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Reger: Bach Variations, Op. 81; Traume am Kamin

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Composer
Max Reger
Artist
Eden Walker
Format
CD
Label
Piano Classics
Released
Jun 07, 2024
Catalog #
PCL10310
UPC
5029365103107

About

A new recording of two major Reger cycles, by a fast-emerging British piano talent. 'To fathom his all-powerful might, no human may accomplish' - this is the text, from a duet in Bach's Cantata BWV128, which Reger takes as the subject of his Bach Variations, and it may fairly be advanced that Reger accorded Bach a comparably divine status. At the age of just 31, Reger had by this stage assimilated not only Bachian counterpoint but it's transformation through the ears and imaginations of Schumann and Brahms and others, and he proceeds to treat the theme with astonishing freedom, testing the technique of the performer while reaching for the limits of the theme's musical possibilities over the course of 14 variations. The cycle concludes with a mighty fugue - or fugues, on separate subjects (of Reger's own devising, eventually welded with the Bach theme). In his booklet essay, Eden Walker remarks that the final bars are 'some of the most colossal and victorious of any in the entire piano repertoire.' By contrast, as a salutary demonstration of Reger's versatility, the Traume am Kamin present him at his most relaxed and intimate, and anyone who has found it hard to warm to Reger will surely find in this cycle a delightful entry-point to an often forbidding catalogue. 'Dreams by the Fireside' - Reger's knotty chromatic harmony still underpins the progress of these Romantic sketches, but now disguised by a touch of the 'lateness' that comes over many artists towards the end of their lives or careers, whether or not they were aware of it. This cycle was Reger's final piano cycle before his death in 1916, aged 41, and the mood of the cycle is perhaps also marked by a necessary escapism from the violent bloodshed around him. Born in 1995, Eden Walker has become a specialist in the ultra-virtuoso end of Romantic piano writing at the hands of composers such as Alkan, Busoni and Godowsky (and Reger). Based in Hamburg, he now teaches at the Staatliche Jugendmusikschule, as well as furthering his own studies and giving concerts across Germany and the UK.

Tracklist 28 tracks

  1. 1 Thema 01:50
    Track
    1
    Title
    Thema
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  2. 2 Variation 1 01:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    Variation 1
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  3. 3 Variation 2 01:19
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variation 2
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  4. 4 Variation 3 03:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variation 3
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  5. 5 Variation 4 01:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variation 4
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  6. 6 Variation 5 01:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 5
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  7. 7 Variation 6 01:25
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 6
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  8. 8 Variation 7 02:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 7
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  9. 9 Variation 8 01:11
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 8
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  10. 10 Variation 9 03:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 9
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  11. 11 Variation 10 01:01
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variation 10
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  12. 12 Variation 11 01:07
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variation 11
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  13. 13 Variation 12 02:31
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variation 12
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  14. 14 Variation 13 00:52
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variation 13
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  15. 15 Variation 14 01:48
    Track
    15
    Title
    Variation 14
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  16. 16 Fugue 08:57
    Track
    16
    Title
    Fugue
    Duration
    08:57
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  17. 17 No. 1. Larghetto 03:34
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 1. Larghetto
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  18. 18 No. 2. Con moto 02:37
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 2. Con moto
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  19. 19 No. 3. Molto adagio 03:40
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 3. Molto adagio
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  20. 20 No. 4. Allegretto grazioso 02:22
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 4. Allegretto grazioso
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  21. 21 No. 5. Agitato 02:50
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 5. Agitato
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  22. 22 No. 6. Poco vivace 02:10
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 6. Poco vivace
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  23. 23 No. 7. Molto sostenuto 04:12
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 7. Molto sostenuto
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  24. 24 No. 8. Etude: Vivace 01:11
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 8. Etude: Vivace
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  25. 25 No. 9. Larghetto 04:05
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 9. Larghetto
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  26. 26 No. 10. Humoreske: Vivace 02:38
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 10. Humoreske: Vivace
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  27. 27 No. 11. Andantino 03:40
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 11. Andantino
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker
  28. 28 No. 12. Studie: Larghetto 04:10
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 12. Studie: Larghetto
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Eden Walker