Max Reger : Konzert im alten Stil for orchestra Op.123 (1912)

[@maxmerry8470]

I find this work fascinating. The orchestral writing is truly remarkable, as if Reger is deliberately playing around with the notion of what constitutes "olden style", creating a hauntingly ambiguous veil which, on one level seems to look backward while, at the same time, leaving little doubt as to its underlying modernity. Each movement is, therefore, like a vaguely surreal juxtaposition of unlikely components which, somehow, work together brilliantly......well, that's how it all seems to me. Utterly brilliant!

[@hectorbarrionuevo6034]

Max, greetings ! You decribed it perfectly .... Rather than a pastiche / period piece, this work by Reger seems closer "in spirit" to Prokofiev's "Classical" Symphony, for example. Beautiful Largo !

[@maxmerry8470]

Hello, Hector! You know, I'd forgotten my comment on this but thanks for reminding me......I'll have to listen again to see if my words still ring true for me!

[@hectorbarrionuevo6034]

@@maxmerry8470 I just listened to V. d'Indy's "Suite in the Old Style," which Rodders posted a few years ago. I find this aesthetic of going back to an older style fascinating; almost, like the composers want to play with our memories ....

[@ronaldbwoodall2628]

This is a delightful, exhilarating work with a truly gorgeous 'largo'.

[@PeterLunowPL]

I find the Largo hauntingly beautiful and moving.

[@d.mavridopoulos66]

Robert Hughes used the music of the 2nd movement in his documentary the Shock of the New, when describing the early work of the surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico.

[@ullrichherz7053]

Why is this wonderful composition not a permanent 'guest' in our concert halls? Why do we have so few recordings of this masterpiece?

[@forlandm]

This is a question one could ask about so many neglected (master)works.

[@davidrehak3539]

Max Reger:Concerto régi stílusban Op.123 1.Allegro con spirito 00:00 2.Largo 07:47 3.Allegro 17:02 Berlini Állami Zenekar Vezényel:Otmar Suitner

[@paulbloemen7256]

Strange, classic work, it is interesting, but I wonder: WHY?? You keep on listening though, it is mesmerizing, like most Reger pieces.

[@ronaldbwoodall2628]

Why? Because he was an inspired composer who produced great masterpieces, and his originality is easily identifiable.