Max Reger: Das Werk für Männerchor Vol. 2 (Max Reger: The works for men's choir, Vol. 2)

Featuring

Tristan Meister
Ensemble Vocapella Limburg
Max Reger
Hans Leo Hassler (von Roseneck)

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Composer's Artistic Vision

For his 'Eight Songs' Op. 83, Reger aimed for a style that was both challenging and appealing to the public, similar to his 'Schlichte Weisen' Op. 76, which were intended to be 'in the manner of a folksong' but not musically simple.

Composition History

Reger's 'Hoch lebe dies Haus' WoO VIII/7 is a three-bar, five-voiced miniature written in a guest book for his friends the Rikoffs, known today only from an auction catalog.

Composer Biography

Max Reger (1873-1916) was exposed to choral singing early in his life, particularly with the men's choral society Liederkranz in his hometown of Weiden.

Composition History

Reger's collection of 'Twelve Madrigals arranged for men's choir' was a commissioned work for the Swiss publisher Gebr. Hug & Co.

Compositional Technique

The madrigals arranged by Reger are mostly from the late 16th and early 17th centuries, with two Lully choruses from 'Roland' (1685) and two earlier madrigals also included.

Composition History

For his work on the madrigal arrangements, Reger received a total of 300 marks.

Composition History

Reger dedicated the madrigals to the Wiener Schubertbund and its longtime director Adolf Kirchl (1858-1936) for strategic rather than personal reasons.