Par REGER MAX. The seven chorale fantasias by Max Reger are among the most important of organ repertoire ? masterpieces blending chorale melody and programmatic music based on the text of the chorales. Published on the occasion of the composer's 150th birthday, this fundamentally revised Urtext edition, in two volumes, is edited by the internationally renowned organist and Leipzig professor of organ Martin Schmeding. As one of the most influential Reger interpreters, Schmeding not only includes the latest research, but also addresses the need for a contemporary interpretation of the chorale fantasias on modern organs. The edition includes all the original dynamic and agogic indications (including continuation lines to cresc., etc., which are missing in many modern editions), as well as all the original registration and manual indications. Martin Schmeding's new edition provides for the first time an original musical text that combines the requirements of a modern Urtext edition with the demands of a practical edition. / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Recueil / Orgue

Max Reger composed the present work in 1899 for the 'Schönberger Orgelalbum' which served as a means of funding the new organ in Schönberg im Taunus. Other renowned organ composers of the time also contributed works to this project such as Guilmant Rheinberger and Widor. Reger referred to his piece as a 'little work' that is 'intentionally not difficult' – yet he succeeded in creating a highly skillful piece that was hailed as a confirmation of Reger's artistry at the organ and enjoyed great popularity from the very start. 

?For me Sebastian Bach is the be-all and end-all of music; true progress lies and resides in him alone.? It was with these programmatic words that Max Reger prefaced his answer to a survey ?What does Johann SebastianBach mean to me and what is his significance for our time?? posed by the editors of a magazine in 1905. Reger had already proven his adoration of Bach with his magnificent homage to the composer written and publishedin 1900 and probably the best-known of his works for Organ. It is an established work in the concert repertoire of well-known virtuosi but is also increasingly being performed by ambitious church musicians. Henle has nowpublished this sea of notes and performance directions in an edition with a particularly clear and readable text.

Par REGER MAX. Editeur(s) d'origine: Klotz, H. -Weyer, M. -Haselböck,/ Répertoire / Orgue

Par LISZT FRANZ / REGER MAX. Editeur(s) d'origine: Sievers, Gerd/ Répertoire / Orgue

Par REGER MAX. Editeur(s) d'origine: Klotz, H. -Weyer, M. -Haselböck,/ Répertoire / Orgue

Par REGER MAX. Editeur(s) d'origine: Klotz, H. -Weyer, M. -Haselböck,/ Répertoire / Orgue