The piano music of the Czech-born composer Antoine Reicha (1770-1836) - friend of Haydn and Beethoven, teacher of Berlioz, Liszt, Franck and many others - is one of the best-kept secrets in music. He was an important influence on composers of the next generation but apart from an innovative set of fugues his piano works have remained almost unknown since his own day. Encompassing Baroque practices as well as looking forward to the twentieth century, they are full of harmonic and other surprises that show this liveliest of musical minds at work. Reicha's twenty Ã‰tudes ou Exercices, recorded here for the first time, manage to combine his maverick inventiveness with a considerable degree of charm.

Tracklist:

Rondeau No. 2 In F Major
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 1, Les Douze Gammes Majeures
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 2, Les Douze Gammes Mineures
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 3, Gamme Chromatiques
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 4, Les Cadences
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 5, Les Agrémens
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 6, Les Accords Brisés
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 7, Les Tierces
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 8, Les Clefs
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 9, Les Octaves
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 1: No. 10, L'enharmonique
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 1, Adagio Molto Et Sostenuto
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 2, Allegro Poco Vivace
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 3, Andante Un Poco Adagio
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 4, Allegro Un Poco Vivace
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 5, Andante
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 6, Allegretto
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 7, Un Poco Largo
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 8, Allegro
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 9, La Fûgue. Allegretto
Études Ou Exercices, Op. 30, Livre 2: No. 10, Adagio Molto
Fantaisie Sur Un Thème De Girolamo Frescobaldi

UPC: 5060113442437
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 11.2.18
Format: CD

Reicha / Lowenmark - Complete Piano Music 3 (CD)