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Johann Adam Reincken (1643-1722) Harpsichord Music
Sonja Kemnitzer
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MDG 905 1928-6
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Pilgrim’s Path John Adam Reincken was a celebrity. When the tribute to the bachelor’s life. A few other composers genial Johann Sebastian Bach was a sixteen-year-old took up this baroque hit, but it was Reincken who secondary school pupil, he made his way on foot from came up with a total of eighteen variations! Sonja Lüneburg to Hamburg to experience in person this Kemnitzer’s versatile playing means that there is undisputed master of improvisational artistry. What never a dull moment and knowledgably and lovingly the young man heard must have made a profound presents the affections going along with each and impression on him. In his toccatas Bach closely every variation! follows his great model and even quotes motivic material from Reincken’s works. Sonja Kemnitzer’s Time’s Transport rendering of harpsichord compositions by Reincken is The motivic interlocking of the dance movements in a revelatory listening experience immediately Reincken’s suites is remarkable. The thematic conveying a lot of this fascination. agreements extending into matters of detail lend an improvisational character to the Allemande and Courante in particular – as if the dance characters Toccata Tradition Reincken’s toccatas in particular offer a vivid were being created at the moment of playing and impression of his improvisational genius. The opening listening. The extremely vivid tonal depiction of the Toccata in A immediately surprises the listener with its harpsichord on this high-resolution Super Audio CD extraordinary stylistic richness. Abrupt affective shifts, does its part to transport the imaginative listener back passages of violinistic character, and motifs to the time of this music’s composition. discontinued without warning remind us of impulsive impromptu playing, and it is not until a second hearing that the contrapuntal sophistication of this carefully G. Ph. Telemann and expertly designed composition manifests itself. Frankfurter Sonatas 1715 For a time this work was ascribed to Bach – which Stephan Schardt, violin certainly would not have bothered Reincken since in Elisabeth Wandt, violoncello the young Bach he saw an opportunity for the survival Sonja Kemnitzer, harpsichord of traditional artistry. MDG 903 1835-6 (Hybrid-SACD)
Popular Panoply Reincken’s absolutely boundless fantasy is also Topliste nmz Die 5-Sterne-Aufnahme reflected in his variations on the popular tune ensemble “Schweiget mir vom Weiber nehmen,” a humorous
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