a bouquetof music from Gilbert and Sullivan allowed the outstanding soloists tobe heard in turn." (WyattInsko, The Diapason)The Bridge SextetMimi Ruiz, soprano
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Hereis a "seductive, breezy rendition of the sunny Brahms (Liebeslieder)Waltzes." (Riek van Rensburg, The Sun, London) This CD contains both the Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52 andthe Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 65. Included also are three"sparkling" madrigals by Haydn and a "delightful" renditionof Gregg Smith's amusing "The Boy and his False Alarms" from"Aesop's Fables." The Bridge Sextet's interpretations arenotable for their "intimacy, freshness, and pure joy." (TheSun) 
