Octet / Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (From the Cradle to the Grave) / Sextet
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CARL REINECKE
Octet / Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (From the Cradle to the Grave) / Sextet
Fenwick Smith (flute) Hugh Hinton (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, members
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 1 July 2008
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Chamber music purely for wind ensembles was largely overlooked by Romantic composers and as a result Carl Reinecke's genial Sextet and Octet for wind loom rather large in a sparse landscape.
They are substantial, handsomely crafted works in which Reinecke's skill for scoring yields a sonority at once rich, noble and beautifully balanced. Reinecke's cycle of sixteen piano pieces Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, here arranged for flute and piano by Ernesto Köhler, is a homage to his contemporary Robert Schumann yet loses nothing of the composer's originality and vitality.
Tracks:
Octet, Op. 216
Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Op. 202 (arr. for flute and piano)
Sextet, Op. 271
