Rheinberger: Nonet in Ef; Lachner: Nonet

1. Nonet for winds & strings in E flat, Op 139
Composed by Joseph Rheinberger
Performed by Wien-Berlin Ensemble
2. Nonet for brass
Composed by Franz Paul Lachner
Performed by Wien-Berlin Ensemble

Customer Reviews:

Rheinberger's Nonet--Outstanding!!.......2004-12-24

There are some artists who have a good technique and understanding, but are only endowed with limited original inspiration. This is not to knock them: it's merely a statement of fact. Such artists then occasionally come up with one or two excellent original works, and that's all. This is what separates them from the truly great artists who create numerous works to form a great body of work--an oeuvre.

Rheinberger is one of these "little" artists; and his Nonet is one of his few truly great works. He was truly inspired, and with his knowledge of technique, created at one hammer-blow (as it were) a gorgeous jewel.

Rheinberger's Nonet is excellent enough to compare with Schubert's Octet and Beethoven's Septet: in fact, I suspect this was Rheinberger's intention. It's wonderfully scored; it has excellent, original melodies; and the overall technique is outstanding. Rheinberger also wrote some other fine chamber works, but his Nonet is his masterpiece. He wrote quite a number of organ works, but for those I would go with Louis Vierne.

Track Listings:

Track Listings

track listings

Track Listings

The Cyrkle & the Buckinghams: Take 2

American Music for Cello

1949: The R&B Hits [Import]

Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet [Live]

10 Years of Hits [Import]

A Little Something Different

25 Fun Traveling Songs

100 Years of Organ Music at Syracuse University

When You Kiss Me, Pt. 2 [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

You Sang to Me [CD-single]

You Can't Fight What You Can't See [Explicit Lyrics]

Young & the Hopeless

Water Engine

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius; Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens; I was glad

Fast Times At Ridgemont High: Music From The Motion Picture