Bernard van der Sigtenhorst Meyer: Early Piano Music
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.
Albert Brussee (piano)
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Van de Bloemen (‘Of the Flowers’), Op. 1 (1915)
- No. 1 Roses
- No. 2 Cornfield in the Sun
- No. 2 The Censer*
- No.1 The Swan
- No. 2 A Flock of Tits in the Woods
- No.1 The Origin of Fuji
- No. 4 Fuji in the Rain
- No. 1 Ruins*
- No. 1 The River*
- No. 3 The Mouth of the Meuse*
- No. 1 Brederode*
- No. 2 Twickel*
- No. 3 De Brittenburg*
- No. 3 The Cat
- No. 7 The Mouse
- No. 5 The Marabou
- No. 6 The Hummingbird
- No. 1 I Faraglioni*
- No. 3 Anacapri*
- Of Flowers and Birds – In memory of Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer*
Het oude China (‘Old China’), Op. 2 (1916)
Van de Vogels (‘Of the Birds’), Op. 4 (1917)
Zes Gezichten op den Fuji (‘Six Views of Fuji’), Op. 9 (1919)
Saint-Quentin, Op. 12 (1920)
De Maas (‘The Meuse’), Op. 11 (1920)
Oude Kasteelen (‘Old Castles’), Op. 14 (1920)
Acht Preludes, Op. 17 (1922)
Capri, Op. 19 (1922)
Albert Brussee
* FIRST RECORDINGS
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