Op. 131c-The rediscovery of the original manuscripts of Max Reger's works for violin viola and cello op. 131a-d represents a minor sensation. These late works for solo strings dating from 1914 and 1915 the last of which was only published posthumously were only known from the first printed editions until now and a scholarly-critical edition based on all the sources has long been desirable. Th…

Max Reger composed the present work in 1899 for the 'Schönberger Orgelalbum' which served as a means of funding the new organ in Schönberg im Taunus. Other renowned organ composers of the time also contributed works to this project such as Guilmant Rheinberger and Widor. Reger referred to his piece as a 'little work' that is 'intentionally not difficult' – yet he succeeded in creating a h…

Original for Violin (and Piano)-Max Reger?s well-known Romance in G major WoO II/10 was written as a supplement for the Neue Musik-Zeitung which was the recipient of works - particularly songs and piano pieces - by Reger in the years 1900 and 1901. Reger himself designatedhis Romance shortly after its publication as ?an occasional piece of the worst kind - for me!? The work was published in 1910 …

Arrangement für Trompete und Klavier / for Trumpet and Piano-Max Reger`s well-known Romance in G major WoO II/10 was written as a supplement for the Neue Musik-Zeitung which was the recipient of works - particularly songs and piano pieces - by Reger in the years 1900 and 1901. Reger himself designatedhis Romance shortly after its publication as 'an occasional piece of the worst kind - for me!' Th…

Max Reger's Free Organ Pieces-Volumes 3 and 4 in our Complete Edition - are short works of various levels of difficulty. They are a real find for all organists who have not felt sufficiently proficient to tackle the technical demands of the monumental organ fantasias. Some of these intentionally simple and clearly-structured works might even contain elements which Gould lead to a revised conceptio…

Max Reger's 1915 Requiem is a late Romantic setting of Friedrich Hebbel's poem 'Requiem' for alto or baritone solo chorus and orchestra. It is Reger's last completed work for chorus and orchestra dedicated in the autograph as  Dem Andenken der im Kriege 1914/15 gefallenen deutschen Helden  (To the memory of the German heroes who fell in the 1914/15 War).

Fourteen pieces from Domenico Scarlatti to Max Reger edited by Howard Ferguson.

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Born in the village of Brand in the Upper Palatinate Max Reger (1873 1916) was taught by the renowned music theoretician Hugo Riemann. After finishing his studies and working as a freelance performer and composer in Wiesbaden he moved to Weiden beset by personal crises and eventually to Munich. To make himself better known in the musical scene he had some of his smaller works inserted in the …

During his short lifetime Max Reger (1873-1916) was a prolific composer with many of his best known works being composed for organ. The ten chorale preludes in this selection are from his set of Thirty Short Chorale Preludes Op.135a composed as short voluntaries for liturgical use rather than for recitals in these arrangements Philip Sparke has kept this in mind and each prelude can be perform…

Né dans le village de feu dans le Haut-Palatinat, Max Reger (1873 1916) a été enseigné par le célèbre théoricien de la musique Hugo Riemann. Après avoir terminé ses études et travaille en tant qu'interprète et compositeur indépendant à Wiesbaden, il a déménagé au pâturage, en proie à des crises personnelles et, éventuellement, à Munich. Pour mieux se faire connaître sur la scène musicale, il avait…

Pendant sa courte vie Max Reger (1873-1916) était un compositeur prolifique dont la plupart des ?uvres les plus célèbres furent composées pour orgue. Les dix préludes de choral de cette sélection sortent de ses Trente petits Préludes-Choral op.135a composés comme morceaux d?orgue pour usage liturgique plutôt qu?à des récitals. Dans ses arrangements Philip Sparke a gardé cela à l?esprit et chaqu…

Max Reger's 8 Geistliche Gesänge Op.138 arranged for SATB choir.

Born in the village of Brand in the Upper Palatinate Max Reger (1873 1916) was taught by the renowned music theoretician Hugo Riemann. After finishing his studies and working as a freelance performer and composer in Wiesbaden he moved to Weiden beset by personal crises and eventually to Munich. To make himself better known in the musical scene he had some of his smaller works inserted in the …