new release  In Flanders' Fields Vol. 61 cat. 92061 

 

Chamber Music by Marinus de Jong (1891-1984) 

[1-3] Sonata Pacis, Doloris et Amoris op. 18 for violin and piano (1927)

[4-7] Sonata n 3, opus 31 for piano (1934)

[8] Lentetover (Magic of Spring), opus 176 for piano (1977)

[9-10] Gaudeamus & Meditatio, opus 8 for violin and piano (ca. 1923)

[11] Nocturno De vertorte Blomme (The Mangled Flower), opus 4 for piano (1919)

[12] Valse-Caprice, opus 13 for piano (1926)

[13] Valse-Impromptu polytonale, sine opus for piano (1931)

[14] Etude Wervelwind (Whirlwind), opus 55 nr 1 (ca. 1947)

[15] Etude Praia da Rocha (Rocky Beach), opus 55 nr 2 (1954)

      TT: 72:11

CODE: 54 1232792061 2

 

In spite of his numerous concerts and his busy teaching career, Marinus de Jong 
(b. Oosterhout, Holland 1891 d. Ekeren, Belgium 1984)  was a prolific composer in numerous genres. He wrote operas, oratorios, symphonies, symphonic poems, concertos, chamber music, works for piano, songs and religious music. All his life de Jong was deeply influenced by Gregorian chant, the lyrical Sonata for Violin & Piano and the Third Piano Sonata clearly show this. 

Ning Kam, a violinist with âmuch flair plus a totally confident stage presence and an absolute command of the music [The Telegraph] was born in Singapore. She studied at the Curtis Institute and at the Cleveland Institute. Ning Kam has given many concerts all over the world and toured with many orchestras under the batons of conductors such as the late Yehudi Menuhin, Lorin Maazel, Gilbert Varga, Claus Peter Flor, Eri Klas. 

She has won 2nd Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belgium in 2001, where she also won the Flemish Radio and Television Audience Prize 

The Belgian pianist Jozef de Beenhouwer has made innumerable radio and television recordings at home and abroad, as well as a number of LPs and CDs. 

In 1991 he made the first complete recording, on 3 CDs (now available on CPO, Germany), of the piano works of Clara Schumann. He was awarded the 1993 Robert Schumann Prize of the city of Zwickau. 

At present Jozef de Beenhouwer is a professor at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp and also artistic director of the Brussels Lunchtime Concerts. He is regularly invited to sit in the juries of international piano competitions.