Antoine Reicha Piano Music, Volume Four
Henrik Löwenmark (piano)
Löwenmark’s performances are fluent, spirited, committed, and for the most part technically admirable, with precise, even runs and excellent balance and coordination of the hands. His playing...
Antoine Reicha Piano Music, Volume Four
Henrik Löwenmark (piano)
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Löwenmark’s performances are fluent, spirited, committed, and for the most part technically admirable, with precise, even runs and excellent balance and coordination of the hands. His playing...
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The piano music of the Czech-born composer Antoine Reicha (1770–1836) – friend of Haydn and Beethoven, teacher of Berlioz, Liszt and Franck – has only recently begun to be discovered. He was an important influence on composers of the next generation but until the last few years his piano works remained almost completely unknown. Encompassing Baroque practices as well as looking forward to the twentieth century, they are full of harmonic and other surprises that show this liveliest of musical minds at work. In this fourth volume of his survey of Reicha’s piano music Henrik Löwenmark sandwiches a number of quixotic miniatures between two grand but idiosyncratic sonatas.
Contents and tracklist
- Henrik Löwenmark (piano)
- Henrik Löwenmark (piano)
- Henrik Löwenmark (piano)
- Henrik Löwenmark (piano)
- Henrik Löwenmark (piano)
- Henrik Löwenmark (piano)
- Henrik Löwenmark (piano)
- Henrik Löwenmark (piano)
Awards and reviews
November 2020
Löwenmark’s performances are fluent, spirited, committed, and for the most part technically admirable, with precise, even runs and excellent balance and coordination of the hands. His playing is sensitive to nuance but also has reserves of power for the climaxes...This release confirms the impression that Reicha is an interesting and original composer. His music is often idiosyncratic and requires careful listening to appreciate its subtleties.
