Fenwick Smith (flute), Keisuke Wakao (oboe), Thomas Martin (clarinet), Craig Nordstrom (clarinet), Jonathan Menkis (horn), Daniel Katzen (horn), Richard Ranti (bassoon), Roland Small (bassoon) & Hugh Hinton (piano)
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Chamber music purely for wind ensemble was largely overlooked by Romantic composers, and as a result Carl Reinecke’s genial Sextet and Octet for wind loom rather large in a sparse landscape. They are substantial, handsomely crafted works in which Reinecke’s skill for scoring yields a sonority at once rich, noble and beautifully balanced. Reinecke’s cycle of sixteen pieces Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, here arranged for flute and piano by Ernesto Köhler, is a homage to his contemporary Robert Schumann yet loses nothing of the composer’s originality and vitality.
Carl Reinecke: Octet, Op. 216
I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo: Vivace
III. Adagio ma non troppo
IV. Finale: Allegro molto e grazioso
Carl Reinecke: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Op. 202 (arr. for flute and piano)
I. Spiel und Tanz
II. Rustiges Schaffen
III. O schone Maiennacht
IV. Hochzeitszug
V. Trost
VI. Geburtstagsmarsch
VII. Im Silberkranze
VIII. Abendsonne
Carl Reinecke: Sextet, Op. 271
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio molto
III. Finale: Allegro moderato ma con spirito
“Reinecke in his writing is conservative but never bland or boring. Though he is never merely derivative‚ his style is best described as a cross between Mendelssohn and Brahms. Like Brahms he writes with particular warmth for the horn as well as the oboe….Consistently Reinecke comes up with memorable themes strongly developed and skilfully orchestrated”
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I. Allegro moderato
