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Toccata

Werner Heinrich Schmitt: Piano Works, Chamber Music & Songs

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Details

Composer
Werner Heinrich Schmitt, Hermann Hesse, Friedrich Holderlin, Detlev von Liliencron, Wang Wei
Artist
Anke Vondung, Alan Valotta, Rudiger Adami, Clara Schumann Quartet: Dalia Schmalenberg, Christiane Ly
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Apr 18, 2025
Catalog #
TOCC0752
UPC
5060113447524

About

Werner Heinrich Schmitt, born in Mannheim in 1961, began to study the piano in boyhood, and soon started to compose as well. Since then he has earned his living as a pianist, writing music as time permitted. This first album of his works reveals a composer of considerable substance, particularly in the two moving song-cycles that book-end this album. The sensitivity and resourcefulness of Schmitt's aural imagination are confirmed in the chamber and piano pieces heard here. Some are infused with joy, others with sorrow, but they all speak a musical language that aims to speak to the listener directly.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Traum 04:59
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Traum
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Anke Vondung, Christoph Berner
    Ensemble
    Clara Schumann Quartet
  2. 2 No. 2. Komm mit 02:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Komm mit
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Anke Vondung, Christoph Berner
    Ensemble
    Clara Schumann Quartet
  3. 3 No. 3. Wollust 01:43
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Wollust
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Anke Vondung, Christoph Berner
    Ensemble
    Clara Schumann Quartet
  4. 4 No. 4. Blauer Schmetterling 01:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Blauer Schmetterling
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Anke Vondung, Christoph Berner
    Ensemble
    Clara Schumann Quartet
  5. 5 Etüde 02:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    Etüde
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  6. 6 Aria 05:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    Aria
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Rüdiger Adami, Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  7. 7 … im Juli 1983 … 05:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    … im Juli 1983 …
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  8. 8 Volo 03:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    Volo
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Alan Valotta, Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  9. 9 No. 1. — 05:55
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1. —
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  10. 10 No. 2. — 01:36
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2. —
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  11. 11 No. 3. — 01:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 3. —
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  12. 12 14 Variations on Es geht ein dunkle Wolk herein 08:02
    Track
    12
    Title
    14 Variations on Es geht ein dunkle Wolk herein
    Duration
    08:02
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Alan Valotta, Rüdiger Adami, Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  13. 13 Für Hannah 02:42
    Track
    13
    Title
    Für Hannah
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  14. 14 No. 1. Chinesisches Totengedicht 03:10
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 1. Chinesisches Totengedicht
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Anke Vondung, Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  15. 15 No. 2. Meiner Mutter 03:57
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 2. Meiner Mutter
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Anke Vondung, Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  16. 16 No. 3. Ägyptisches Totengebet 03:19
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 3. Ägyptisches Totengebet
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Anke Vondung, Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  17. 17 No. 4. Zitat aus Hölderlins, "Hyperion" 01:11
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 4. Zitat aus Hölderlins, "Hyperion"
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Anke Vondung, Werner Heinrich Schmitt
  18. 18 Primavera! 01:30
    Track
    18
    Title
    Primavera!
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt
    Performer
    Werner Heinrich Schmitt