Peter Gülke, Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra - Anton Reicha: Sinfonia Concertante, Symphony, Overture (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 283 Mb | Total time: 63:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | # MDG 355 0661-2 | Recorded: 1995
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 283 Mb | Total time: 63:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | # MDG 355 0661-2 | Recorded: 1995
Czech composer Reicha's modern fame rests almost solely on his being the creator of the wind quintet, of which he composed more than 20. But he was a keenly imaginative, even experimental composer and theoretician whose omnivorous curiosity encompassed a vivid sense of humor. Like most Czech musicians, he had a special skill in writing for wind instruments, but he was also interested in such "modern" effects as quarter-tones, bi-tonality, and complex rhythms. The Overture in D, for example, is composed entirely in 5/8 time, and its lopsided rhythm really sounds like Mozart with a limp. All of the music on this delightful disc will thrill fans of the classical period–there really was more to it than Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
