Composer: Douglas Munn
Performer: Arta Arnicane
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0559
Release: 2021
Size: 473 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Minuet & Trio in G minor
02. Mazurka in D minor
03. Scherzo in F sharp minor
Sonatina in F minor
04. I. Lento – Allegro
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegro giocoso
07. Nocturne in D flat major
08. Nocturne in A major
09. Nocturne in B minor
10. Nocturne in E flat major
11. Nocturne in E flat minor
12. Intermezzo in A minor
13. Prelude No. 1 in E minor
14. Prelude No. 2 in F sharp major
15. Prelude No. 3 in D major
The man who as W. D. Munn published papers on that branch of mathematics known as semigroup theory had another side to his personality: Douglas Munn (1929–2008), professor of mathematics at the University of Stirling, was also a fine pianist and a gifted composer. His piano music has its origins in Chopin, Brahms and Bartók but is clearly also inflected by Scottish folksong – much of it has a sense of the hills and the open spaces – and is written by someone with an intimate knowledge of the instrument. The Latvian pianist Arta Arnicane knew Douglas Munn and this album is the fulfilment of an unspoken promise to record his piano music.