Carl Reinecke - Music for clarinet

[Febct]

I won this on eBay for a couple of US bucks, to fill in my Reinecke collection.  I've heard only snippets of the works.  Does anyone know them? Comments? 

Clarinet Trio in A Major Op.264
Fantasiestücke Op.22
Clarinet Sonata "Undine" Op.167bis
Introduction and Allegro appassionato Op.256

[Martin Eastick]

An altogether enticing collection. Although I haven't got this particular CD, I have all these works. I have accompanied my wife in a performance of the Op256 some years ago, and also accompanied a flautist in the flute version of the sonata. All these pieces are typical of Reinecke at his best - superb, attractive chamber music which deserves much more exposure!

[Febct]

Well, thank you for that.  High praise, indeed - and I'll look forward to helping expose them!

[John Boyer]

All these pieces are typical of Reinecke at his best - superb, attractive chamber music which deserves much more exposure!

I heartily agree.  I have this CD, as well as other recordings of all the selections heard here.  You can't go wrong with the music, and the recording is competitive with others.  The sound is a bit too close for me, but I still like it, and it's otherwise spacious and decently balanced. 

[Alan Howe]

I'm never disappointed with anything by Reinecke. He may have been a dry-as-dust professor, but as a composer he seems to have had an inexhaustible fund of inspiration. His chamber and instrumental music is unfailingly melodious and (unsurprisingly) shapely - and there's a lot of it to enjoy.

[Febct]

Thanks, one and all.  Those positive reviews are tempting me to break with tradition and move the CD to the top of my unlistened-to stack.

I do agree about Reinecke's music in general.  Lots of it on my shelves, going all the way back to that Genesis CD of his piano concertos, by Gerald Robbins, with the Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra/Van Remoortel.