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Ondine

Max Reger: Four Tone Poems after Bocklin; Romantic Suite

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Composer
Max Reger
Artist
Gavle Symphony Orchestra
Format
CD
Label
Ondine
Released
Aug 15, 2025
Catalog #
ODE 1462-2
UPC
0761195146224

About

This new album by Gavle Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jaime Martin includes two perhaps finest orchestral works by Max Reger (1873-1916) written towards the end of his life, the Four Tone Poems after Bocklin and the Romantic Suite, both sensous and poetic works suggesting a loose connection with Debussy. Reger's 150th anniversary of birth was celebrated in 2023. Yet, much of Reger's music appears on concert programmes only very occasionally. During his own lifetime Reger was highly admired: Paul Hindemith described Reger as "the last giant of music," and when Schoenberg founded his Society for Private Musical Performances in 1918, Max Reger, along with Debussy and Bartok, was one of the most frequently performed composers. Admiring Reger as an important innovator, Schoenberg promoted his music because "he still remains unfamiliar" and "I consider him a genius". Reger's Four Tone Poems after Bocklin and the Romantic Suite are sufficient to prove that Schoenberg was totally right.

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Der geigende Eremit (The hermit fiddler) 09:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Der geigende Eremit (The hermit fiddler)
    Duration
    09:28
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Ensemble
    Gävle Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Jaime Martín
  2. 2 No. 2. Im Spiel der Wellen (In the play of the waves) 04:22
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Im Spiel der Wellen (In the play of the waves)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Ensemble
    Gävle Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Jaime Martín
  3. 3 No. 3. Die Toteninsel (The isle of the dead) 09:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Die Toteninsel (The isle of the dead)
    Duration
    09:25
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Ensemble
    Gävle Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Jaime Martín
  4. 4 No. 4. Bacchanal 04:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Bacchanal
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Ensemble
    Gävle Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Jaime Martín
  5. 5 I. Notturno 09:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Notturno
    Duration
    09:20
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Ensemble
    Gävle Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Jaime Martín
  6. 6 II. Scherzo 08:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Scherzo
    Duration
    08:01
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Ensemble
    Gävle Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Jaime Martín
  7. 7 III. Finale 11:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Finale
    Duration
    11:03
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Ensemble
    Gävle Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Jaime Martín