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ANTOINE REICHA
premiere recording
Études dans le genre Fugué, Op.97 Nos 1-13 (1815-17)
61:05
pour le piano-forte [...] à l'usage des jeunes compositeurs
(Studies in Fugal Style for Piano [...] for the Use of Young Composers from First Book
1.
1
Introduction. Poco Andante. Sempre sostenuto -
2:18
in E minor • in e-Moll • en mi mineurq
2.
Allegro
1:53
in E minor • in e-Moll • en mi mineur
3.
2
Andante -
1:28
in F major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur
4.
Andante poco Allegretto
2:14
in F major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur
5.
3
Andante poco Allegretto -
3:22
Première Variation
Deuxième Variation
Troisième Variation
Quatrième Variation -
Cinqième Variation
Sixième Variation -
Septième Variation -
Huitième Variation -
[Neuvième Variation - ]
[Dixième Variation - ]
[Onzième Variation - ]
[Douzième Variation - ]
[Coda - ]
in C major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur
6.
Allegro
2:10
in C minor • in c-Moll • en ut minuer
7.
4
Air. Lento -
3:47
in E minor • in e-Moll • en mi mineur
8.
Allegretto e sempre legato
2:07
in E major • in E-Dur • en mi majeur
9.
5
Air. Lento -
1:41
in G major • in G-Dur • en sol majeur
10.
Allegretto
1:29
in G major • in G-Dur - en sol majeur
11.
6
Poco Allegretto -
2:37
in F minor • in f-Moll • en fa mineur
12.
Allegretto
2:23
in F major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur
13.
7
Allegretto. Ligata -
1:26
in A major • in A-Dur • en la majeur
14.
Allegro
2:11
in A major • in A-Dur • en la majeur
15.
8
Allegro Moderato -
2:27
in G major • in G-Dur • en sol majeur
16.
Allegro
2:02
in G major • in G-Dur • en sol majeur
17.
9
Air. Lento -
2:42
in G minor • in g-Moll • en sol mineur
18.
Allegro - Lento - Allegro
2:53
in G minor • in g-Moll • en sol mineur
19.
10
Andante maestoso - Largo -
2:14
in A major • in A-Dur • en la majeur
20.
Allegro. Moderato
2:09
in A major • in A-Dur • en la majeur
21.
11
Poco Allegretto -
1:16
in A minor • in a-Moll • en la mineur
22.
Lento
4:17
in A minor • in a-Moll • en la mineur
23.
12
Air. Lento -
1:56
in E major • in E-Dur • en mi majeur
24.
Allegro
2:50
in E major • in E-Dur • en mi majeur
25.
13
Tempo di minuetto - Legato - [Tempo di minuetto] -
3:03
in A minor • in a•Moll • en la mineur
26.
Allegro assai
1:59
in A major • in A-Dur • en la majeur
27.
Fugue, Op.36 No.12
1:25
from 36 Fugen für das Piano-Forte (1803)
Total time: 62:35
Solo:Ivan Ilic piano
'Il existe plus de cent oeuvres gravées de la composition de Reicha sans compter un grand nombre
d'autres, encore manuscrites, et parmi lesquelles plusieurs sont pour l'art de la plus haute...'
(More than a hundred of Reicha's compsitions have been published and a great number still remain
in manuscript, among which many are of the highest importance to the art of music...)
Hector Berlioz, Journal des Débats, 3 July 1836
About
The eagerly awaited volume 2 in the fascinating exploration of Antoine Reicha’s keyboard music by the trailblazing pianist Ivan Ilic is now out!
Ilic here digs into a crucial aspect of Antoine Reicha’s music: counterpoint and the manner in which Bach’s music served as a point of departure for Reicha’s eclectic, fertile mind and wide variety of musical styles. If most of these etudes are made up of a Prelude paired with a Fugue, their variety offers the album great diversity, and unveils the compositional genius of Antoine Reicha: here are unexpected moods and textures, sophisticated canons, cheeky invertible counterpoint, chaconnes and minuet-like character pieces, even a piece the only unifying characteristic of which seems to be its tumbling scales in dotted rhythm.
Ilic’s unique interpretations are supported by enlightening booklet notes, written by the pianist himself, shedding light on revelatory moments in the composer’s life.
While the musical world will soon become saturated with celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, his friend and exact contemporary Antoine Reicha will enjoy a renaissance with this unmissable series.
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Reviews
*****
Marc Vignal – Classica magazine – December 2018 - January 2019
“…highly recommended.” ****
Guy Rickards – International Piano – November/December 2018
“…The thirteen-part sequence of academically-inclined compositions might seem daunting but it is all very listenable. Tempo and style vary widely, and occasionally Reicha is disarmingly basic, with the simplest of minuets, for example. The bonus (very short) Fugue, from Opus 36, may have been chosen by Ilic because of its quaintness. It starts in A, ends in G, and is full of harmonic swerves and unexpected pauses – a study in quirkiness. I’m sure Reicha enjoyed providing audiences with light-hearted moments. Chandos’s sound quality is pleasingly natural and there is both richness and clarity, every detail brought out, aided, I feel, by the pianist’s economical use of the sustaining pedal.” ****
Antony Hodgson – ClassicalSource.com – October 2018
Performance ***** Recording *****
“… in this pianist Reicha’s music has the best possible advocate … Ilic plays with charm and transparent precision throughout.”
Michael Church – BBC Music magazine – November 2018
“…an ambitious recording project by the American-Serbian pianist Ivan Ilic suggests it’s time to finally give Reicha’s music a listen. This week brings the release of the second in a planned five-disc series … This pianist is taking a gamble by devoting a sizable chunk of his career to a largely unknown composer. But, he said, “I just need this music right now. And I need to connect with people who get this music: the humor, the stops and starts, the way that he’s winking at the audience all the time with respect to what expectations are.”
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim – The New York Times – 7 September 2018
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