Reger / Hobart / Masurenko / Bruns - Reger: String Chamber Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In 1904 Max Reger wrote what was to be the first in a major sequence of variations on themes by his great predecessors. The Variations and Fugue on a Theme by J.S. Bach was written for piano but it's richness and virtuosity exceed the scope of the instrument. Ira Levin's orchestration clarifies the structure, intensifies climaxes and reduces it's length. The Four Tone Poems explore the paintings of the symbolist Arnold Bocklin and form symphonic mood pictures that veer from delicacy to Bacchanalian frenzy.

Reger / Schiefen / Leuschner - Max Reger Das Gesamtwerk [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/14/2016

World premiere recordings are brought together on this new GENUIN album featuring works by the composer Christian Ridil Renowned musicians from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others, play in formations ranging from brass quintet to flute and percussion to the exquisite combination of (chromatic) harmonica and harpsichord. The works of the Goethe University Frankfurt's former university music director are characterized by stylistic diversity, wit, charm, and virtuosity and yet bear Ridil's clear signature. Absolutely worth discovering!