jmc's classics
As mentioned there ae a lot of obscure composers. One such was Anton Reicha (1770-1836) who was born the same year as Beethoven and was also a friend of Beethoven's. I saw on Facebook a few days ago a link to a New York Times article on Reicha. I am not a fan of the new York Times but they do have some good articles on music. He was also a music theorist and a teacher among his students were Berlioz and Liszt. Both studied counterpoint under Reicha. His uncle was Joseph Reicha (1752-1795) who was also a composer and a cellist.
His works seem to be making a comeback. Serbian-American pianist Ivan Ilic is due to release a set of Cds on his works. I currently own one Cd of his which also features the woks of Mozart, tellemann and Johan Christian Bach. It involves Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich and Jean-Pierre Rampal. The wok of Reich is his variations from Mozart's Marriage of Figero. I have recently played it. He wrote numerous quintets for winds, as well as quintets for other groups of instruments etc. He wrote one symphony. Arkiv Music lists 48 recordings of his. He was of Czech origin but lived in Germany and Austria and eventually became a French citizen. His music was obscure but I hope that it can be revived in the near future. I don't have a link to the New York Times. But Check it out if you can.
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