This album is a continuation of the Munich Radio Orchestra's first CD featuring works by Carl Reinecke, with Henry Raudales as soloist and conductor.
Critical Reception
Reinecke's Second Symphony 'Håkon Jarl' was considered too conservative by progressives and too progressive by conservatives at its premiere, leading to a cool reception in Leipzig.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Reinecke considered himself a 'preserver' of tradition, playing a decisive role in the first complete editions of music by Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Chopin.
Performer Biography
Henry Raudales, the Belgian violinist and conductor on this recording, received his first violin lessons from his father at age four in Guatemala.
Composer Biography
Carl Reinecke, a prominent musician in Leipzig for 50 years, served as Gewandhauskapellmeister for 35 years and a professor at the music conservatory for 42 years.
Composer Biography
Carl Reinecke was the earliest-born pianist whose piano playing was recorded, having sat down in a studio in 1904 at an advanced age.
Compositional Technique
Reinecke's music is characterized by its distinguished and orderly form, balance, love for sonority, effortlessly flowing melodies, and subtle humor.
