When one thinks of Max Reger's organ music, his intensely chromatic and densely textured fugues are the first examples to come to mind, especially his imposing Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H. Yet there are several smaller, simpler pieces of a more casual nature that are sampled on Robert Benjamin Dobey's 2006 album, The Intimate Reger. Not all the selections here were intended to be informal or low-key: the opening Consolation, Op. 65/4, and several of the chorale preludes are typical products of Reger's elaborate invention ...
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When one thinks of Max Reger's organ music, his intensely chromatic and densely textured fugues are the first examples to come to mind, especially his imposing Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H. Yet there are several smaller, simpler pieces of a more casual nature that are sampled on Robert Benjamin Dobey's 2006 album, The Intimate Reger. Not all the selections here were intended to be informal or low-key: the opening Consolation, Op. 65/4, and several of the chorale preludes are typical products of Reger's elaborate invention and serious-minded counterpoint, and because of their religiosity, they seem more appropriate in a solemn liturgical setting than on a recital of light music. However, the Pastorale, the Romanze, and the Gigue, along with Dobey's transcriptions of the Moderato from Aus meinem Tagebuch, along with the "Albumblatt" and the Scherzo from Six Piano Pieces, are much lighter than might be expected of Reger, and have sentimental or humorous qualities that are usually lacking in the...
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