Jacob Leuschner, the pianist, has performed the complete piano sonatas of Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert in concert cycles multiple times.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Reger's compositional style is characterized by an extreme expansion of the tonal system, where dissonance often leads to further dissonance rather than consonance.
Critical Reception
Max Reger's music still divides opinion, with some serious musicians rejecting his work, and even professional cellists being unaware of his four cello sonatas.
Composition History
Max Reger dedicated many of his cello compositions to renowned German virtuosos of his time, such as Julius Klengel, Hugo Becker, Paul Grümmer, and Oskar Brückner.
Composer Biography
Max Reger had a 'gargantuan appetite' for food and alcoholic beverages, which ultimately led to his health's undoing.
Performer Biography
Guido Schiefen, the cellist, was a prize winner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1990 at the age of twenty-two.
Recording & Production
Guido Schiefen, the cellist on this recording, played with a cello bow made by Hermann Richard Pfretzschner that was personally dedicated to Oskar Brückner, the dedicatee of Reger's First Sonata.
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