Rheinberger: Six Pieces, Op. 150 / Suite for Violin and Organ, Op. 166
9/1/2005, 10 Tracks, 59:53
Featuring
Line Most
Marie Ziener
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
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Composer Biography
Rheinberger taught at the Munich Conservatory, and his pupils included notable composers like Engelbert Humperdinck and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, as well as conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler.
Compositional Technique
Rheinberger's music, as exemplified by the Overture in Op. 150, often synthesizes baroque and romantic styles, blending majestic introductions with romantic cantabile episodes.
Performer Biography
Marie Ziener, the organist, is the organist at David's Church in Copenhagen and has studied with renowned organists like Marie-Claire Alain in Paris and David Sanger in London.
Performer Biography
Line Most, the violinist on this album, is a member of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and performs extensively as a chamber musician.
Compositional Technique
The Suite for Violin and Organ, Op. 166, concludes with a virtuosic Moto perpetuo where the violin plays in semiquaver triplets for two hundred bars without rest, demanding great stamina from the violinist.
Critical Reception
During his lifetime, Rheinberger was respected as a musician and composer but did not achieve the highest pinnacle of fame, and his music became quickly neglected after his death.
Composer Biography
Joseph Rheinberger, born in 1839, is considered Liechtenstein's most important composer, having started music lessons at age five and becoming an organist in Vaduz at seven.
