Rietz, Mendelssohn & Reinecke: Sonates romantiques

Featuring

Giampaolo Pretto
Marino Nicolini
Julius Rietz
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Carl Reinecke

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Composer Biography

Julius Rietz, a cellist, conductor, and composer, studied composition with Carl Friedrich Zelter, who was also Mendelssohn's teacher.

Compositional Technique

Reinecke's 'Undine' Sonata, while classically structured, includes descriptive episodes, such as the 'ondoso' first theme of the Allegro evoking water.

Performer Biography

Giampaolo Pretto, the flutist on this album, is the 1st solo flute with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI in Turin and a founding member of the Bibiena Quintet.

Performer Biography

Marino Nicolini, the pianist, has won several piano competitions, including the Franz Liszt International Competition in Lucca (1st prize) and the Johannes Brahms International Chamber Music Competition (2nd prize).

Composer Biography

Julius Rietz held several prestigious positions, including Kapellmeister at the Dresden Court, director of the city's conservatory, and general director of music.

Composition History

Carl Heinrich Reinecke's 'Undine' Sonata, Op. 167, written in 1882, is based on the tragic fairy tale of Undine, published in 1811 by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.

Composition History

Mendelssohn's Sonata in F major for violin and piano was forgotten until the 1950s when Yehudi Menuhin, a famous violinist, rediscovered it and supervised its publication.