Composer: Walter Niemann
Performer: Tomasz Kamieniak
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata Classics
Catalogue: TOCC0484
Release: 2024
Size: 596 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Der Artushof, Op. 158
01. I. Präludium
02. II. Sarabande
03. III. Menuett
04. IV. Alla giga
Jura-sommer, Op. 119
05. I. Mühle im Tal
06. II. Alte Eibe
07. III. Blauer Schmetterling
08. IV. Kristallhöhle
09. V. Wilde Orchidee
10. VI. Burgruine
11. VII. Dorf auf dem Berge
12. VIII. Angelus. Wallfahrtskirche
13. IX. Forelle
Bunte Blumen, Op. 139
14. No. 1, Weisse Stiefmütterchen
15. No. 2, Gelbe Iris
16. No. 3, Rotweisse Fuchsien
17. No. 4, Lila Petunien
18. No. 5, Mattblaue Glyzinien
19. No. 6, Kupferfarbene Levkojen
20. No. 7, Dunkelrote Rosen
Hamburg, Op. 107
21. No. 1, Hafen. Die Werft-hämmer
22. No. 2, Spuk. Nacht am Fleet
23. No. 3, Elternhaus. Es war einmal
24. No. 4, Disput. Die drei Börsenmakler
25. No. 5, Matrosen. Norweger beim Ankerlichten
26. No. 6, A.D. 1600. Die Pavane des Herrn Senators
27. No. 7, Brahms. Geburtshaus
28. No. 8, Alter Michel. Michaels-kirche
29. No. 9, Drehorgel. Eine verstimmte Groteske
30. No. 10, Laterne!. Kinderreigen
31. No. 11, St. Pauli. Tango
32. No. 12, Mondnacht. Alster
33. No. 13, Hymnus. Ausblick
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.