Composer: Bernhard van der Sigtenhorst Meyer
Performer: Albert Brussee
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0575
Release: 2021
Size: 515 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Of the Flowers, Op. 1
01. No. 1, Roses
02. No. 2, Cornfield in the Sun
Old China, Op. 2
03. No. 2, The Censer
Of the Birds, Op. 4
04. No. 1, The Swan
05. No. 2, A Flock of Tits in the Woods
6 Views of Fuji, Op. 9
06. No. 1, The Origin of Fuji
07. No. 4, Fuji in the Rain
Saint-Quentin, Op. 12
08. No. 1, Ruins
The Meuse, Op. 11
09. No. 1, The River
10. No. 3, The Mouth of the Meuse
Old Castles, Op. 14
11. No. 1, Brederode
12. No. 2, Twickel
13. No. 3, De Brittenburg
8 Preludes, Op. 17
14. No. 3, The Cat
15. No. 7, The Mouse
16. No. 5, The Marabou
17. No. 6, The Hummingbird
Capri, Op. 19
18. No. 1, I Faraglioni
19. No. 3, Anacapri
20. Of Flowers and Birds
The early piano music of the Dutch composer Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer (1888–1953) suggests the art of the miniaturist painter. These ‘portraits’ of birds, flowers, landmarks and other natural phenomena have the static and studied quality of Japanese prints and owe much to French Impressionism: they sit somewhere between Debussy and Satie, and unfold with gentle, unhurried dignity. Albert Brussee offers a final bonne bouche with his own gentle tribute to Van den Sigtenhorst Meyer.