Walter Niemann: Piano Music, Volume One

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Catalogue No: TOCC0484
EAN/UPC: 5060113444844
Release Date: 2024-02-16
Composer: Walter Niemann
Artists: Tomasz Kamieniak

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The largest part of the output of the Hamburg-born composer and writer Walter Niemann (1876–1973), 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. Occasionally, though, as in Hamburg, a recollection of scenes from his childhood, a degree of mild dissonance indicates his desire to stay true to his memories of growing up in a port city.

Tomasz Kamieniak, piano

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Der Artushof: Suite aus Alt-Danzig, Op. 158 (1941) (12:47)

  1. I. Präludium (2:39)
  2. II. Sarabande (5:00)
  3. III. Menuett (3:17)
  4. IV. Alla Giga (1:51)

Jura-Sommer: Kleine Impressionen, Op. 119 (1929)* (19:49)

  1. I. Mühle im Tal (1:14)
  2. II. Alte Eibe (2:28)
  3. III. Bauer Schmetterling (1:14)
  4. IV. Kristallhöhle (2:17)
  5. V. Wilde Orchidee (2:25)
  6. VI. Burgruine (3:35)
  7. VII. Dork auf dem Berge (1:22)
  8. VIII. Angelus: Wallfahrtskirche (3:35)
  9. IX. Forelle (1:39)

Bunte Blumen: Sieben Klavierstücke, Op. 139 (publ. 1934)* (11:23)

  1. I. Weisse Stiefmütterchen (1:10)
  2. II. Gelbe Iris (1:52)
  3. III. Rotweisse Fuchsien (1:48)
  4. IV. Lila Petunien (1:24)
  5. V. Mattblaue Glyzinien (2:07)
  6. VI. Kupferfarbene Levkojen (1:27)
  7. VII. Dunkelrote Rosen (1:35)

Hamburg: Ein Zyklus von 13 Charakterstücken, Op. 107 (publ. 1926) (32:28)

  1. I. Hafen: Die Werft-Hämmer (2:02)
  2. II. Spuk: Nacht am Fleet (3:29)
  3. III. Elternhaus: Es war einmal (3:04)
  4. IV. Disput: Die drei Börsenmakler (1:21)
  5. V. Matrosen: Norweger beim Ankerlichten (2:44)
  6. VI. A.D. 1600: Die Pavane des Herrn Senators (1:36)
  7. VII. Brahms: Geburtshaus (4:09)
  8. VIII. Alter Michel: Michaels-Kirche (2:40)
  9. IX. Drehorgel: Eine verstimmte Groteske (1:30)
  10. X. Laterne!: Kinderreigen (2:06)
  11. XI. St. Pauli: Tango (2:22)
  12. XII. Mondnacht: Alster (3:26)
  13. XIII. Hymnus: Ausblick (1:59)

*First Recording

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1 review for Walter Niemann: Piano Music, Volume One

  1. :

    Correction:

    Walter Rudolph Niemann (10 October 1876, Hamburg – 17 June 1953, Leipzig)

    Excellent recording of this new series

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