Max Reger


 

Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (March 19, 1873May 11, 1916) was a German composer, organist, pianist and teacher.

Some Reger Works

Chamber Works

  • Violin sonatas
  • Without piano
  • Four violin solo sonatas in opus 42
  • Seven violin solo sonatas in opus 91
  • With piano
  • Violin Sonata #1 op. 1 in D minor
  • Violin Sonata #2 op. 3 in D major
  • Violin Sonata #3 op. 41 in A major
  • Violin Sonata #4 op. 72 in C (gave rise to a critical scandal at its premiere, juxtaposed with the first sonata by Ludwig Thuille)
  • Violin Sonata #5 op. 84 in F-sharp minor
  • Violin Sonata #6 op. 103b/1 in D minor
  • Violin Sonata #7 op. 103b/2 in A
  • Violin Sonata #8 op. 122 in E minor (1911, premiered Leipzig)
  • Violin Sonata #9 op. 139 in C minor (1915)
  • Cello sonatas
  • Cello Sonata #1 op. 5 in F minor
  • Cello Sonata #2 op. 28 in G minor
  • Cello Sonata #3 op. 78 in F major
  • Cello Sonata #4 op. 116 in A minor
  • Serenades
  • Serenade #1 opus 77a in D major (flute, violin, viola)
  • Serenade #2 opus 141a in G major (flute, violin, viola)
  • String trios
  • String Trio #1 opus 77b in A minor
  • String Trio #2 opus 141b in D minor
  • Piano trios
  • Piano Trio #1 opus 2 in B minor (violin, viola, piano)
  • Piano Trio #2 opus 102 in E minor
  • String quartets
  • String Quartet #0 in D minor, with optional double bass in finale
  • String Quartet #1 opus 54 number 1 in G minor
  • String Quartet #2 opus 54 number 2 in A major
  • String Quartet #3 opus 74 in D minor
  • String Quartet #4 opus 109 in E-flat major
  • String Quartet #5 opus 121 in F-sharp minor
  • Piano quartets
  • Piano Quartet #1 opus 113 in D minor
  • Piano Quartet #2 opus 133 in A minor
  • Piano quintets
  • Piano Quintet #1 op. posthumous in C minor
  • Piano Quintet #2 op. 64 in C minor
  • Organ (a very, very considerable output)
  • Sonata opus 33 in F-sharp minor
  • Sonata opus 60 in D minor
  • Suite opus 92
  • Fantasia and Fugue on a Theme of Bach, opus 64
  • Fantasy and Fugue, opus 135b
  • Piano (also a large output)
  • Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Bach, opus 81
  • Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Telemann, opus 134
  • Also
  • Clarinet quintet op. 146 in A major
  • String sextet op. 118 in F major

Orchestral

  • Concertante
  • Violin concerto opus 101 in A major
  • Piano concerto opus 114 in F minor
  • Concerto in the Olden Style opus 123
  • Large-Scale Symphonic
  • Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven, opus 86 (arranged from a 2-piano work)
  • Sinfonietta, opus 90 in A major
  • Serenade, opus 95
  • Hiller Variations, opus 100
  • Symphonic Prologue to a Tragedy, opus 108
  • Romantic Suite, opus 125
  • Four Tone Poems after A. Bocklin, opus 128
  • Variations on a Theme of Mozart, opus 132
  • Choir and Orchestra
  • Psalm 100, opus 106 (arranged also by Hindemith, has also been recorded in this form)

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Introduction
Life
Works
Some Reger Works
Selective Bibliography
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