Soloists of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel – Reicha: Musique de chambre (2017) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

The fruitful partnership between the Alpha label, the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and the Palazzetto Bru Zane continues with this set of chamber music by Anton Reicha, performed by the musicians of the Chapel, young talents of an exceptionally high standard, ready and willing to take up the challenge of this music. A key figure of the early nineteenth century, this Czech composer who became a naturalised French citizen did not leave his contemporaries indifferent. Both his music and his theoretical writings set zealous partisans against fierce detractors. This threedisc set, assembling pieces from different genres and periods, gives an insight into the richness of the composer’s extremely prolific output of chamber music, whose originality can still fascinate us nearly two centuries after his death: it illustrates the diversity of the instrumental genres he tackled (sonatas, fugues, études and variations for piano; piano trio, string quartet, string quintet) and a compositional art characterised at once by perfect mastery – as one would expect from someone trained by Haydn in Vienna between 1802 and 1808 – and by the greatest originality. © Alpha Classics

Tracklist

Anton Reicha (1770-1836)

CD1
01. String Quartet in E Major, Op. 95 No. 1: I. Allegro moderato
02. String Quartet in E Major, Op. 95 No. 1: II. Poco andante
03. String Quartet in E Major, Op. 95 No. 1: III. Minuetto. Allegretto
04. String Quartet in E Major, Op. 95 No. 1: IV. Finale. Allegretto
05. Quintet with Two Violas in F Major, Op. 92 No. 1: I. Allegretto poco andante
06. Quintet with Two Violas in F Major, Op. 92 No. 1: II. Allegro minuetto. Allegro assai
07. Quintet with Two Violas in F Major, Op. 92 No. 1: III. Andante poco lento
08. Quintet with Two Violas in F Major, Op. 92 No. 1: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace assai

CD2
01. Piano Sonata in E Major: I. Allegro
02. Piano Sonata in E Major: II. Romance. Largo
03. Piano Sonata in E Major: III. Presto
04. Etude No. 29 “L’Enharmonique”, Op. 97
05. Andante maestoso
06. Piano Sonata in F Major on “The Magic Flute”: I. Andante. Theme
07. Piano Sonata in F Major on “The Magic Flute”: II. Variation 1
08. Piano Sonata in F Major on “The Magic Flute”: III. Variation 2
09. Piano Sonata in F Major on “The Magic Flute”: IV. Variation 3
10. Piano Sonata in F Major on “The Magic Flute”: V. Variation 4
11. Piano Sonata in F Major on “The Magic Flute”: VI. Menuetto
12. Piano Sonata in F Major on “The Magic Flute”: VII. Finale. Allegretto scherzando
13. Fugue No. 9 “Cercle harmonique”
14. Variations on a Theme by Gluck, Op. 87: I. Theme
15. Variations on a Theme by Gluck, Op. 87: II. Variation 1. Con più moto
16. Variations on a Theme by Gluck, Op. 87: III. Variation 3
17. Variations on a Theme by Gluck, Op. 87: IV. Variation 4
18. Variations on a Theme by Gluck, Op. 87: V. Variation 6
19. Variations on a Theme by Gluck, Op. 87: VI. Variation 7
20. Variations on a Theme by Gluck, Op. 87: VII. Variation 8
21. Variations On A Theme By Gluck, Op. 87: VIII. Variation 12
22. Variations on a Theme by Gluck, Op. 87: IX. Variation 13. Adagio
23. Variations on a Theme by Gluck, Op. 87: X. Coda. Allegro assai

CD3
01. Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 101 No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo
02. Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 101 No. 2: II. Minuetto. Allegro
03. Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 101 No. 2: III. Andantino
04. Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 101 No. 2: IV. Finale. Allegro assai
05. Trio for Three Cellos: I. [Allegretto]06. Trio for Three Cellos: II. Andante
07. Trio for Three Cellos: III. Minuetto
08. Trio for Three Cellos: IV. Finale. Lento un poco andante-Allegro

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