M. Reger - Complete String Trios & Piano Quartets - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The second volume in this series (Volume1is on 8.574005) continues to explore little-known examples of Auber's elegant and refined operatic music. Julie was his first stage work, it's fantasia-like beauty foreshadowing the operas, opéras-comiques and lyric dramas to come. Striking melodies and haunting episodes abound in these overtures and entr'actes, and there is restrained yet fragrant Iberian color in the overture to Léocadie. The Violin Concerto is lightly scored and gentle, with a tarantella-like finale full of folk vitality. Album Tracks 1. Le Concert À la Cour, Ou la Débutante (1824) 2. Violin Concerto in D Major (C.1805) 3. Fiorella (1826) 4. Julie, Ou L'erreur D'un Moment (1805) 5. Lestocq, Ou L'intrigue Et L'amour (1834) 6. Léocadie (1824) 7. Couvin, Ou Jean de Chimay (1812) 8. La Fiancée (1829)

Album Tracks 1. Cello Concerto No. 1 in a Minor, Op. 33 2. Romance in F Major, Op. 36 3. Prelude 4. Serenade 5. Gavotte 6. Romance 7. Tarantelle 8. Allegro Appassionato in B minor, Op. 43 9. I. Allegro Moderato E Maestoso - Andante Sostenuto 10. II. Allegro Non Troppo - Cadenza - Molto Allegro 11. Le Cygne

This is the second of two discs of the complete piano quartets and string trios of Max Reger. Album Tracks 1. Piano Quartet in a Minor, Op. 133 2. String Trio in D minor, Op. 141B