MAX REGER: THE ORCHESTRAL EDITION (12 CDS)

Max Reger’s art was one of perpetual creative celebration and his orchestral output defies any easy categorization. Reger was a remarkable musical innovator yet a traditionalist at heart. Like his beloved Bach, he had one foot in the past, and one securely in the future: Schoenberg was an active champion. Reproached for the density of his instrumentation and ambiguously thick textures, Reger’s work could also be extraordinarily subtle: he was a master of silences and impressionistic suggestion.

The present anthology of recordings provides a unique record of Max Reger’s varied, idiosyncratic and complex orchestral output. Released in the wake of the centenary of the composer’s death, it is a long overdue survey of his oeuvre, and is the most comprehensive edition of his orchestral works. Produced with the support of the Max Reger Institute and featuring definitive interpretations by Horst Stein and the Bamberger Symphoniker, it includes recordings made in co-operation with Bayerischer Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk and Deutschland Radio (formerly RIAS).

• The most comprehensive edition of Reger’s orchestral works – an expanded reissue of the critically acclaimed and much sought-after Reger Edition on the Koch-Schwann label.
• Includes many definitive Reger interpretations by the legendary conductor Horst Stein and his Bamberger Symphoniker – an orchestra with a special relationship to Reger’s oeuvre and located close to Reger’s hometown.
• First CD release of Gesang der Verklärten, op.71
• Booklet includes an essay by the renowned Reger authority Prof. Dr. Susanne Popp, co-director of the Max Reger Institute, Karlsruhefull; and a chronological list of works.

Reger: Symphonic Prologue to a Tragedy, Op. 108
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Gerd Albrecht

Reger: Romances, Op. 50
Hans Maile (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Uros Lajovic

Reger: Eine romantische Suite, Op. 125
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Gerd Albrecht

Reger: Tone Poems (4) after Arnold Böcklin, Op. 128
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Gerd Albrecht

Reger: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Johann Adam Hiller Op. 100
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Eine Ballettsuite, Op. 130
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Variations and Fugue for Orchestra on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 132
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Beethoven Op. 86
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Suite im alten Stil, Op. 93
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Serenade G-Dur Op. 95
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Concerto for orchestra 'Im alten Stil', Op. 123
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Sinfonietta in A major, Op. 90
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Lustspielouverture Op. 120
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Symphonic Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra, Op.147
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 103a
arr. violin & orchestra
Walter Forchert (violin)
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Scherzino for String Orchestra and Horn
Marie-Luise Neunecker (horn)
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 114
Gerhard Oppitz (piano)
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 101
Walter Forchert (violin)
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Requiem, Op. 144b
Marga Höffgen (contralto)
NDR-Chor, NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Roland Bader

Reger: Kyrie Eleison (from Requiem, WoO V / 9)
Yoko Kawahara (soprano), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Hans-Dieter Bader (tenor), Nikolaus Hillebrand (bass)
NDR-Chor, NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Roland Bader

Reger: Dies Irae (from Requiem WoO V / 9)
Yoko Kawahara (soprano), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Hans-Dieter Bader (tenor), Nikolaus Hillebrand (bass)
NDR-Chor, NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Roland Bader

Reger: Gesang der Verklärten, Op.71
Lioba Braun (mezzo-soprano)
NDR-Chor, NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Roland Bader

Reger: Die Weihe der Nacht, Op.119
Fritz Walter-Lindquist (piano)
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Psalm 100
Ursula Kunz, (contralto)
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Weihegesang, WoO V / 6
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Die Nonnen, Op. 112
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Glück, Op. 76 No. 16
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Mittag, Op. 76 No. 35
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Glückes genug, Op. 37 No 3
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Wiegenlied, Op. 43 No. 5
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Des Kindes Gebet, Op. 76 No. 22
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Mariä Wiegenlied, Op. 76 No. 52
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Aeolsharfe, Op. 75 No. 11
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Gesänge (5), Op. 198: No. 1. Aus den Himmelsaugen
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Lieder (4), Op. 97: No. 1 Das Dorf
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Flieder, Op. 35 No. 4
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Mein Traum, Op. 31 No. 5
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: Reinheit, Op. 62 No. 11 Fromm
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein

Reger: An die Hoffnung, Op. 124
Lioba Braun (mezzo-soprano)
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein