Title: | The 3 Solo Cello Suites Op. 131 - Viola Sonata Op. 107 |
Otros títulos: | Suite No. 1 in G Suite No. 2 D minor Suite No. 3 in A minor Sonata For Viola And Piano in B flat, Op. 107 3 Solo Cello Suites Op. 131 Viola Sonata Op. 107 |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | Max Reger; Keith Harvey; Ivo Van der Werff; Simon Marlow |
Código CDU: | Reg.08 |
Forma Musical: | Sonatas (Violin and piano) ; Suites. |
Abstract: | Max Reger was an important composer whose artistic worth far surpasses his still generally meager representation on the concert stages and in recordings. In his teen years, he came under the disparate influences of Bach and Wagner, and eventually fused a style from these sources, adding his own unique and seemingly ubiquitous counterpoint, to fashion music that was both ahead of its time and inextricably bound to the past. His mature idiom melded Baroque structural ingredients with the opulent harmonic palette of the late Romantic period. His organ compositions include masterworks like the chorale fantasia Ein feste Burg is unser Gott, Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, and Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H. His huge chamber music output, consisting of nine sonatas for violin and piano and many other works, is an important body of work. Reger was born in Brand, Bavaria on March 19, 1873, and grew up in Weiden. He studied organ and violin with his father, and piano with his mother. At 11, he ... |