Emil von Reznicek(1860-1945): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music

[Dundonnell]

EMIL VON REZNICEK: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1877:   "Hexenszene aus Macbeth" for orchestra
1883:   Symphonic Suite in E minor for orchestra
1892:   "Probst-Marsch" for military band
1894:   Requiem for five voices, chorus and orchestra
1895:   Comedy Overture: 9 minutes     + (cpo cd)
             Mass in F major for chorus and orchestra  (lost)
1895-96:Symphonic Suite in D major for orchestra
1900:   Overture "Wie Till Eulenspiegel lebte"
1902:   Symphony No.1  "Tragic" in D minor: 55 minutes    +  (cpo cd)
1903/30:Fruhlings-Ouverture "Im deutschen Wald" (renamed "Golpirol Overture" or "Concert Overture")
1903:   Nachtstuck in F major for Violin or Cello and Orchestra: 10 minutes
             "Ruhm und Ewigkeit" for mezzo-soprano or tenor and orchestra
1904:   Symphony No.2 "Ironic" in B flat: 25 minutes   + (cpo cd)
              "Deutsche Volkslieder aus 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'" for voice and orchestra
1905/20:Serenade for Strings in G major    +  (Koch Schwann cd)
1906:   Introduction and Valse Capriccio in D major for Violin and Orchestra (lost)
1907:   Prelude and Chromatic Fugue in C sharp minor for orchestra
1911-12:"Schlemihl" ("A Symphonic Life Story") for tenor and orchestra: 44 minutes    +  (cpo cd)
1912:   Prelude and Fugue in C minor for orchestra
              Four Songs of Prayer and Repentence for contralto or bass and orchestra:11 minutes    +  (cpo cd)
1913:   Symphonic Poem "Der Sieger" for contralto, chorus and orchestra: 48 minutes    +  (cpo cd)
             "Walzerserenade" for orchestra
1914:   "Frieden" for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra  (lost)
1915:   Traumspiel-Suite for orchestra
             "In Memoriam" for contralto, bass, chorus, organ, two trumpets, timpani, harp and strings: 90 minutes
1918:   Konzertstuck for Violin and Orchestra in E major
             Violin Concerto in E minor: 26 minutes     + (Koch Schwann)
             Symphony No.3 "Im alten Stil" in D major: 30 minutes  +  (Koch Schwann cd)
1919:   Symphony No.4 in F minor: 39 minutes    +  (Koch Schwann cd)
1921:   Theme and Variations on Chamisso's 'Tragische Geschichte" for bass and orchestra: 19 minutes   + (Hanssler and cpo cds)
1924:   Symphony No.5 "Tanz-Symphonie": 40 minutes    +  (cpo and Antes cds)
             Valse pathetique for orchestra
            "Ernster Walzfrie" for orchestra
1925:   Overture-Fantasy "Raskolnikoff" No.1   (lost)
1926:   Fest-Ouverture
1929:   Overture-Fantasy "Rakolnikoff" No.2: 22 minutes   + (cpo cd)
             "Die steirerne Psalmsti" for chorus, organ and orchestra
             Symphonic Variations on 'Kol Nidrey' for orchestra: 24 minutes  + (cpo cd)
1930:   "Vom ewigen Frieden" for soprano or tenor, chorus and orchestra
             Overture-Fantasy "Raskolnikoff" No.3  (lost)
1931/43:Carnival Suite "Im alten Stil" for orchestra

and

Symphonietta in B major for orchestra
"Hindenburgmarsch" for orchestra or military band
Prelude "Mea culpa" for string orchestra

   

[eschiss1]

IMSLP seems to have a moderately good worklist in this case (here), by the way, prepared in part I think by someone who has permission to typeset and upload some new editions of Reznicek scores (including lesser-known and possibly incomplete manuscript chamber works) to the site

[Dundonnell]

That's the one I used

[FBerwald]

What key is the Tanz-Symphonie [No. 5] in ? ....and wasn't there another Violin concerto in E Major? I remember reading about it somewhere..

[Balapoel]

What key is the Tanz-Symphonie [No. 5] in ? ....and wasn't there another Violin concerto in E Major? I remember reading about it somewhere..

Symphony No. 5 in f# minor, "Tanz-Symphonie"
Konzertstück for violin and orchestra in E (composed 1918)
Violin Concerto in e minor (composed 1918)

[chill319]

Thanks, Belapoel. Von Reznicek is a personal favorite.

[FBerwald]

wasn't there another Violin concerto in E Major? I remember reading about it somewhere..

Symphony No. 5 in f# minor, "Tanz-Symphonie"
Konzertstück for violin and orchestra in E (composed 1918)
Violin Concerto in e minor (composed 1918)

No I mean a completely different concerto. According to the Moulton-Gertig Numbering
Konzertstück in E major is G. 58 and
Violin Concerto in E minor is G. 59. both from 1918.
This undated concerto is Violin Concerto in E major G. 111.

Any idea about this work?

[gpdlt2010]

Thanks to Dundonnell for the catalogue & discography of Reznicek's works.
To judge by the presence of no less than three Raskolnikoff overtures, he seems to have had a fixation on Crime & Punishment...:-)

[Alan Howe]

....there is, of course, much more to Reznicek than purely orchestral music!

[Balapoel]

I thought I did this one too, but on cue...

Chamber
   String Quartet No. 1 in c minor (composed 1882)
   Nachtstück for piano, violin and cello (composed 1905)
   String Quartet No. 2 in c# minor (composed 1906, revised 1921)
   Für unseren Kleinen for piano, violin and cello (composed 1921)
   String Quartet No. 3 in d minor (composed 1922)
   Kol Nidrey, Vorspiel zu "Holofernes:, for piano, violin and cello (composed 1926)
   String Quartet No. 4 in d minor (composed 1928)
   String Quartet in e minor (fragment) (1930)
   Walzerlied for piano trio (composed 1932)
   String Quartet No. 5 in E major (composed 1932)

Opera
   Die Jungfrau von Orleans, opera in 3 acts after Friedrich Schiller (composed 1886)
   Satanella, opera in 2 acts on a libretto by Reznicek (composed 1887)
   Emerich Fortunat, opera in 2 acts on a libretto by Reznicek (composed 1888)
   Donna Diana, opera in 3 acts after Agustín Moreto's El desdén con el desdén (composed 1894, revised 1933)
   Till Eulenspiegel, opera in 2 acts after Johann Fischart's Eulenspiegel Reimensweiss (composed 1900, revised 1939)
   Die verlorene Braut, operetta (composed 1910)
   Die Angst vor der Ehe, operetta after Taufstein and Urban (composed 1913)
   Nach Damaskus III incidental music for Strindberg's play (composed 1916)
   Ritter Blaubart, opera in 2 acts on a libretto by H. Eulenberg (composed 1917)
   Die wunderliche Geschichte des Kapellmeisters Kreisler, incidental music to the play by Meinhard and Bernauer (composed 1922)
   Holofernes, opera in 2 acts after Friedrich Hebbel's Judith und Holofernes (composed 1922)
   Polizei, incidental music to the play by Eulenberg (composed 1926)
   Satuala, opera in 4 acts on a libretto by R. Laukner (composed 1927)
   Benzin, opera in 2 acts on a libretto by Calderón de la Barca (composed 1929)
   Spiel oder Ernst?, opera in 1 act on a libretto by Peter Knudsen (composed 1930)
   Der Gondoliere des Dogen, opera in 1 act on a libretto by Peter Knudsen (composed 1931)
   Das Opfer, opera in 1 act on a libretto by Peter Knudsen (composed 1932)

Organ
   Präludium und chromatische Fuge in C minor (composed 1912)
   Präludium und Fuge in C minor (composed 1918)
   Fantasie "Kommt Menschenkinder, rühmt und priest" (composed 1930)

Piano
   Die Gedanken des Selbstmörders for piano (composed 1880)
   4 Klavierstücke (composed 1882)
   Grünnemarsch (composed 1890)
   Eine Lustspiel-Ouvertüre, reduction for four-hands piano (composed 1895)
   2 Phantasie-Stücke (composed 1896)
   Traumspiel-Suite, reduction for piano (composed 1921)
   Ernster Walzer (composed 1924)
   Valse Pathétique (composed 1924, orchestrated 1924)
   4 sinfonische Tänze, piano reduction of Symphony No. 5 (composed 1924)
   Menuett, piano reduction from the opera Polizei (composed 1926)
   Liebeserklärung (composed 1943)

Sacred
   Requiem   1895
   Mass in F   1898

Vocal
   3 Stimmungen   1882
   Chor für die Schulabschlußfeier des Gymnasium in Marburg an der Drau   1887
   3 Melodies   1897
   Ruhm und Ewigkeit   1903
   3 Gesänge eines Vagabunden   1904
   3 deutsche Volkslieder   1904
   3 Gedichte    1904
   3 Gedichte   1905
   3 Lieder   1905
   Schlemihl (ein Symphonisches Lebensbild) for tenor and orchestra (composed 1912)   1912
   2 Balladen aus Fridericianischer Zeit for bass and piano/orchestra   1912
   Der Sieger, Symphonic-satire Zeitbild for orchestra, alt-solo and chorus   1913
   4 Bet- und Bußgesänge for alt (bass) and piano/orchestra   1913
   Der Frieden, eine vision for orchestra and choir   1914
   Schelmische Abwehr   1915
   In Memoriam for alto, baritone, chorus and orchestra   1915
   Vater unser   1919
   3 Lieder   1921
   Die Schiffbrüchigen   1921
   Thema und Variationen nach Chamissos Tragische Geschichte for baritone and orchestra (composed 1921)   1921
   7 deutsche Volkslieder   1925
   Der steinerne Psalm for chorus, organ and orchestra   1929
   Vom ewigen Frieden   1930
   7 Lieder   1939
   Wächterlied – Nach einer Volksmelodie aus dem 16. Jahrhundert   1939
   Madonna am Rhein (Ein deutsches Wiegenlied)   1940

[Alan Howe]

...which demonstrates why purely orchestral listings are of marginal use or interest. Thanks for proving this beyond doubt!

[JimL]

A note of (probably minor) interest.  The Donna Diana Overture is the only operatic overture I know of that has an exposition repeat (at least one that is observed in performance).