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Van Dieren: Complete Music for Piano Solo / Guild
Piano Classics

Van Dieren: Complete Music for Piano Solo / Guild

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Composer
Bernard Van Dieren
Artist
Christopher Guild
Format
CD
Label
Piano Classics
Released
Sep 23, 2022
Catalog #
PCL10241
UPC
5029365102414

About

Bernard Van Dieren (1887-1936) was essentially self-taught as a composer, though friendships with Schoenberg, Busoni, Sorabji, Walton, and Lambert all obliquely indicate by association both the technical confidence of his work as well as the variegated colors of his harmonic palette.

He was born in Rotterdam but fell in love with and then married a pupil of Busoni’s, Frida Kindler, who gave the first performances of most of his piano music. While earlier works such as the powerful Toccata approach Schoenbergian atonality in their tightly woven chromaticism, Van Dieren’s world is at root a diatonic one, stretching rather than breaking tonalities with a post-Wagnerian sensibility often comparable to the music of Delius. The composer himself was apparently a pianist of modest ability, but (perhaps not least thanks to Frida Kindler) he writes for the instrument with a formidable array of pianistic technique grounded in his own enduring love of counterpoint.

The most straightforwardly appealing music here is a set of 12 Dutch folk melodies on album 2, followed by a charming little prelude written for Frida’s birthday in 1934 – his last piano work before his death from a long-standing kidney complaint two years later. The pianist Christopher Guild, renowned for his advocacy of lesser-known pianistic voices, is then joined by Dr James Reid-Baxter for the first-ever recording of the Ballad de Villon, in which Van Dieren originally set a prayer to the Virgin for reciter and string quartet, with the instrumental lines later transcribed for the piano by Philip Heseltine. Album 1 features a set of six densely polyphonic ‘Sketches’ in the style of Busoni and a Theme and Variations in the grand Romantic manner.

Tracklist 40 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Moderato assai 07:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Moderato assai
    Duration
    07:31
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  2. 2 No. 2. Quasi andante 03:34
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Quasi andante
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  3. 3 No. 3. Allegro, rullante - Gracile ma distinto 02:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Allegro, rullante - Gracile ma distinto
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  4. 4 No. 4. Allegramente 03:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Allegramente
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  5. 5 No. 5. Poco lento 04:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Poco lento
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  6. 6 No. 6. Poco più lento che Pezza I 07:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Poco più lento che Pezza I
    Duration
    07:59
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  7. 7 Toccata 13:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    Toccata
    Duration
    13:01
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  8. 8 Theme: Sostenuto 00:45
    Track
    8
    Title
    Theme: Sostenuto
    Duration
    00:45
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  9. 9 Variation 1: — 00:31
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 1: —
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  10. 10 Variation 2: — 00:22
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 2: —
    Duration
    00:22
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  11. 11 Variation 3: Molto sostenuto e quasi pesante 00:47
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variation 3: Molto sostenuto e quasi pesante
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  12. 12 Variation 4: Risoluto 00:19
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variation 4: Risoluto
    Duration
    00:19
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  13. 13 Variation 5: Molto più lento 00:39
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variation 5: Molto più lento
    Duration
    00:39
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  14. 14 Variation 6: — 00:21
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variation 6: —
    Duration
    00:21
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  15. 15 Variation 7: Legato 01:36
    Track
    15
    Title
    Variation 7: Legato
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  16. 16 Variation 8: Martellato, assai veloce 00:34
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variation 8: Martellato, assai veloce
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  17. 17 Variation 9: Molto robusto 00:46
    Track
    17
    Title
    Variation 9: Molto robusto
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  18. 18 Variation 10: Ugalmente 00:42
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variation 10: Ugalmente
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  19. 19 Variation 11: Dolce e distante 01:09
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variation 11: Dolce e distante
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  20. 20 Variation 12: Presto - Giocoso 00:30
    Track
    20
    Title
    Variation 12: Presto - Giocoso
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  21. 21 Variation 13: Adagio molto 00:49
    Track
    21
    Title
    Variation 13: Adagio molto
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  22. 22 Variation 14: Con ultimo rapidita e brilliantemente 01:19
    Track
    22
    Title
    Variation 14: Con ultimo rapidita e brilliantemente
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  23. 23 No. 1. Assai andante ma con dignità 06:39
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 1. Assai andante ma con dignità
    Duration
    06:39
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  24. 24 No. 2. Sostenuto, romanticamente 05:20
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 2. Sostenuto, romanticamente
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  25. 25 No. 3. Presto 07:40
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 3. Presto
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  26. 26 No. 1. Andantino (Berceuse) 01:43
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 1. Andantino (Berceuse)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  27. 27 No. 2. Semplice ma con solennità 01:17
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 2. Semplice ma con solennità
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  28. 28 No. 3. Sostenuto, con mesto 01:16
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 3. Sostenuto, con mesto
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  29. 29 No. 4. Leggiero, giocoso 00:49
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 4. Leggiero, giocoso
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  30. 30 No. 5. Gaio, fresco, "Ic stontop hoghe berghen" 00:36
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 5. Gaio, fresco, "Ic stontop hoghe berghen"
    Duration
    00:36
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  31. 31 No. 5. Maestoso-chiarosemplice 00:56
    Track
    31
    Title
    No. 5. Maestoso-chiarosemplice
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  32. 32 No. 6. Poco vivo, dolce, "Daar was laatst een meisje loos" 00:33
    Track
    32
    Title
    No. 6. Poco vivo, dolce, "Daar was laatst een meisje loos"
    Duration
    00:33
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  33. 33 No. 7. Andante con moto 01:01
    Track
    33
    Title
    No. 7. Andante con moto
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  34. 34 No. 8. Semplice e tenere Tempocomodo, “Vroeg op" 01:12
    Track
    34
    Title
    No. 8. Semplice e tenere Tempocomodo, “Vroeg op"
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  35. 35 No. 9. Allegro vivace, "Als ik groot ben" 00:25
    Track
    35
    Title
    No. 9. Allegro vivace, "Als ik groot ben"
    Duration
    00:25
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  36. 36 No. 10. Assai secco - Diabelliescamente 00:54
    Track
    36
    Title
    No. 10. Assai secco - Diabelliescamente
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  37. 37 No. 11. Alacramente gagliardo, "Des winters al shet reghent" 00:48
    Track
    37
    Title
    No. 11. Alacramente gagliardo, "Des winters al shet reghent"
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  38. 38 No. 12. Non troppo lento - Pesante 02:45
    Track
    38
    Title
    No. 12. Non troppo lento - Pesante
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  39. 39 Piccolo pralinudettino fridato 03:44
    Track
    39
    Title
    Piccolo pralinudettino fridato
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren
    Performer
    Christopher Guild
  40. 40 Ballad de Villon 09:51
    Track
    40
    Title
    Ballad de Villon
    Duration
    09:51
    Composer
    Bernard van Dieren, Peter Warlock
    Performer
    James Reid-Baxter, Christopher Guild