Antonín Rejcha (1770-1836) - Quintet in E Minor, op.100, no.4 34:45
1. Adagio. Allegro 12:11
2. Andante con variazioni 10:15
3. Minuetto. Allegro vivo 3:18
4. Finale. Allegro vivace 8:51
Antonín Rejcha - Quintet in B flat Major, op.100, no.6 39:40
5. Adagio. Allegro 16:12
6. Andante poco Adagio 8:00
7. Minuetto. Allegro scherzo 5:27
8. Andante. Allegro assai 9:47
Total time 74:32
Prague Wind Quintet
Jan Riedlbauch - flute (Hammig)
Jurij Likin - oboe (Rigoutat)
Vlastimil Mareš - clarinet (Buffet-Crampon)
Vladimíra Klánská - horn (Alexander Mainz)
Lumír Vaněk - bassoon (Püchner)
Wind Quintet in E minor, op. 100, No 4 begins with a slow melodious introduction smoothly succeeded by an energetic sonata allegro, with a symptomatically rich group of themes and a no less rich harmonious motion. The second movement is a cycle of variations on a melodious theme in A major, beautiful both in tune and expression. The following fast Minuet is more like a scherzo. The final movement is built in a sonata form combined with a rondo and brings a whole host of inventive melodic themes, in a brilliant chamber position.
In composition, Wind Quintet in B major, op. 100, No 6, the last of Rejcha's works of this sort, is one of the most perfect and most original. Between the slow introduction and the sonata allegro proper of the first movement, there is a relatively high contrast in tempo and expression. In its melodious nature and balance, the slow movement, on the contrary, is very Mozart-like. It is followed by a fast scherzo Minuet, in which Rejcha artfully develops a brief and brusque "Beethoven" motif. The peculiarity of the final movement results from the slow introduction before the main allegro part - with Rejcha, this is not the only case of a slow introduction in the final movement, but even then the procedure is rather nontraditional. The multiplied reminiscence of the slow introduction in the course of the final movement brilliantly lightens its form.
(Studio Matouš)
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