Biography of Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)

23.06.1824
Born in Hamburg Altona son to a private teacher, giving music lessons, too.
1835
Debut as pianist
1843
Move to Leipzig and studies at the conservatory there on a scholarship of the Danish King
1847
After a tournee to Danzig appointment als pian player at the Danish court, meets Gade.
1848
Returns to Leipzig
1851
Appointment at the Cologne conservatory
1854
Music director in Barmen
1859
Music director of the university in Breslau
1860
Composer, pianist and conductor of Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
1869
Conducts the first complete performance of Brahms Requiem in Germany.
1882
Publication of the Sonata Undine op. 167, dedicated to Wilhelm Barge
1885
Teacher at Dresden conservatory for composition and piano. Among his students where Max Bruch,Edvard Grieg, Isaac Albeniz und Leos Janacek.
1888
Tschaikowsky calls Reinecke one of the most important and influential personality in the German musical life
1895
Withdrawal from conducting
1897
Head of Leipzig conservatory
1902
Emission from conservatory
15.03.1909
Premiere of the flute concerto in the version for flute and piano in Leipzig. Played by Schwedler, to whom it is dedicated.
1910
Last Composition Ballade for flute and orchestra
10.03.1910
Dies in Leipzig
Reinecke made the personal acquaintance of both, Mendelssohn and Schumann, as a young man. Liszt gave him a letter of recommendation for his trip to Paris and made him teach his daughter. Grieg, Sullivan, Svendsen and Janacek were some of his many pupils.

Sheet music for flute:

Drei Kadenzen KV 299 (C-Dur) (Kadenz)
(flute, harp)
Edition Breitkopf, 6859
Rating: mid-grade
  1. zum 1. Satz - Bewegt und mit Bravour
  2. zum 2. Satz
  3. zum 3. Satz
A score for the harp and a separate flute part. Probably for playing together it might be helpful for the flutist to play from the score, too.
Konzert op. 283 (D-Dur)
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(flute, piano orchestral excerpt)
Edition Breitkopf, 2870
Rating: difficult
  1. Allegro molto moderato
  2. Lento e mesto
  3. Finale
Romanticism - very flute like. Dedicated to Maximilian Schwedler. Composed in 1908.
Konzert op. 283 (D-Dur)
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(flute, piano)
Edition Breitkopf, Nr. 8735
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Allegro molto moderato
  2. Lento e mesto
  3. Finale moderato
Original text edition by Henrik Wiese. This was recommended to me....
Leichte Stücke
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(flute, piano)
Edition Kossack, 20056
Rating: easy
  1. Primula veris
  2. Serenata
  3. Bitte
  4. Unbekümmert sans souci
  5. Air
  6. Farandole
The pieces, which have been edite for flute, were taken from a teaching book for violin, written bei Reinecke. Both parts, flute and piano, are easy enough to be mastered by students.
Octet op. 216 (B-Dur)
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(flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns)
International Music Company, 2942
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Scherzo
  3. Adagio ma non troppo
  4. Finale (Allegro molto e grazioso)
Very nice, not easy and especially in the third and fourth movement demanding for the flute.
Sextett op. 271 (B-Dur)
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(flute, oboe, clarinet in H flat, bassoon, 2 horns in F)
Masters Music Publications, M 1724
Rating: difficult
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Adagio molto
  3. Vivace ma non troppo
  4. Finale - Allegro moderato ma con spirito
Parts and score
Very nice
Undine - Sonate für Pianoforte und Flöte op. 167 (e-moll)
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(flute, piano)
Robert Forberg
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Allegro
  2. Intermezzo - Allegretto vivace
  3. Andante tranquillo - molto vivace
  4. Finale - Allegro molto agitato ed appassionata, quasi Presto
I love romantical flute music. And this is the best example.
Based on the homonymous fable of Friedrich de la Motte-Fouque. Where have been 22 musical versions of this story in about a hundred years.
The story told by this piece of music: the nymph Undine falls in love with the knight Huldbrand and makes big sacrifices for this love. After the marriage her lover turns towards another woman. Undine returns to the world of ghosts and kills him.
First edition in 1882 and dedicated to the flutist Barge

CDs with/from Carl Reinecke

Carl Reinecke - From the Cradle to the Grave (1993)
Wind Octet - Wind Sextet
jpc
Naxos
    Wind Octet in B flat major, Op. 216 (c. 1892):
  1. Allegro moderato (08:43:00)
  2. Scherzo - Vivace (03:04:00)
  3. Adagio ma non troppo (05:53:00)
  4. Finale - Allegro molto e grazioso (05:15:00)
    5. Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Op. 202 (1888):
  5. Spiel und Tanz (Vivace) (02:32:00)
  6. Rüstiges Schaffen (Allegro) (02:35:00)
  7. O schöne Maiennacht (Andante con grazia) (03:49:00)
  8. Hochzeitszug (Moderato) (03:19:00)
  9. Trost (Con moto) (01:40:00)
  10. Geburtstagsmarsch (Vivace) (03:15:00)
  11. Im Silberkranze (Andante sostenuto) (03:42:00)
  12. Abendsonne (Andante) (03:38:00)
    13. Wind Sextet in B flat major; Op. 271 (c. 1905):
  13. Allegro moderato (08:07:00)
  14. Adagio molto (06:42:00)
  15. Finale - Allegro moderato, ma con spirito (05:36:00)
Patrick Gallois, Fabrice Pierre, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Carl Reinecke - Harp Concerto - Flute Concerto (2004)
jpc
Naxos
    Harp Concerto in E minor, Op. 182:
  1. Allegro moderato (11:18:00)
  2. Adagio (05:37:00)
  3. Finale-Scherzo - Allegro vivace (07:14:00)
    4. Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 283:
  4. Allegro molto moderato (08:12:00)
  5. Lento e mesto (07:03:00)
  6. Finale - Moderato (06:04:00)
  7. Ballade, Op. 288 (09:58:00)
Michel Debost, Christian Ivaldi
Flute Panorama CD 1 (1993)
2 - Paris-Leipzig 1900
Skarbo
    Charles-Marie Widor: Suite op. 34:
  1. Moderato (04:02:00)
  2. Scherzo (02:38:00)
  3. Romance (04:28:00)
  4. Final (05:30:00)
    5. Carl Reinecke: Sonate "Undine" opus 167:
  5. Allegro (06:40:00)
  6. Intermezzo Allegretto vivace (03:45:00)
  7. Andante tranquillo (03:26:00)
  8. Finale (05:35:00)
    9. Philippe Gaubert: Sonate:
  9. Modere (04:35:00)
  10. Lent (03:54:00)
  11. Allegro moderato (06:17:00)
  12. Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Sonata Appassionata (04:21:00)
  13. Gabriel Fauré: Morceau de Concours - Adagio non troppo (02:45:00)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, James Galway, Hiroyuki Iwaki, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Neville Marriner, Eduardo Mata, The Philharmonia Orchestra
James Galway plays Flute Concertos (CD 11/12) (2011)
Reinecke - Rodrigo - Arnold
jpc
RCA
    Carl Reinecke: Concerto for Flute & Orchestra in D major op. 283:
  1. Alelgro molto moderato (07:50:00)
  2. Lento e mesto (06:31:00)
  3. Moderato (06:08:00)
    4. Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto pastoral for Flute & Orchestra:
  4. Alelgro (07:32:00)
  5. Adagio (10:27:00)
  6. Rondo (06:29:00)
    7. Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for Flute & Chamber Orchestra No. 2 op. 11:
  7. Allegro moderato (06:37:00)
  8. Vivace (03:17:00)
  9. Allegretto (03:42:00)
    10. Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for Flute & Strings No. 1 op. 45:
  10. Allegro con energico (04:33:00)
  11. Andante (05:34:00)
  12. Con fuoco (01:58:00)
English Chamber Orchestra, Patrick Fournillier , Brigitte Meyer, Philippe Racine
Reinecke - Franck (1997)
Musique suisses
    Carl Reinecke: Konzert D-Dur op. 283:
  1. Allegro molto (08:29:00)
  2. Lento e mesto (06:00:00)
  3. Finale moderato (07:10:00)
    4. Carl Reinecke: Sonate e-moll op. 167 "Undine":
  4. Allegro (06:27:00)
  5. Intermezzo - Allegro vivace (03:40:00)
  6. Andante tranquillo (04:09:00)
  7. Finale. Allegro molto (05:53:00)
    8. César Franck: Sonate A-Dur (1886):
  8. Allegretto moderato (06:03:00)
  9. Allegro (07:40:00)
  10. Recitativo-Fantasia. Moderato (07:48:00)
  11. Allegretto poco mosso (05:59:00)
Peter-Lukas Graf, Bernhard Gueller, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Pinchas Steinberg
Romantic flute concertos (2001)
Reinecke - Reissiger
claves Records
    Carl Reinecke: Ballade für Flöte und Orchester:
  1. Adagio - Allegro - Tempo I (09:33:00)
    2. Carl Gottlieb Reissiger: Concertino in D-Dur:
  2. Allegro moderato (12:22:00)
  3. Polacca (08:09:00)
    4. Carl Reinecke: Concerto in D-Dur:
  4. Allegro molto moderato (09:17:00)
  5. Lento e mesto (06:34:00)
  6. Finale. Moderato (07:10:00)
Reinecke gehört zu meinen Favoriten. Die Flöte hat sich gegen ein mächtiges Orchester durchzusetzen. Bei dieser Aufnahme funktioniert das bestens. Graf singt und der SWR begleitet duftig und farbig.

Literature von/über Carl Reinecke

Last edit 02.05.2020