Composer: Anton Reicha
Performer: Albert Schweitzer Ensemble
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555397-2
Release: 2024
Size: 2.3 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Grand Quatuor concertant for Piano, Flute, Bassoon and Cello in E Flat Major, op. 104
01. I. Adagio-Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro assai
04. IV. Finale: Allegro
Trio for Flute, Violin and Cello in G Major
05. I. Adagio
06. II. Allegro
07. III. Menuetto: Allegro
08. IV. Rondo: Allegretto
CD 02
Grand Trio concertant for Violin, Cello and Piano in A Major, op. 101
01. I. Allegro non troppo
02. II. Minuetto: Allegro vivace
03. III. Andante con sordini
04. IV. Finale: assai
Quintet No. 2 for Flute, Clarinet, French Horn, Bassoon and Viola in E Flat Major
05. I. Adagio
06. II. Allegro assai
07. III. Menuetto
08. IV. Andante
09. V. Tempo di Minuetto
10. VI. Andante con Variationi: Thema
11. VII. Variation I
12. VIII. Variation II
13. IX. Variation III
14. X. Variation IV
15. XI. Variation V
16. XII. Presto: Rondeau
A full ten months older than Ludwig van Beethoven and a friend since their years together in Bonn, the Bohemian Antonín Reicha is to a certain extent a complementary addition to the revolutionary achievements of the “Titan”. You can hear at every turn that he also had a pronounced tendency towards experimentation. This is seen mostly in his extremely “relaxed” treatment of established norms – a minuet where any dancer would immediately and hopelessly falter; variations with extremely contrasting means of expression; harmonic and melodic impudence; an often very subtle way of shifting phrases; and astonishing scoring – these are the characteristics of a man that shook the foundations of Paris and beyond.