Walter Niemann: Piano Music, Volume Three
The largest part of the output of the Hamburg-born composer and writer Walter Niemann (1876–1953), a student of both Humperdinck and Reinecke, is piano music: an astonishing 1,000 or so pieces, divided into 189 opus numbers. Most of them are lyrical miniatures in a warm and approachable late-Romantic style, some evoking the music of the past – often with a touching degree of dignity and restraint, but also with an occasional flash of good humour. The range of moods here is surprisingly wide, from pieces recalling late Brahms and a barcarolle evoking Offenbach, via light-hearted character-sketches and evocative picture-postcards, to a warm-hearted and tender piano sonata.
Tomasz Kamieniak, piano
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Epheu und Rosen (publ. 1919)* (12:25)
- I. Moderato ma un poco agitato ed inquieto (2:22)
- II. Andante tranquillo e malinconico (2:48)
- III. Quasi adagio cantabile ed espressivo (2:48)
- IV. Andante patetico e sempre pesante e poco rubato (2:35)
- V. Molto moderato ed egualmente (1:52)
Porzellan: Figuren und Bilder aus berühmten Manufakturen, Op. 120 (publ. 1931) (23:11)
- I. Die kleine Schäferin (Meissen): Tempo di Minuetto all’anticca (2:16)
- II. Tanzendes englisches Bauernpaar (Old Chelsea): Moderato, ma marcato (1:19)
- III. Athenischer Opferreigen (Wien): Andantino mosso (3:15)
- IV. Dänischer Frühling (Kopenhagen): Vivo e leggiero, quasi improvisando (1:56)
- V. Reisvögelchen (Japan): Amabile con moto (1:36)
- VI. Der kleine holländische Glockenturm (Delft): Moderato con anima (1:34)
- VII. Beppo, der Serenadensänger (Neapel): In tempo di una Serenetella (2:48)
- VIII. Jagdstück (Rosenthal): Molto moderato e un poco tenuto (1:42)
- IX. Madame la Marquise (Sèvres): Tempo di gavotto del’ XVII. secolo (1:48)
- X. Der gelbporzellane Obermandarin (China): Adagio assai (2:54)
- XI. Die Fontäne von Sanssouci (Alt-Berlin): Allegro (non troppo) amabile (2:23)
- Ständchen in E-Flat Major, Op. 67 (publ. 1919)* (4:16)
Waldbilder aus dem Fichtelgebirge, Op. 141 (1934) (15:00)
- I. Juni-Morgen: Allegro brioso (1:12)
- II. Einsame Weiher im Hochmoos: Poco Andante malinconico (1:55)
- III. Siebenstern: Amabile e teneramente con moto (1:04)
- IV. Felsenmeer: Largamente sostenuto e solenne (1:45)
- V. Waldbächlein: Allegretto liquido in modo pastorale (1:10)
- VI. Rosarote Abendwolken: Larghetto (1:55)
- VII. Farren im Wind: Leggierissimo con moto (1:15)
- VIII. Heroische Landschaft – Vogelruf in der Luisenburg: Moderato, ma patetico e eroico in modo (2:01)
- IX. Abschied: Un poco Allegretto tranquillo (2:43)
Kleine Marburger Sonate (Piano Sonata No. 12), Op. 162 (1942) (13:29)
- I. Allegro amabile (4:29)
- II. Poco adagio notturnale (4:21)
- III. Moderato con moto (4:29)
*First Recordings
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