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ANTOINE REICHA
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1.
Harmonie
9:13
(Fantaisies sur l'harmonie précédente)
No.20 from Practische Beispiele (1803)
Adagio
Fantaisie 1. Un poco allegretto -
Fantaisie 2. Allegro -
Fantaisie 3. Allegretto -
Fantaisie 4. Allegro vivace -
Fantaisie 5. Adagio di molto -
Fantaisie 6. Allegro
Grande Sonate (c.1805?)
26.32
in C major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur
2.
1
Allegro moderato - [ ] - Tempo I
11:54
3.
2
Adagio - [ ] - Tempo I - [ ] - Tempo I - [ ] - Tempo I
8:17
4.
3
Finale capriccio. Allegro
6:16
5.
Capriccio
4:55
No.7 from Practische Beispiele (1803)
Allegro assai - Un poco più lento - Tempo I - Un poco più lento - Tempo I
Sonata on a Theme of Mozart (c.1805?)
19.01
in F major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur
6.
1
Variations sur la 'Marche des Prêtres' du Second Acte de La Flûte enchantée de Mozart
10:11
Andante -
Variation 1 -
Variation 2 -
Variation 3 -
Variation 4
7.
2
Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio - Menuetto da capo
4:23
8.
3
Finale (Rondeau). Allegretto scherzando
4:25
9.
Fantaisie sur un seul accord
4:10
No.4 from Practische Beispiele (1803)
Allegro - Presto - Tempo I - Tempo II
10.
Étude, Op.97 No.1
2:23
in E minor • in e-Moll • en mi mineur
from Étude dans le genre fugué pour le piano-forte [...] à l'usage des jeunes compositeurs (?1815-17)
Introduction. Poco andante - [Fugue]
Total time: 66:47
Solo:Ivan Ilic piano
Notes
The Serbian-American Paris-based pianist Ivan Ilić has signed a new multi-album recording contract with Chandos Records, following internationally acclaimed recordings of works by Godowsky and Feldman. His first project on the label is a series devoted to the solo piano works of the Czech composer Antoine Reicha, a contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven.
Although best known for his contributions to the repertoire for wind quintet, Reicha wrote vast quantities of solo piano music, most of which has never been recorded. The manuscripts, preserved in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, were published only recently.
Offering premiere recordings of the Grande Sonate in C major, the Sonata in F major, and three excerpts from Practische Beispiele, this first volume confirms Reicha as an authoritative, singular voice, whose piano works complement and enrich our understanding of Haydn and Beethoven. Volume 1 is a coproduction of Chandos, RTS (Swiss Radio), and the Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de Musique Romantique Française in Venice.
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Reviews
“...Ivan Ilic performs all of this music with command. The recording, captured in the Anserment studio in Geneva, Swtizerland, is exceptionally full-bodied and dynamic. This is well worth exploring and I look forward to future volumes...”
Mark Novak – Fanfare – March/April 2018
Artistry ***** Technical *****
“… We await the release of the next volume with pleasure”
Claudia Abbiati – Amadeus Magazine (Italy) – March 2018
ICMA Solo Instrument Category Nominee
2018 International Classical Music Awards
“... Ivan Illic’s carefully selected programme showcases the music’s variety... Ilic’s playing is wonderfully attuned to the style and content of the music and Chandos’ sound is superb. Highly recommended.” ****
Guy Rickards - Classical Music magazine - January 2018
“... all is thoughtful simplicity and it is played unaffectedly yet with meaning... the recording provides such lifelike piano tone that this neglected composer succeeds in catching the ear.” ****
Antony Hodgson - ClassicalSource.com - October 2017
Interpretation **** Sound ***** Repertoire ****
“Ilić is even more successful in the CD's centrepiece, the almost 30-minute "Grande Sonate en Ut". The work was not published during Reicha's lifetime, but it can easily compete with the great piano sonatas of his time. Although Ilić remains a classical gentleman and aristocrat, he also breathes life into the music with vigorous surprises and virtuosity. It is worth buying the CD for the "Grand(iose) Sonata" alone.”
Burkhard Schafer - Piano News magazine (Germany) - January/February 2018
“... Illic’s playing is wonderfully attuned to the style and content of the music and Chandos’ sound is superb. Highly recommended.”
Guy Rickards - International Piano magazine - January/February 2018
**** Excellent Album
“..The protagonist of this fascinating journey is the pianist Ivan Ilić, who besides demonstrating a confident mastery of demanding writing, displays an appropriate expressive sensitivity and a clear, sparkling sound. This is especially true in the “Grande Sonate en Ut”, where in the development section the uncommon dramatic value of the writing is fully able to emerge, revealing not just the performer's ability, but above all the high quality of a music which is full of surprises (equally in the last movement, marked "Finale - Allegro capriccio").”
Claudio Bolzan - Musica magazine (Italy) - December 2017-January 2018
“... Ilić is a sensitive, thoughtful and conscientious pianist and this project is an entirely worthy one...”
Patrick Rucker - Gramophone magazine - November 2017
“...Ilić encounters each of the composer’s adventurous modulations and plays them through with confidence that pianists of Reicha’s day might well have lacked...”
Alex Baran - The Whole Note magazine (Canada) - November 2017
Performance ***** Recording *****
“...All the pieces on this disc ... are recorded for the first time... All these pieces deserve to be incorporated into today’s recital repertoire.”
Michael Church - BBC Music magazine - December 2017
Stephen Pritchard - The Guardian - 29 October 2017
“...This is delightful, stylish salon music, unrecorded until now and well played. It is important for understanding Reicha’s very high level of craftsmanship and the innovations he pressed upon history,”
Angelo Foletto - La Repubblica (Italy) - 24 September 2017
“... This volume cannot be more outstanding.”
Aart van der Wal - Opusklassiek.nl - August 2017
“... Performances are glorious. Ivan Ilić’s playing exudes technical brilliance and warmth in equal measures; the dominant impression is of a pianist keen to share this extraordinary music with a wider public. The affection is palpable. Chandos’s rich sound is impressive, and further volumes are promised. A winner.”
Graham Rickson – theartsdesk.com – 9 September 2017
‘Supersonic Pizzicato’
“...Even in the more technical pieces from Antoine Reicha, Ivan Ilic has the feeling and the intelligence to enhance the music without any exaggeration. Not too much, not too little: Ivan Ilic’s Reich series takes a very promising start.”
Remy Franck – Pizzicato magazine – September 2017
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Reicha Rediscovered, Episode 1: Introduction
New documentary series following the life of Reicha. (Episode 1: Introduction)
Reicha Rediscovered, Episode 2: Bonn
New documentary series following the life of Reicha. (Episode II: Bonn)
Reicha Rediscovered, Episode 3: Hamburg
New documentary series following the life of Anton Reicha (Episode 3: Hamburg).
Reicha Rediscovered, Episode 4: Vienna
New documentary series following the life of Anton Reicha (Episode 4: Vienna).