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Carl Reinecke: 24 Etuden, Op.121: 9 - Andantino

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2017 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays one of a set of 24 studies by the German composer Carl Reinecke (1824-1910).
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Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) was a highly influential pianist and teacher, born in a part of Denmark that is now Germany.  However, he spent much of his life in Germany, and in particular in Leipzig, where he taught at the conservatory - his pupils including Grieg, Janacek and Albeniz.  Unfortunately, because posterity has deemed him a very big fish in the small pool of 19th c concert flute music, but a small fish in the very large pool of 19th c piano music, he is more remembered for his 'Undine' flute sonata and his flute concerto than his four piano concertos or other piano music - although he composed in many genres and his opus numbers reached the high 200's.  The piano writing of the accompaniment to the 'Undine' sonata is quite difficult, and the more so for players unfamiliar with Reinecke's piano works and his personal style.  This set of studies, from around 1874,  deals with some specific technical problems such as melodies and accompanying figures shared between the hands, but contains a few longer pieces of the very highest quality.  This piece is quite beguiling, and very typical of Reinecke's harmonic writing.

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