(1873-1916)
Reger's output was as prodigious as his legendary appetite for food and drink. His reputation as a composer of heavily Teutonic music is one that dies hard, despite the gracefulness and wit of so much of his work. As a 20th-century master of variation form, Reger is unsurpassed, and this week's programmes include his imposing sets based on themes by Mozart, Bach and Johann Adam Hiller. Presented by Misha Donat.
String Quartet in D minor, Op 74 (Andante con Variazoni) Berne Quartet
Aeolsharfe, Op 75 No 11; Einsamkeit, Op 75 No 18
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gunther Wiessenborn (piano)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart
New York Philharmonic, conductor Kurt Masur
Producer Misha Donat
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm