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Reger: Clarinet Quintet & String Sextet / Johanns, Glassl, Yang, Diogenes Quartet
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Reger: Clarinet Quintet & String Sextet / Johanns, Glassl, Yang, Diogenes Quartet

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Composer
REGER, MAX
Artist
Johanns, Glassl, Yang
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Jul 10, 2020
Catalog #
555340-2
UPC
761203534029

About

Max Reger’s oeuvre occupies a unique position between the centuries. His advanced compositional techniques made him one of the most frequently performed composers at the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen in Vienna and meant that he was held in great esteem by Arnold Schönberg. His affinity for Bach in his settings as well as in his choice of forms, architectonic techniques, and specific instrumentations was just as obvious as his grounding in Romanticism and his veneration for Beethoven and Brahms. Reger’s ties to the tradition – in this case to Mozart and Brahms – were the point of departure for his Clarinet Quintet in A major op. 146, a work radiating an ease that hardly seems to have been disturbed by the circumstances of a world war. The major tonality of the work is unusual in the chamber music from Reger’s late period and something it shares with the String Sextet op. 118. Apart from the sextet, after 1909 it is found only in the Flute Serenade in G major op. 141a and in the clarinet quintet. In contrast to these two other works, however, the sextet is of much greater complexity in formal design and material elaboration, which happens to be assigned to a very obvious thematic presentation. Even though Reger did not live to experience the publication and premiere of the clarinet quintet, the string sextet received a posthumous tribute inasmuch as the study score was immured in the base of Reger’s funerary monument in the Waldfriedhof in Munich on 11 May 1930.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Moderato ed amabile 11:17
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato ed amabile
    Duration
    11:17
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Thorsten Johanns
    Ensemble
    Diogenes Quartet
  2. 2 II. Vivace 06:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Vivace
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Thorsten Johanns
    Ensemble
    Diogenes Quartet
  3. 3 III. Largo 09:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    09:30
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Thorsten Johanns
    Ensemble
    Diogenes Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Poco allegretto 10:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Poco allegretto
    Duration
    10:45
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Thorsten Johanns
    Ensemble
    Diogenes Quartet
  5. 5 I. Allegro energico 11:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro energico
    Duration
    11:00
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Roland Glassl, Wen-Sinn Yang
    Ensemble
    Diogenes Quartet
  6. 6 II. Vivace 06:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Vivace
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Roland Glassl, Wen-Sinn Yang
    Ensemble
    Diogenes Quartet
  7. 7 III. Largo con gran espressivo 12:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Largo con gran espressivo
    Duration
    12:15
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Roland Glassl, Wen-Sinn Yang
    Ensemble
    Diogenes Quartet
  8. 8 IV. Allegro commodo 07:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro commodo
    Duration
    07:27
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Roland Glassl, Wen-Sinn Yang
    Ensemble
    Diogenes Quartet