Composer: Gerhard Hamm
Performer: Camiel Boomsma
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Challenge Classics
Release: 2021
Size: 769 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Gefunden. 6 Clavierstücke in Liedform Op.18
01. No.1 ‘Als ich dich sah!’
02. No.2 ‘Könnt es sein!’
03. No.3 ‘Wär’ ich bei dir!’
04. Bagatellen Op.12: No.3 ‘Capriccio’
05. Schetsen voor de Jeugd: ‘Een Regendag’
06. Bagatellen Op.12: No.2 – ‘Scherzo’
07. Gefunden: 6 Clavierstücke in Liedform Op.18: No.4 ‘Frage’
08. Romanze
Bagatellen Op.12
09. No.1 ‘Canzonette’
10. No.4 ‘Melodie’
Gefunden. 6 Clavierstücke in Liedform Op.18
11. No.5 ‘Ich will dein eigen sein!’
12. No.6 ‘Nun bist du mein!’
Schetsen voor de Jeugd
13. ‘Angelus – Andante religioso’
14. ‘Jong Leren!’
15. Bagatellen Op.12: No.5 ‘Ariette’
16. Schetsen voor de Jeugd : ‘t’ Schemeruurtje’
17. From Charakterstücke für Klavier Op.15: ‘Etude’
For Camiel Boomsma, discovering the music by Dutch composer Gerhard (and his son Karel) Hamm was really a game of fate. After a recital, Carl Hamm, who is a direct descendant, gave him a stack of scores. While playing through the pieces at home Boomsma was struck by their delicacy and narrative power. Gerhard Hamm belongs in a way to the musical family of Robert Schumann. He writes little poetic reflections on grand Romantic gestures. In these small musical poems a whole world lies hidden. Sometimes powerful and proud, sometimes vulnerable and reflective. Romantic expression beautiful in itself. In his Gefunden: 6 Clavierstücke in Liedform, Op. 18, Gerhard Hamm’s musical gift as a composer is beautifully displayed. Hamm’s craftsmanship is excellent but he never neglects poetic expression.