Joseph Moog (piano), Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrubrucken Kaiserslautern, Nicholas Milton

Reger: Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 114
Reger: Six Intermezzi, Op.45

Joseph Moog turns his attention to one of the most demanding and forbidding of piano concertos.

Max Reger’s rugged giant of a concerto dates from 1910 and displays Reger’s formidable skill in achieving clarity, despite using large orchestral forces, making the piano part of the orchestral fabric. This concerto contains music that is both brilliant and poetic as well as passages of great turmoil. The album, Joseph Moog’s third for Onyx, includes the 6 Intermezzi, which display a different facet of this complex composer. These are delightful pieces, tender, romantic with much poetry.

"Moog has the virtuosity to negotiate Reger’s finger-twisting demands, as well as the tonal resources for the chordal textures of the other intermezzi. If you like the idea of Brahms on steroids, you’ll like these." - BBC Music Magazine, February 2022.