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WILLEM ANDRIESSEN (HAARLEM, OCTOBER 25, 1887 – AMSTERDAM, MARCH 29, 1964)

 

 

 

 

Andriessen studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory, completing his studies in 1906, and was awarded the school’s Outstanding Achievement Prize for piano. He appeared frequently in concert performances in the Netherlands, and was noted for his interpretations of J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Robert Schumann, though he also played piano pieces from contemporaries such as Debussy, Ravel, Bartók and Pijper. Andriessen taught at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (1910–18) and following this at the Muziekschool in Rotterdam after 1924. He was appointed director of the Amsterdam Conservatory from 1937 to 1953. He also gave radio broadcasts of performances which included analyses of compositions. In 1942, following the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Andriessen and his brother Hendrik were imprisoned for a year, during which time Willem gave lecture-concerts for the prisoners.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

Willem Andriessen – Recital

Philips – S 06192 R

10″, 33 ⅓ RPM

Classical

Romantic

Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude, Menuet En Gigue Uit Partita Nr.1 In B Gr. T.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Rondo In D Gr. T. K.V. 485

Ludwig van Beethoven – Für Elise

Frédéric Chopin – Prelude In Des Gr. T., Op. 28, 15

Franz Schubert – Moment Musical Op. 94, 3

Robert Schumann – Des Abends, Nr. 1 Uit,, Phantasiestücke” Op. 12

Edvard Grieg – Erotik, Nr. 5 Uit,, Lyrische Stücke” Op. 43

Johannes Brahms – Intermezzo Op. 117, 2

Cover – Kurt Löb

Liner Notes – Wouter Paap

Piano – Willem Andriessen

record labels in German

Back cover liner notes in Dutch by Wouter Paap

front cover oil painting by Kurt Löb

Matrix / inner ring (etched): Side A: 6 AA 06192 ▽ 1R=C1 // 6701 1

Matrix / inner ring (etched): Side B: 6 AA’06192 ▽ 2R=C2//67012S