Reger / Peinemann - Violin Concerto a Dur Op 101 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

On this recording, Salzburg violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger interprets violin concertos by Joseph Haydn with the Munich Chamber Philharmonic dacapo under the direction of Franz Schottky. The authorship and exact background of many of Haydn's instrumental concertos are according to musicological findings often still uncertain, since they primarily served the purpose of giving the individually outstanding members of the Esterházy court orchestra the opportunity to perform as soloists, and were therefore rather neglected by Haydn in his own catalog of works. In the case of the concertos for violin and orchestra in C major, Hob. VIIa 1 and G major, Hob. VIIa 4 recorded here, however, Haydn's authorship is considered assured. The Concerto for violin, harpsichord and string orchestra in F major Hob. XVIII 6 is a rarity as a double concerto, and is performed here by featured pianist Barbara Moser on a historical fortepiano.

Arnold Schönberg in 1922 said of Max Reger, InchIn my view, Reger must be played often; 1. Because he wrote a lot; 2. Because he is dead and we still do not have any clarity about him. (I consider him a genius). Arnold Schönberg founded the Society for Musical Private Performances in November of 1918 in Mödling. The purpose of the organization was 'to give Arnold Schönberg the opportunity personally to carry out his intention of providing artists and art lovers with a veritable and precise knowledge of Modern Music' (Alban Berg 1919). The group put special emphasis on performing works by Max Reger. This arrangement of Reger's Violin Concerto Op. 101 was written by Rudolf Kolisch (1896-1978), a violinist who studied under Schrecker and Schönberg. Featured soloist on this recording is Winfried Rademacher, professor of violin at the Musikhochschule in Trossingen. He is respected both in the concert hall and in the recording studio.

Reger / Denisova / Kornienko / Gustav Mahler - Max Reger Violin Concerto Op 101 [COMPACT DISCS] date 11/18/2016