Robert Oberaigner, Michael Schöch - Reger: Complete Works for Clarinet and Piano (2016)

Tracklist

01. Sonate No. 1 für Klarinette und Klavier in A-Flat Major, Op. 49: I. Allegro affanato
02. Sonate No. 1 für Klarinette und Klavier in A-Flat Major, Op. 49: II. Vivace
03. Sonate No. 1 für Klarinette und Klavier in A-Flat Major, Op. 49: III. Larghetto, ma non troppo, un poco con moto
04. Sonate No. 1 für Klarinette und Klavier in A-Flat Major, Op. 49: IV. Prestissimo assai
05. Sonate No. 2 für Klarinette und Klavier in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 49: I. Allegro dolente
06. Sonate No. 2 für Klarinette und Klavier in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 49: II. Vivacissimo
07. Sonate No. 2 für Klarinette und Klavier in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 49: III. Larghetto, un poco con moto
08. Sonate No. 2 für Klarinette und Klavier in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 49: IV. Allegro affabile, con moto
09. Sonate No. 3 für Klarinette und Klavier in B-Flat Major, Op. 107: I. Moderato
10. Sonate No. 3 für Klarinette und Klavier in B-Flat Major, Op. 107: II. Vivace
11. Sonate No. 3 für Klarinette und Klavier in B-Flat Major, Op. 107: III. Adagio
12. Sonate No. 3 für Klarinette und Klavier in B-Flat Major, Op. 107: IV. Allegretto con grazia, vivace
13. Tarantella für Klarinette und Klavier in G Minor, WoO II, No. 12
14. Albumblatt für Klarinette und Klavier in E-Flat Major, WoO II, No. 1

The Dresden State Orchestra’s young solo clarinettist Robert Oberaigner and the ARD prizewinner Michael Schöch have joined forces on this recording to present Reger's two clarinet sonatas op. 49 along with his Sonata op. 107.

Right from the beginning Reger’s op. 49 No. 1 is absolutely enthralling: “Allegro affannato” is his interpretive prescription here, and Oberaigner and Schöch’s rendering of a character situated somewhere between “breathless,” “hurried,” and “pressured” has to be heard to be believed!

Reger’s third sonata, composed some eight years after the first two, produces its effect in a very similar manner: classical in its design, this work wins over the listener with clarity and simplicity reflecting the greatest mastery. The premiere, at which the dedicatee Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig zu Hesse himself was in attendance, must have been an overwhelming success.

The two soloists form a chamber dream duo of a kind that is only rarely found. Tone colours and expressive gestures are exchanged and further developed, so that the result is pure joy: competition occurs in the field of dynamic expression, and the quest for the unknown becomes a common cause. Luxurious 2+2+2 sound, a Super Audio CD of the highest recording quality.

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