Henriette Renié was a musical pioneer, for not only did she face serious obstacles as a woman in a field of male composers, she had to struggle as well for recognition as a virtuoso harpist, since the harp had been regarded mostly as a coloristic instrument until late in the nineteenth century. Fortunately, Renié persevered, and the opulent and fantastic music she wrote and played around the fin de siècle has at last been recorded at the turn of the millennium. These 1999 recordings by Xavier de Maistre give a sample of ...
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Henriette Renié was a musical pioneer, for not only did she face serious obstacles as a woman in a field of male composers, she had to struggle as well for recognition as a virtuoso harpist, since the harp had been regarded mostly as a coloristic instrument until late in the nineteenth century. Fortunately, Renié persevered, and the opulent and fantastic music she wrote and played around the fin de siècle has at last been recorded at the turn of the millennium. These 1999 recordings by Xavier de Maistre give a sample of Renié's challenging oeuvre, which was as technically demanding as it was strikingly colorful. Indeed, the skills required of a performer in this music are extreme, and all the short works on this Harmonia Mundi release demand intense virtuosity, practically to the levels of pianistic wizardry. Renié's sound world is richer than might be expected, for there is more going on than just repetitions of familiar harp clichés: the writing is dense in harmony, contrapuntally active, and...
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