Max Reger

Five (Not So) Easy Pieces

…a reflection on the effusive art of Max Reger, whose pages may be black with notes but also colorful with emotion.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of June 8, 2020

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Music played in the program

Hour 1

MAX REGER: Prelude & Fugue in E, Op. 56, no. 1 –Jean-Baptiste Dupont (1910 Link/Pauluskirche, Ulm, Germany) Hortus 163/4

REGER: Prelude & Fugue in d, Op. 56, no. 2 –Bernhard Buttmann (2007 Weimbs/St. Michael’s Church, Weiden) Oehms 851

REGER: Prelude & Fugue in G, Op. 56, no. 3 –Rosalinde Haas (1983 Albiez/Mother of Good Counsel Church, Frankfurt, Germany) MD&G 3352

REGER: Fugue in G, Op. 56, no. 3 (excerpt) –Max Reger (1916 Welte, via player-rolls/Museum of Mechanical Musical Instruments, Seewen, Switzerland) Oehms 847

REGER: Prelude & Fugue in C, Op. 56, no. 4 –Josef Still (1974 Klais/Trier Cathedral) Naxos 8.572907

REGER: Prelude & Fugue in b, Op. 56, no. 5 –Jean-Baptiste Dupont (1910 Link/Pauluskirche, Ulm, Germany) Hortus 163/4

Filler – Fugue in E, Op. 56, no. 1 (see above)

Hour 2

REGER: Sacred Songs (Befiehl dem Herrn deine Wege, 1902; Wohl denen, 1903; Doch du liessest ihn, Op. 19, no. 2) –Sabine Szameit, soprano; Dorothea Ohly-Riese, alto; Gotthold Schwarz, baritone; Rolf Schönstedt (1991 Rieger/Hochschule für Kirchenmusik, Herford, Germany) Thorofon 2336

REGER: Chorale-prelude, Op. 67, no. 52, and Cantata (1904), O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen –Verena Schweizer, soprano; Ruth Hellmann & Ursula Soldan, violin; Bertram Banz, viola; Christoph Hellmann, cello; Mainz Bach Choir/Diethard Hellmann; Hedwig Bilgram (1962 Förster & Nicolaus/Christuskirche, Mainz) Christophorus 74548

REGER: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (1914 & 1909) –Martin Welzel (1974 Klais/Trier Cathedral) Naxos 8.570455 & 8.57054

REGER: Chorale-Fantasy, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, Op. 40, no. 1 –Balás Szabó (1906 Link/Stadtkirche, Giengen an der Brenz, Germany) MD&G 920 1945

Filler – Fugue in b, Op. 56, no. 5 (see above)

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