CARL REINECKE

CARL REINECKE
FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE (2008)
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Chamber music purely for wind ensembles 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 piano 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.

Octet, Op. 216
1. I. Allegro moderato
2. II. Scherzo: Vivace
3. III. Adagio ma non troppo
4. IV. Finale: Allegro molto e grazioso
Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Op. 202
(from the Craddle to the Grave)
5. I. Spiel und Tanz
6. II. Rustiges Schaffen
7. III. O schone Maiennacht
8. IV. Hochzeitszug 9. V. Trost
10. VI. Geburtstagsmarsch
11. VII. Im Silberkranze
12. VIII. Abendsonne
Sextet, Op. 271
13. I. Allegro moderato
14. II. Adagio molto
15. III. Finale: Allegro moderato ma con spirito