Miroir de Peine

Andriessen, Hendrik, Badings, Henk, różni kompozytorzy, Van Lier, Bertus, Wertheim, Rosy

Havinga, Matthias, Veldhoven, Klaartje van

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This disc presents songs for soprano and organ by Dutch composers, notably by Hendrik Andriessen.

Hendrik Andriessen was born in Haarlem, The Netherlands. He received lessons from his father, Nicolaas Hendrik Andriessen, who was the music director and organist at the St. Josef Church in Haarlem, a post Hendrik took over after his father’s death in 1913.

Hendrik Andriessen had composition lessons from Bernard Zweers. His first mature works include religious compositions, organ works, chamber music and lieder. Andriessen’s style shows obvious influences of the French composers Vincent d'lndy, César Franck, Gabriel Pierné and Albert Roussel.

The main work on this CD is Miroir de Peine, a languorous song-cycle to Henri Vangeon’s poems of religious ecstasy describing the suffering of Christ from the perspective of the Virgin Mary. Also included are organ works by Andriessen, as well as songs and organ works by Rosy Wertheim, Bertus van Lier and Henk Badings.

Beautifully sung by Dutch soprano Klaartje van Veldhoven. Educated at the Amsterdam Conservatorium and the Schola Cantorum in Basel she collaborated with conductors Ton Koopman, Sigiswald Kuijken, Alfredo Bernardini and Shunsuke Sato. Dutch organist Matthias Havinga enjoys a successful international career and is organist of the Oude Kerk and Ronde Lutherse Kerk in Amsterdam. He made several highly praised CDs for Brilliant Classics.

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