Reger Collection (18CD)

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                63’59

A Ballet Suite Op.130 (1913)

1. I. Entrée: Tempo di Marcia 3’03
2. II. Colombine: Adagietto (molto tranquillo) 3’31
3. III. Harlequin: Vivace 2’12
4. IV. Pierrot und Pierrette: Larghetto 3’38
5. V. Valse d’amour: Sostenuto – Tempo di Valse 2’53
6. VI. Finale: Presto 2’40

Concerto in the Old Style Op.123* (1912)

7. I. Allegro con spirito 7’47
8. II. Largo 9’15
9. III. Allegro 6’14

Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven Op.86

(arr. for orchestra) (1915)

10. Andante 1’34
11. Variation 1: Un poco più lento 2’03
12. Variation 2: Appassionato 1’20
13. Variation 3: Andantino grazioso 2’18
14. Variation 4: Vivace 0’48
15. Variation 5: Andante sostenuto 3’14
16. Variation 6: Allegretto con grazia 1’28
17. Variation 7: Poco vivace 1’25
18. Variation 8: Allegro pomposo 2’16
19. Fugue: Con spirito (non troppo allegro) 6’05

Karl Suske, *Heinz Schunk violin

Staatskapelle Berlin

Otmar Suitner

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                44’32

Variations and Fugue on a Theme of J.A. Hiller Op.100 (1907)

1. Theme: Andante grazioso 0’27
2. Variation 1: Più andante 1’08
3. Variation 2: Allegretto con grazia – Meno allegretto – Andante sostenuto – Largo 4’10
4. Variation 3: Vivace 2’23
5. Variation 4: Poco vivace 2’19
6. Variation 5: Andante sostenuto – Quasi più andante – Tempo primo – Più lento 4’02
7. Variation 6: Tempo di Minuetto – Meno mosso – Tempo primo 2’43
8. Variation 7: Presto 3’40
9. Variation 8: Andante con moto 3’14
10. Variation 9: Allegro con spirito – Poco meno mosso – Tempo primo 2’05
11. Variation 10: Allegro appassionato 2’23
12. Variation 11: Andante con moto – Più lento – Largo – Più largo 6’01
13. Fugue: Allegro moderato – Meno mosso – Tempo primo – Quasi largo – Più largo 9’58

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Franz Konwitschny

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                61’29

Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart Op.132 (1914)

1. Andante grazioso 2’25
2. Variation 1: L’istesse tempo 2’32
3. Variation 2: Poco agitato 2’03
4. Variation 3: Con moto 1’29
5. Variation 4: Vivace 0’44
6. Variation 5: Quasi presto 1’43
7. Variation 6: Sostenuto 2’11
8. Variation 7: Andante grazioso 2’33
9. Variation 8: Molto sostenuto 6’54
10. Fugue: Allegretto grazioso 9’47

Staatskapelle Berlin

Heinz Bongartz

Four Tone Poems a_ er Arnold Böcklin Op.128* (1913)

11. I. The hermit playing the violin: Molto sostenuto 9’42
12. II. The play of the waves: Vivace 4’30
13. III. The isle of the dead: Molto sostenuto (doch nie schleppend) 9’31
14. IV. Bacchanal: Vivace 5’00

* Walter Hartwich violin

Dresdner Philharmonie

Heinz Bongartz

CD4                                                                                                                                                                                74’13

Sinfonietta Op.90 (1905)

1. I. Allegro moderato (quasi Allegretto) – 15’22
2. II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace – Trio: Moderato 13’09
3. III. Larghetto 8’22
4. IV. Allegro con spirito – Più allegro 13’17

Günter Siering violin (3)

Dresdner Philharmonie

5. To Hope Op.124 (F. Hölderlin) (1912) for alto and orchestra 11’54
6. Hymn of Love Op.136 (L. Jacobowski) (1914) for alto/baritone and orchestra 11’57

Annelies Burmeister alto

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig

Heinz Bongartz

CD5                                                                                                                                                                                57’40

Violin Concerto Op.101 (1907–8)

1. I. Allegro moderato 27’35
2. II. Largo con gran espressione – 15’59
3. III. Allegro moderato (ma con spirito) 14’06

Manfred Scherzer violin

Staatskapelle Dresden

Herbert Blomstedt

CD6                                                                                                                                                                                41’43

Piano Concerto Op.114 (1910)

1. I. Allegro moderato 19’50
2. II. Largo con gran espressione – 10’30
3. III. Allegro con spirito 11’23

Amadeus Webersinke piano

Dresdner Philharmonie

Günther Herbig

CD7                                                                                                                                                                                52’33

Symphonic Prologue to a Tragedy Op.108 (short version) (1908)

1. Grave – Allegro agitato – Andante sostenuto – Largo 26’02

A Romantic Suite Op.125 (a_ er J.F. Eichendo_ f) (1912)

2. I. Notturno: Molto sostenuto 7’58
3. II. Scherzo: Vivace 8’17
4. III. Finale: Molto sostenuto 10’00

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Heinz Rögner

CD8                                                                                                                                                                                60’06

String Trio in A minor Op.77b (1904)

1. I. Sostenuto – Allegro agitato 7’45
2. II Larghetto 6’56
3. III. Scherzo: Vivace 2’33
4. IV. Allegro con moto 6’35

Clarinet Quintet Op.146 (1915)

5. I. Moderato ed amabile 8’59
6. II. Vivace 5’44
7. III. Largo 10’32
8. IV. Poco allegretto 10’49

Valerius Ensemble

Recording: 19-21 September 1997, Muziekcentrum Enschede, The Netherlands

CD9                                                                                                                                                                                79’25

Piano Trio Op.102

1. I. Allegro moderato, ma con passione 14’52
2. II. Allegretto 4’55
3. III. Largo 12’00
4. IV. Allegro con moto 9’54

ARTIUM TRIO

Francisco Lima Santos violin · Pedro Gomes Silva cello · João Barata piano

Recording: September 2018, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

Serenade Op.77a

5. I. Allegro 7’27
6. II. Andante semplice con variazioni 7’35
7. III. Presto 4’59

Serenade Op.141a

8. I. Vivace 5’03
9. II. Larghetto 6’32
10. III. Presto 5’58

Andrea Oliva flute · Carlo Parazzoli violin · Luca Sanzò viola

Recording: 25-27 May 2016, Art Studio, Rome, Italy

CD10                                                                                                                                                                              69’30

Clarinet Sonata in A flat Op.49 No.1 (1900)

1. I. Allegro affanato 7’02
2. II. Vivace 3’56
3. III. Larghetto 3’09
4. IV. Prestissimo assai 4’23

Clarinet Sonata in F sharp minor Op.49 No.2 (1900)

5. I. Allegro dolente 7’30
6. II. Vivacissimo 2’28
7. III. Larghetto 4’00
8. IV. Allegro affabile 5’00

Clarinet Sonata in B flat Op.107 (1908-1909)

9. I. Moderato 10’40
10. II. Vivace – Adagio – Vivace 5’08
11. III. Adagio 5’21
12. IV. Allegretto con grazia (Vivace) 7’02

Albumblatt in E flat (?1902)

13. Andante con moto 1’21

Tarantella in G minor (?1902)

14. Äußerst lebhaft 1‘45

Claudio Conti clarinet · Roberta Bambace piano

Recording: January-February 2015, Monteverdi Auditorium, Conservatory of Music of Mantua, Italy

CD11                                                                                                                                                                              44’39

Three Suites for Cello Solo Op.131c

Suite No.1 in G

1. I. Präludium 3’22
2. II. Adagio 4’41
3. III. Fuga 3’48

Suite No.2 in D minor

4. I. Präludium 5’05
5. II. Gavotte 2’54
6. III. Largo 4’24
7. IV. Gigue 2’44

Suite No.3 in A minor

8. I. Präludium 5’08
9. II. Scherzo 4‘39
10. III. Andante con Variazioni 7’32

Martina Biondi cello

Recording: 24-26 November 2023, Fondazione Scuola APM di Saluzzo, Italy

CD12                                                                                                                                                                              52’35

3 Suites for Viola Solo Op.131d (1915)

Suite No.1 in G minor

1. I. Molto sostenuto 4’29
2. II. Vivace 3’11
3. III. Andante sostenuto 2’35
4. IV. Molto vivace 1’16

Suite No.2 in D

5. I. Con moto (non troppo vivace) 2’08
6. II. Andante 3’24
7. III. Allegretto 1’38
8. IV. Vivace 2’16

Suite No.3 in E minor

9. I. Moderato 3’14
10. II. Vivace 1’54
11. III. Adagio 2’40
12. IV. Allegro vivace 1’30

Henri Vieuxtemps 1820–1881

13. Capriccio Op.55 (No.9 Op.posth) – Hommage à Paganini 3’08

Krzysztof Penderecki 1933–2020

14. Cadenza per viola sola (1984) 7’34

Benjamin Britten 1913–1976

15. Elegy (1930) 6’19

Igor Stravinsky 1882–1971

16. Élégie (1944) 4’46

Luca Sanzò viola

Recording: 14–16 March 2023, New Studio ‘G&G’ (Giovanni Caruso & Gisela Lòpez), Ardea, Italy

CD13                                                                                                                                                                              62’27

1. Chorale Fantasia Op.27 Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott (1898) 12’30
2. Chorale Fantasia Op.30 Freu’ dich sehr, o meine Seele (1898) 17’42

Chorale Fantasias Op.40

3. Wie schön leucht’t uns der Morgenstern (1899) 17’45
4. Straf’ mich nicht in deinem Zorn (1899) 14’10

Wouter van den Broek organ

Organ at the Grote of Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Breda, The Netherlands

Recording: 1989–1990

CD14                                                                                                                                                                              51‘43

Chorale Fantasias Op.52 (1900)

1. Alle Menschen müssen sterben 15’59
2. Wachet auf, ru_ uns die Stimme 18’46
3. Halleluja! Gott zu loben, bleibe meine Seelenfreud 16’46

Wouter van den Broek organ

Organ at the Stevenskerk, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Recording: 1990

CD15                                                                                                                                                                              64’25

Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H Op.46

1. Fantasy 8’05
2. Fugue 9’23

Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor Op.33

3. I. Fantasy 4’40
4. II. Intermezzo 5’52
5. III. Passacaglia 14’03

Sonata No.2 in D minor Op.60

6. I. Improvisation 8’28
7. II. Invocation 6’22
8. III. Introduction 2’12
9. IV. Fugue 4’47

Adriano Falcioni organ

Organ: Tamburini (1967) – Corna (2015)

at the San Lorenzo Metropolitan Cathedral, Perugia, Italy

Recording: 27-28 November 2016, Perugia’s San Lorenzo Metropolitan Cathedral, Italy

CD16                                                                                                                                                                              71’12

Symphonische Fantasie und Fuge in D minor Op.57 ‘Inferno Fantasie’

1. Fantasie 13’36
2. Fuge 10’15

Fantasie und Fuge in D minor Op.135b

3. Fantasie 7’25
4. Fuge 9’51

Introduktion, Passacaglia und Fuge in E minor Op.127

5. Introduktion 4’41
6. Passacaglia 14’28
7. Fuge 10’43

Roberto Marini

tr.1-4: at the Bruckner Organ of the Sti_ sbasilika St. Florian bei Linz, Austria

tr.5-7: at the Stahlhuth/Jann Organ of the St Ma_ in Church,

Dudelange, Luxembourg

Recording: 4 June 2011, St Florian bei linz, Austria (1-4); 13-14 April 2012, St Martin’s Church, Dudelange, Luxembourg (5-7)

CD17                                                                                                                                                                              72’16

Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach Op.81

1. Thema. Andante (quasi Adagio) 1’50
2. Variation I. L’Istesso Tempo 1’26
3. Variation II. (sempre espressivo ed assai legato) 1’19
4. Variation III. Grave assai 3’18
5. Variation IV. Vivace 1’08
6. Variation V. Vivace 1’36
7. Variation VI. Allegro moderato 1’25
8. Variation VII. Adagio 2’09
9. Variation VIII. Vivace 1’11
10. Variation IX. Grave e sempre molto espressivo 3’15
11. Variation X. Poco vivace 1’01
12. Variation XI. Allegro agitato 1’07
13. Variation XII. Andante sostenuto 2’31
14. Variation XIII. Vivace 0’52
15. Variation XIV. Con moto 1’48
16. Fugue – Sostenuto – Più moto – Adagio 8’57

Träume am Kamin [Dreams by the fireside] Op.143

17. I. Larghetto in B flat 3’34
18. II. Con moto in E flat – Andante 2’37
19. III. Molto adagio in A 3’40
20. IV. Allegretto grazioso in E – Andante – Tempo primo 2’22
21. V. Agitato in B minor 2’50
22. VI. Poco vivace in A flat – Molto sostenuto – Tempo primo – Andante 2’10
23. VII. Molto sostenuto in D 4’12
24. VIII. Vivace (Etüde) in C 1’11
25. IX. Larghetto in E flat 4’05
26. X. Vivace (Humoreske) in D minor – Meno mosso – Vivace – Un poco meno mosso - Adagio 2’38
27. XI. Andantino in G minor 3’40
28. XII. Larghetto in D (Studie) 4’10

Eden Walker piano

Recording: 16–17th October 2023, Wyastone Concert Hall, United Kingdom

CD18                                                                                                                                                                              55’19

Sacred Songs Op.138 (1914) for 4–8 mixed voices

1. No.1: Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit 3’03
2. No.2: Morgengesang (Du höchstes Licht) 2’07
3. No.3: Nachtlied (Die Nacht ist kommen) 3’00
4. No.4: Unser lieben Frauen Traum 1’59

Sacred Songs Op.110* (1912) 5-part motets for a capella choir

5. No.1: Mein Odem is nicht schwach 17’21
6. No.2: Ach, Herr, strafe mich nicht 17’11
7. No.3: O Tod, wie bitter bist du 10’19

Rundfunkchor Berlin

*Runkfunk-Solistenvereinigung Berlin

Dietrich Knothe

Recording: 1974–5, Berlin