Folke Nauta, Jacob Bogaart - Cor De Groot: Hommage, Piano Music (2022)

Tracklist

01. Homenajes: I. à Federico Mompou, sempre tenuto e cantando
02. Homenajes: II. à Isaac Albéniz, con molto rubato
03. Homenajes: III. à Hugo Godron, con brio
04. Sonatine in A Minor sempre con fantasia e molto rubato: I. Allegro
05. Sonatine in A Minor sempre con fantasia e molto rubato: II. Adagio
06. Sonatine in A Minor sempre con fantasia e molto rubato: III. Presto
07. Canzone in B Minor (1975, Dedicated to Emil Gilels, With Great Admiration)
08. Dansflarden: I. Avec Plaisir
09. Dansflarden: II. À la manière de J.F.
10. Dansflarden: III. Alla marcia
11. Dansflarden: IV. Allegretto
12. Dansflarden: V. Poco allegro, a tempo di numero quattro
13. Oud-Hollandsche Suite in 11 Parts: I. Maestoso e presto energico
14. Oud-Hollandsche Suite in 11 Parts: II. Adagio, poco lento
15. Oud-Hollandsche Suite in 11 Parts: III. Allegretto con moto
16. Oud-Hollandsche Suite in 11 Parts: IV. Allegro non troppo
17. Oud-Hollandsche Suite in 11 Parts: V. Presto
18. Oud-Hollandsche Suite in 11 Parts: VI. Allegretto
19. Oud-Hollandsche Suite in 11 Parts: VII. Andante con moto
20. Oud-Hollandsche Suite in 11 Parts: VIII. Allegro
21. Oud-Hollandsche Suite in 11 Parts: IX. Vivo
22. Oud-Hollandsche Suite in 11 Parts: X. Andante
23. Oud-Hollandsche Suite in 11 Parts: XI. Presto
24. Tirage pour trois mains avant-la-garde et avant la letter
25. Suite française on Themes of Hogo Godron (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Cor de Groot): I. Marche Miniature
26. Suite française on Themes of Hogo Godron (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Cor de Groot): II. Serenade tranquillo Assai
27. Suite française on Themes of Hogo Godron (Arr. for 2 Pianos by Cor de Groot): III. Allegro à la Rumba
28. EnCor, à la mémoire de monsieur Serge
29. Apparitions: I. Marcia
30. Apparitions: II. Agitato
31. Apparitions: III. Con moto
32. Apparitions: IV. Andante
33. Apparitions: V. Poco lento
34. Apparitions: VI. Vehemente, tumultuoso (Concert Version)
35. Apparitions: VII. Andante tranquillo
36. 5 Préludes: I. Tempo di mazurka (motif: C-D-G)
37. 5 Préludes: II. Presto leggiero
38. 5 Préludes: III. Andante
39. 5 Préludes: IV. Andante cantabile
40. 5 Préludes: V. Allegro scherzando. Tempo di polka
41. Sonatina No. 5, Op. 44: I. Poco allegro
42. Sonatina No. 5, Op. 44: II. Molto tranquillo e rubato
43. Sonatina No. 5, Op. 44: III. Allegretto
44. 2 Preludes: I. Adagio
45. 2 Preludes: II. Sostenuto
46. Preludium
47. Quattro pezzi: I. Fanfare. Andante
48. Quattro pezzi: II. Allegro deciso
49. Quattro pezzi: III. Adagio
50. Quattro pezzi: IV. Vivo
51. Trois pieces: I. Promenade
52. Trois pieces: II. Fracas (dict: noise, rattling, mayhem, L.A.)
53. Trois pieces: III. Hymne (Promenade II)
54. Canzone dolorosa
55. Irish Waltz
56. Cloches dans le matin
57. Liebestraum No. 3



The name of Cor de Groot (1914-1993) adorned the cover of many LPs of canonic concertos and sonatas throughout the 1950s, when his qualities were summed up in High Fidelity magazine in a review of the first two concertos of Beethoven: "De Groot is a solid and sympathetic interpreter in the Central European tradition... His playing impresses with its substance and authority rather than with ostentation and glitter".

Cor de Groot (July 7, 1914 – May 26, 1993) was a Dutch pianist and composer. Born in Amsterdam, he studied piano with Egbert Veen and Ulferts Schults, and composition and conducting with Sem Dresden. In 1932 he graduated with highest honors, playing a piano concerto written by himself. After becoming a soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra he embarked on a highly successful international career. If some (though not yet all) of his recordings as a pianist have received modern reissues on CD, his own compositions have received comparatively little attention. An early Sonatina pokes fun at serial technique, before an Old Holland Suite deftly sketches a sequence of 11 Dutch landscapes and portraits. A sequence of five Homenajes documents his fondness for Spain, played here by its dedicatee Jacob Bogaart.

Folke Nauta likewise became a friend and colleague of de Groot, making him an ideal pianist to record the repertoire for left-hand piano which the composer wrote once a long term injury to his right hand had derailed his career at the end of the 1950s. Eastern European influences such as Bartók can be found in most of the seven movements of Apparitions, while a trio of later miniatures such as Cloches dans le matin (1979) makes a virtue of simplicity. Between them, Nauta has made an imaginative selection of music written for de Groot, as a left-handed pianist, by friends and colleagues including Willem, Juuriaan and Louis Andriessen, all receiving their first recordings here.

The collection ends on a note of personal homage and affection with EnCor, which Jacob Bogaart wrote in 2013 as a reminiscence of his improvisation and practice sessions with de Groot. Both pianists contribute substantial essays to the booklet, which is further enhanced by a memoir of the pianist by the curator, musicologist and producer Frits Zwart: "I was, of course, impressed by this world-famous pianist,’ he recalls, ‘a very ordinary man in his doings, also in his outward appearance. Nothing about him betrayed the great artist". The first part of this set dedicated to Cor de Groot presents works for piano left hand, by Cor de Groot, Ignace Lilien (1897-1964), Léon Orthel (1905-1985), Willem Frederik Bon (1940-1983), the brothers Jurriaan (1925-1996), and Louis Andriessen (1939-2021) as well as by their uncle Willem Andriessen (1887-1964); the second part contains works for piano solo by Cor de Groot.

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