Henrik Lowenmark – Reicha: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3 (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

The piano works of the Czech-born composer Antoine Reicha (1770-1836) – friend of Haydn and Beethoven, teacher of Berlioz, Liszt and Franck – is one of the best-kept secrets in music. He was an important influence on composers of the next generation, but apart from an innovative set of fugues his piano works have remained almost unknown since his own day. Encompassing Baroque practices as well as looking forward to the twentieth century, they are full of harmonic and other surprises that show this liveliest of minds at work. The massive variation-set on a French gavotte recorded here for the first time reveals a composer who tempers his learning with a vivid sense of humour.

Tracklist:
1. Rondeau No. 2 in F Major (05:40)
2. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 1, Les douze gammes majeures (01:40)
3. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 2, Les douze gammes mineures (02:23)
4. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 3, Gamme chromatiques (01:41)
5. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 4, Les cadences (02:15)
6. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 5, Les agrémens (04:19)
7. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 6, Les accords brisés (01:21)
8. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 7, Les tierces (02:38)
9. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 8, Les clefs (01:31)
10. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 9, Les octaves (02:44)
11. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 10, L’enharmonique (01:50)
12. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 1, Adagio molto et sostenuto (06:54)
13. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 2, Allegro poco vivace (04:13)
14. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 3, Andante un poco adagio (02:14)
15. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 4, Allegro un poco vivace (03:34)
16. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 5, Andante (04:54)
17. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 6, Allegretto (02:20)
18. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 7, Un poco largo (04:54)
19. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 8, Allegro (01:18)
20. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 9, La fûgue. Allegretto (04:31)
21. Études ou exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 10, Adagio molto (05:11)
22. Fantaisie sur un thème de Girolamo Frescobaldi (07:14)