CARL HEINRICH
CARSTEN REINECKE (HAMBURG, GERMANY 23 JUNE 1824 – LEIPZIG, GERMANY 10 MARCH
1910)
Reinecke was born in what is
today Hamburg, Germany province of Altona; technically he was born a Dane, as
until 1864 the town was under Danish rule. He received all his musical
instruction from his father, (Johann Peter) Rudolf Reinecke (22 November 1795 –
14 August 1883), a music teacher and writer on musical subjects. Carl first devoted
himself to violin-playing, but later on turned his attention to the piano. He
began to compose at the age of seven, and his first public appearance as a
pianist was when he was twelve years old. At the age of 19, he undertook his
first concert tour as a pianist in 1843, through Denmark and Sweden, after
which he lived for a long time in Leipzig, where he studied under Felix
Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann and Franz Liszt; he entered into friendly
relations with the former two. After the stay in Leipzig, Reinecke went on tour
with Königslöw and Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski (later Schumann's
biographer), in North Germany and Denmark. In 1846, Reinecke was appointed
Court Pianist for Christian VIII in Copenhagen. There he remained until 1848,
when he resigned and went to Paris. Overall he wrote four concertos for his
instrument (and many cadenzas for others' works, including a large set
published as his Opus 87), as well as concertos for violin, cello, harp and
flute. In the winter of 1850/51, Carl Schurz reports attending weekly
"musical evenings" in Paris where Reinecke was in attendance. In
1851, Reinecke became a professor at the Cologne Conservatory. In ensuing years
he was appointed musical director at the German metropolis of Barmen, and became
the academic, musical director and conductor of the Singakademie at Breslau. In
1860, Reinecke was appointed director of the Gewandhaus Orchestra concerts in
Leipzig, and professor of composition and piano at the Conservatorium. He led
the orchestra for more than three decades, until 1895. He conducted premieres
such as the full seven-movement version of Brahms's A German Requiem (1869). In
1865 the Gewandhaus-Quartett premiered his piano quintet, and in 1892 his D
major string quartet. Reinecke is best known for his flute sonata
"Undine", but he is also remembered as one of the most influential
and versatile musicians of his time. He served as a teacher for 35 years, until
his retirement in 1902. His students included Edvard Grieg, Basil Harwood,
Charles Villiers Stanford, Christian Sinding, Leoš Janáček, Constanta
Erbiceanu, Isaac Albéniz, August Max Fiedler, Walter Niemann, Johan Svendsen,
Richard Franck, Felix Weingartner, Max Bruch, Mikalojus Konstantinas
Čiurlionis, Ernest Hutcheson, Felix Fox, August Winding and many others. After
retirement from the conservatory, Reinecke devoted his time to composition,
resulting in almost three hundred published works. He wrote several operas
(none of which are performed today) including König Manfred. During this time,
he frequently made concert tours to England and elsewhere. His piano playing
belonged to a school in which grace and neatness were characteristic, and at
one time he was probably unrivaled as a Mozart player and an accompanist.
TRACKLIST
1. 168
WELTE-MIGNON SCHUMANN - “Fantasiestücke”, Op. 12, No. 3 Warum (Why)
2. 181
WELTE-MIGNON MOZART - Piano Sonata, K. 333, Bb 2nd mvt
3. 182
WELTE-MIGNON MOZART - Piano Sonata, K. 331, A 3rd mvt. “Rondo à la Turque”
4. 184
WELTE-MIGNON BEETHOVEN - Ecossaisen (Scottish Dances), Eb, WoO 86
5. 204
WELTE-MIGNON REINECKE - Gondoliera, Op. 86, No. 3
6. 219
WELTE-MIGNON REINECKE - Prelude to Act V
of the Opera “King Manfred”
7. 237
WELTE-MIGNON MOZART - Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, K. 537, Coronation II.
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