SKU: CA.5280400

ISBN 9790007139384.

The fourth volume of the section of the Reger Edition devoted to his organ works comprises, in chronological order, the chorale preludes composed between October 1893 and November 1914 in Wiesbaden, Weiden, Munich, Leipzig, and Meiningen. The composition of chorale preludes accompanied Reger throughout his entire career, even though they were composed primarily in the years from 1900 to 1902 and 1914 (Opus 135a). As almost no other composer at the turn of the century, he dedicated himself to the chorale prelude, composing around 100 works in this genre. Since January 2008, the first scholarly, critical edition of the works of Max Reger (RWA) is being produced at the Max-Reger-Institute, Karlsruhe. Its design as a hybrid edition breaks new ground in the methods of editorial practice. It comprises three areas of Reger's compositional output: Organ works, Lieder and choruses and, for the first time, Max Reger's arrangements of works by other composers. To begin the series, the first seven volumes have been published and contain the organ works, which have been eagerly awaited by many.

SKU: CA.5288400

ISBN M-007-18320-2. All languages.

SKU: M7.DOHR-20446

ISBN 9790202044469.

Max Reger fühlte sich nicht nur als neuer Bach, sondern wurde von seinen Zeitgenossen auch als solcher angesehen. Tatsächlich war Bach Regers Bezugspunkt in all seinen künstlerischen Äußerungsformen: als Komponist, der Bach''sche Formen - Fugen, Motetten, Choralvorspiele - aufgriff; als Interpret, der Bach immer wieder auf seine Programme setzte; als Bearbeiter, der sich mehr als jeder andere Komponist mit seinem Übervater auseinandersetzte. So hat Reger insgesamt etwa 150 Werke Bachs bearbeitet, um Bach populärer zu machen, aber auch, um sich kompositorisch an seinen Werken weiter zu bilden. Die hier in fünf Heften vorgelegten 15 Bearbeitungen Bach'scher Klavierwerke entstanden 1902/1903 und erschienen im gleichen Zeitraum im Verlag Joseph Aibl (München). Mit ihnen verfolgte Reger das Ziel, das Repertoire des Organisten um weitere authentische Bachsche Kompositionen zu bereichern. (Otto Depenheuer) Die vorliegende Ausgabe bietet den Notentext im Reprint der erwähnten Erstausgabe.

SKU: PE.EP11591

ISBN 9790014135119. German.

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.

SKU: CA.5040513

ISBN 9790007081737. Key: D minor. Language: German/English.

The choral cantatas are Reger's most personal and most substantial contribution to one of the principal categories of Protestant church music, and they are only major works in this field by one of the foremost composers of his time. This is true despite the fact that Reger himself does not appear to have considered the cantatas to figure among his principal compositions, as he gave them no opus numbers. In contrast to the three other chorale cantatas of Reger which exist in a definitive form, there is no record of the place or date of the first performance of O wie selig, or indeed of any performance of it during the composer's lifetime. Score and part available separately - see item CA.5040500.