Fabrice Pierre, Patrick Gallois, Swedish Chamber Orchestra - Reinecke: Flute Concerto / Harp Concerto / Ballade (2006)

Remembered today mainly as an educator, pianist and conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Carl Reinecke has a long and varied list of compositions to his name. They include operatic, vocal and choral works, three symphonies (No. 1 is available on Naxos 8.555397) and concertos for the piano and for other instruments. Stylistically and harmonically indebted to Schumann and Mendelssohn, the two concertos on this disc are characterised by melodic fluency and colourful orchestration, with the Flute Concerto in D major offering considerable scope for virtuoso display.