Max Reger Reger-Werkausgabe, Vol. II/10: Works for male voice choir / women's or children's choir

Volume 10 of the “Songs and choral Works” module contains all of Reger’s compositions for a cappella male-voice and female-voice choir and (with piano accompaniment) children’s choir. By far the largest number are for male-voice choir. After some initial hesitation, Reger tried his hand at arranging folk song for male voices before going on to create substantial original compositions with the collections opus 38 and, above all, opus 83, which includes a version of the so-called “Hebbel Requiem”.

The works for female voices are composed in three to five parts. The three movements for one or two-part children’s choir are the only pieces to feature piano accompaniment. Even if the compositions for female voices and especially children’s choir can rather be categorized as ‘occasional works’, they are well worth discovering.

In January 2008 the Max-Reger-Institut (MRI) in Karlsruhe began publishing a scholarly-critical edition of the works of Reger (RWA), supported by the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature. As a Hybrid Edition, it is exploring new approaches in editorial techniques. The digital offer belonging to the volume is published in an online portal.

Content

a. Male voice choir
Lacrimä Christi WoO VI/5
Five selected folk songs WoO VI/6
Es ist nichts mit alten Weibern WoO VI/9
Nine selected folk songs WoO VI/7
Herzleid WoO VI/8
Seven Male Voice Choruses op. 38
Hoch lebe dies Haus WoO VIII/7
Ten Songs op. 83
An Zeppelin WoO VI/21 

b. Women’s choir
Six three- and five-part songs for Passiontide and Easter WoO VI/16
Three Songs op. 111b
Three Songs op. 111c 

c. Women’s or children’s choir
Compositions op. 79g 

d. Children’s choir
Herzenstausch op. 76 no. 5
Night Thoughts WoO V/7
The Snow WoO V/8