Reizenstein: Piano Music for Children

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Label
Lyrita
Release Date
January 6, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      REIZENSTEIN, FRANZ
    • PERFORMER
      Martin Jones
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 06, 2017
    • UPC
      5020926034724
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SRCD347
    • LABEL
      Lyrita
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Glittering Gates

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    2. No. 2. If I Were King

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    3. No. 3. A Stately Procession

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    4. No. 4. Dusky Woods

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    5. No. 5. Over the Hills

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    6. No. 1. The First Snowdrop

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    7. No. 2. Cello and Violin

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    8. No. 3. Swing Song

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    9. No. 4. An Echo Tune

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    10. No. 5. A Walking Tune

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    11. No. 6. Study in Accidentals

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    12. No. 7. Cunning Fox

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    13. Study In Irregular Rhythms

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    14. No. 3. In Search of a Key

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    15. No. 2. Major and Minor

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    16. No. 3. Horns and Trumpets

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    17. No. 1. Sad Story

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    18. No. 2. Gay Story

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones

    19. No. 3. Exciting Story

      Composer: Franz Reizenstein

      Performer: Martin Jones


Franz Reizenstein showed gifts as a pianist and composer from early childhood. In 1930 he went to the Berlin State Academy to study with Paul Hindemith and Leonid Kreutzer, but was forced to leave Germany upon Hitler’s rise to power. He arrived in London where he studied at the Royal College of Music. In the years following the war he built a successful career as a concert pianist. A respected teacher, he served as professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Manchester College of Music. Reizenstein held a strong and often expressed belief in the importance of giving young musicians the opportunity of playing contemporary music during their early training. His related wish that music teachers would make more use of worthwhile teaching pieces by present-day composers bore fruit in a number of pieces for children and inexperienced players that appeared at regular intervals throughout his oeuvre, several of which are featured on this release.