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All CD's can be ordered by transferring the amount due to the 'Postbank', account nr. 5069559 to M.R.Worms, Amsterdam. The CD will be sent to you immediately once the money will be received. When you're living outside the Netherlands you can use an international cheque, but as expenses are often relatively high, you can also send the money cash in an enveloppe. This has always been succesful in the past.

The price of the CD is 15 Euro (or 19 US Dollars), postage costs are 2 Euro (3 US Dollars) for the Netherlands, 3 Euro (4 US Dollars) for Europe and 5 Euro (6 US Dollars) for non-European countries.
'Red, White & Blues' is a double CD and its price is 20 Euro (30 US Dollars). The price of the double CD with music by Jacques Beers is 25 Euro (37 US Dollars) plus postage'.

You can also first send an e-mail to mrworms@euronet.nl.

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Jacques Beers - Musicien d'Avenir
Attacca 28116 & 28117

CD 1
Suite for flute and piano *
Chants de Métier *
Sonata for flute and piano
Vlan! Six chants puérils
8 pieces for piano four hands *
Fuga sopra Addis Abeba *

CD 2
'Mouvement' for violin and piano *
Trois chansons pour danser
Pièce for piano
Trois chansons nègres
Sonata for piano *
Negro Songs
Sur le tombeau de Debussy *
Oud-Nederlandsche liederen (old Dutch songs) *

* with Marcel Worms - piano

the other musicians:
Irene Maessen - soprano
Marcel Beekman - tenor
Eleonore Pameijer - flute
Ursula Schoch - violin
Marja Bon - piano
Frans van Ruth - piano

Recorded at the Bethaniënmonastery in Amsterdam (the Netherlands), june 2007

Joaquin Nin-Culmell (1908 - 2004) - The complete Tonadas and other works for piano
Zefir Records ZEF 9613

1. the complete Tonadas (1956-1961)
Listen to previews of:
track 2: Jota castellana (Palencia)
track 7: Baile de Burgos
track 11: Cantar de pandeiro (Galicia)
track 15: Copla castellana
track 19: Canción otoñal
track 21: Seguidilla murciana
track 26: Copla asturiana
track 31: Mateixa I (Baleares)
track 36: Mateixa II (Baleares)
track 41: El cant des ocells (Cataluña)
track 45: Jota extremeña

2. Sonata breve (1934)

3. Cuban dances (selection, 1985)
track 52: Dance Cubain No. 5

4. Homenaje a Federico Mompou (1990)

recorded at the Concertzaal, Middelburg (the Netherlands), December 18 and 22, 2007
recording: Walter Calbo
editing: Walter Calbo and Jakko van der Heijden, Concertstudio De Verwerij
musical director: Jakko van der Heijden
Cover: portrait Joaquin Nin-Culmell,painter unknown
Design: Meeuw

FEDERICO MOMPOU - CHAMBER MUSIC - EL PONT
Zefir Records - ZEF 9610

Irene Maessen - soprano
Marijke van Kooten - violin
Daniël Esser - cello
Martin Kaaij - guitar
Marcel Worms - piano

Federico Mompou (1893 - 1987)

1.‘Combat del Somni’ for soprano and piano (1948)
1.Damunt de tu només les flors
2.Aquesta nit un mateix vent
3.Jo et pressentia com la mar

2.Four mouvements from ‘Suite compostelana’ for guitar (1962)
1.Preludio
2.Recitativo
3.Canción
4.Muñeira

3.El niño mudo for soprano and piano (1955)

4.Comptines for soprano and piano
-1.Gai (1926)
-2.Un peu majestueux (1926)
-3.kwartnoot = 132 (1926)
-4.Aserrin, Aserran (1943)
-5.Petite fille de Paris (1943)
-6.Pito, pito, colorito (1943)

5.Preludes for piano
Nr.1 Dans le style romance (1927)
Nr.2 Energiquement (1928)
Nr.8 Con lyrica espressione (1943)

6.
-Cancion y Danza nr.VI (1943)

7.Altitud for violin and piano (1928)

8.El Pont for cello and piano (1976)

9.Évocation for violin, cello and piano (1973)(arrangement of ‘Cinco melodías sobre textos de Paul Valéry’ by Luciano González Sarmiento, 1981)
-La fausse morte
-L’insinuant
-Le vin perdu
-Le sylphe
-Les pas

10.Damunt de tu només les flors (arranged by Martin Kaaij for soprano, violin, cello, guitar and piano)

*Recorded at the Bethaniënklooster, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 21, 2006 and January 10, 2007
*Recording: Bert van Dijk and Boris Nieuwenhuijzen
*Editing: Bert van Dijk, Helix Audio
*Production: Jakko van der Heijden and Marcel Worms
*Piano: Steinway
*Cover: portrait of Mompou (private collection Carmen Bravo)
*Text: Marcel Worms and Martin Kaaij (Suite compostelana)
*Design: Meeuw

This recording was made possible by a gift from the Dutch Thuiskopie Fonds.

Red, White and Blues – 32 New Dutch Blues Pieces (1996 – 2006), Attacca 27103 & 27104

sleeve Música Callada

CD 1
1.Leo Samama-Some kind of Blues (2002)
2.Svitlana Azarova - Valentine Blues (2006)
3.David Dramm - Otis plays Arnold (1996)
4.Rudi Martinus van Dijk - A touch of the Blues (1998)
5.Evrim Demirel - Blues extended (2006)
6.Douwe Eisenga -Growing worm, stabbing his back-part slowly into the blues (2001)
7.Joost Kleppe - Fado irado (1999
8.Astrid Kruisselbrink - Goin’ down (2006)
9.Daan Manneke-Blues for Marcel (2000)
10.Vanessa Lann - Leaps of faith (2001/2002)
11.Robert Nasveld -Frozen Blues (2002)
12.Christina Oorebeek - Prismatic Blues
13.Mathieu Polak - Der Gasn Nigun (2006
14.Michiel Braam- Worms is back! (1998)
18. Theo Loevendie (1930) - The Bar pianist (1997)

CD 2
1.Dolf de Kinkelder - Gejaagd door de kwint
2.Ron Ford - Lachrymae (1997)
3.Rozalie Hirs - Source of Blue (2005)
4.Loek Dikker-South Side Ground Zero Boogie Blues (2003)
5.Otto Ketting - Palace Hotel (1998)
6.Hanna Kulenty-Drive Blues (2000)
7.Vincent van Warmerdam-Cradlerockin' Blues (2000)
8.Misha Mengelberg – Blues na Piet (1997)
9.Guus Janssen - Blauwbrug (Bluebridge) (1996 )
10.Ana Mihailovic - A Sad Smile Blues (2000)
11.Toek Numan - Hitch (2003 )
12.Martijn Padding - Laid Back (1996)
13.Bart Spaan-Blank (2004)
14.Bob Zimmerman- A can of Blues (1999)
15.Sinta Wullur-Bali in Blue (1999)
16.Jacob ter Veldhuis - Honky Tonk Blues (1999)
17.Jacob ter Veldhuis - Off & On Situation Blues (1999)

Cover: based on a painting by Rivka Worms (born 1989, painted at age 5)
Text: Marcel Worms
Translation: Patricia Werner Leanse
Design: Riemke Kuiper

Tracks nr. 2,4,5 – CD 1 – and nr. 7,8, 16, 18 – CD 2 - (recorded previously on NMEXTRA 98014)
Recorded at the Singelkerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 26, 27 and May 20 1999
Recording and editing: Jorn Mineur and Rob Heerschop
Piano: Steinway D, Hamburg

Tracks nr. 6, 10 – CD 1 – and nr.5 , 6, 9, 13 and 14 –CD 2 - (recorded previously on NMEXTRA 98021)
Recorded at Studio MCO 1, Hilversum, the Netherlands, April 18, 19, 23 and 24 2001
Recording and editing: Jorn Mineur and Rob Heerschop
Piano: Steinway D, Hamburg

Tracks nr. 7, 11 and 14 – CD 1 – and 1 and 17 – CD 2 - ( recorded previously on Vermes Records 0401)
Recorded at the Studio Grasland, Haarlem, The Netherlands, September 14 and 15, 2004
Recording and editing: Guido Tichelman
Musical directors: Hans Asselbergs en Guido Tichelman
Piano: Steinway D, Hamburg
Piano technique: Frans Sedee

Tracks nr. 1,3, 8, 9, 12 and 13 – CD 1 – and 2,3 ,4 ,10 , 11,12 and 15 – CD 2 -
Recorded at the Studio Grasland, Haarlem, The Netherlands, September 29, 30 and October 1 2006
Recording and editing: Guido Tichelman
Musical directors: Guido Tichelman and Fons Brouwer
Piano: Steinway D, Hamburg
Piano technique: Frans Sedee

Federico Mompou (1893 - 1987) Música Callada
Zefir Records ZEF 9609

sleeve Música Callada

1er Cahier (1959)

I.Angelico
listen to 30 seconds of this part (mp3, 508Kb)
II.Lent
III.Placide
listen to 30 seconds of this part (mp3, 488Kb)
IV.Afflitto e penoso
V. -
VI.Lento
VII.Lento
VIII.Semplice
listen to 30 seconds of this part (mp3, 512Kb)
IX.Lento

2me Cahier (1962)

X.Lento e cantabile
XI.Allegretto
listen to 30 seconds of this part (mp3, 372Kb)
XII.Lento
XIII.Tranquillo - très calme
listen to 30 seconds of this part (mp3, 508Kb)
XIV.Severo - sérieux
XV.Lento - plaintif
XVI.Calme

3me Cahier (1965)

XVII.Lento
XVIII.Luminoso
XIX.Tranquillo
XX.Calme
XXI.Lento

4me cahier (1967)

XXII.Molto lento e tranquillo
XXIII.Calme, avec clarté
XXIV.Moderato
XXV. -
XXVI.Lento
XXVII.Lento molto
XXVIII. Lento

*Recorded at the Bethaniënklooster, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 20, 2006
Recording: Walter Calbo
Editing: Walter Calbo and Jakko van der Heijden, Concertstudio De Verwerij
Musical director : Jakko van der Heijden
Cover: Federico Mompou - painting by Federico Aguílar Alcaraz (1964), private collection Carmen Bravo, Barcelona
Design: Meeuw

Spanning The Globe, Music from Six Continents (FutureClassics 061)

1. Gilberto Mendes (1922, Brazil) - Urubuqueçaba (2003)
listen to 30 seconds of this track (mp3, 503Kb)

2. Ronald Snijders (1951, Surinam) - Capriccio Caribenyo first movement of the Suite for flute and piano (2004)
listen to 30 seconds of this track (mp3, 441Kb)

3.Sinta Wullur (1958, Indonesia) - Djawa / second movement of Suwali (2005)
4. Riad Abdel-Gawad (Egypt) - Longa Nahawand (2005)
5. B. Ganesh Kumar (India,1966) - Alaap/Prelude from Bhairavi-Sindubhairavi (2005)
6. Valton Beqiri (1967, Kosovo) - Echos,os,os........(2004)
7/8. Pablo Escande (1971, Argentina) - Dos Danzas, Amorosa e Humoresca (2005)
listen to 30 seconds of the track (mp3, 474Kb)

9. Alon Nechushtan (1974, Israel) - Light our Sorrow,Variations on a Sacred Jewish Theme (2003)
10. Lalanath de Silva (1959, Sri Lanka) - Viridu, third movement of Sangeetha Bindu (Droplets of music) (2004)
listen to 30 seconds of the track (mp3, 503Kb)

11,12,13. Ross Edwards (1943, Australia) - Nura (2004)
14,15, 16.Michael Fiday (1961, USA) - Haiku 3, 4 and 5 from 9 Haiku (2005)
17. Martin Scherzinger (1966, South Africa)- The Whistle of the Circle Movement (2004)
18. Chiel Meijering (1954, The Netherlands)- Full Fathom Five from Ballroom Dances (2003)

Recorded at the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, on November 9, 10 and 11, 2005.
Alaap by B. Ganesh Kumar was recorded by NPS radio on January 16, 2006 at the
Uilenburger Concert Series in Amsterdam. Recording courtesy of NPS radio.
Recording: Helix Audio, Bert van Dijk
Text: Eleonore Pameijer and Marcel Worms
CD Art Direction: Gary Raduziner
Layout: Meeuw
Photographs: Jarko Aikens
Editing and translation: Jeff Hamburg
Special thanks to: Mrs. Lot van Schaik, Mr.Philippe Ratte (UNESCO), Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jan Wolff, Jarko Aikens, Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ.

All works composed for Eleonore Pameijer and Marcel Worms.
The profits from this CD (20% of the retail price is guaranteed) will be contributed to War Child.

Treasures 1937 - 1944 (FutureClassics 052)

1. Dick Kattenburg (1919 - 1943) - Pièce for flute and piano (1939)
listen to 30 sec of this track (mp3, 472Kb)

Dick Kattenburg - Sonata (1937)
2. Introduzione: Maestoso
3. Intermezzo: Andante quasi lento
4. Fughetta: Allegro vivo

Rosy Wertheim (1888-1949) -Three Pieces for flute and piano (1939)
5. Cortège des marionnettes
6. Pastorale
7. Capriccio

Nico Richter (1915-1945) - Two pieces for flute and piano (1942)
8. Allegretto
9. Adagio

Daniël Belinfante (1893 - 1945) - Third Sonatina for piano
10. Moderato
11. Adagio
12. Allegro-moderato con spirito

13. Marius Flothuis (1914-2001) - Aubade for flute solo (1944)

Marius Flothuis - Sonata da Camera op. 17 (1943)
14 Cadenza
15. Sonatina
16. Lamento
17. Rondo alla Francese

Leo Smit (1900 - 1943) - Sonata for flute and piano (1943)
18. Allegro
listen to 30 seconds of this track (mp3, 472Kb)

19. Lento
20. Allegro moderato

Recorded in the Netherlands on April 12, 2005 at Studio MCO-1 in Hilversum, and June 13, 2005 at De Toonzaal in 's Hertogenbosch. Recording: Helix Audio, Bert van Dijk
Cover: postcard collection Jaap van Velzen, courtesy of the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam.
Design: Jos Moers (Meeuw)
Text : Eleonore Pameijer and Marcel Worms
Translation: Jeff Hamburg
Special thanks: NIK, Amsterdam Jewish Historical Museum, Mea Flothuis, Jan Brester, Joyce Bergman-van Hessen, Ger Poppelaars and Wim de Vries.

A Can Of Blues (Vermes Records 0401)

This album is to be expected at the end of November!

1.Neely Bruce - The Billings Blues (2001) 3'30''
(1944, USA )
listen to 30 seconds of this track (mp3, 364Kb)

2.Bob Zimmerman - A Can of Blues (1999) 6'30''
(1948, the Netherlands)
listen to 30 seconds of this track (mp3, 360Kb)

3Joost Kleppe - Fado irado (2002)
(1963, the Netherlands)

4.Joost Kleppe - Memento (1999) 5'

5.Leo Samama - Some kind of a Blues (2002) 6'
(1951, the Netherlands)

6. Loek Dikker - South Side Ground Zero Boogie
(1944, the Netherlands) Blues(2003) 6'

7.Ian Munro (1963, Australia) - Dismal Blues (2004) 2'30''

8.Elena Kats - Chernin - Economy Class Blues (2004) 2'30''
(1957, Australia / Uzbekistan)

9.Robert Nasveld - Frozen Blues (2002) 4'
(1955, the Netherlands)

10.Gao Ping - Blue Mask (2002) 7'
(1970, New Zealand / China)

11.Matthias Drude - Bluespressivo(2002) 4'
(1960 , Germany)

12.Georg Hajdu - Dichrome Bleu (2004) 3'30''
(1960, Germany)

13.Daniël Schvetz - First-Bluff (2004) 6'
(1955, Portugal/Argentina)

14.John Lewis(1947, England) - Molybdene (2003) 6'

15.Anat Fort (1970, USA / Israel) - Marce Bars (2003) 4'
listen to 30 seconds of this track (mp3, 360Kb)

16.Riccardo Massari Spiritini - Blues Records (2003) 7'30''
(1966, Spain / Italy)
listen to 30 seconds of this track (mp3, 360Kb)

Where two countries are mentioned, the first one is the country where
the composer is actually living, the second one his or her country of
origin.

All works composed for Marcel Worms except 'Memento' by Joost Kleppe.

Recorded at the Studio Grasland, Haarlem, The Netherlands, September
14 and 15, 2004
Recording and editing: Guido Tichelman
Musical directors: Hans Asselbergs en Guido Tichelman
Piano: Steinway D, Hamburg
Piano technique: Frans Sedee
Cover: Rivka Worms (born 1989, painted at age 5)
Design: Jos Moers (Meeuw)
Text and translations: Marcel Worms
Special thanks: Jodee Chung

Tangos for Piano from Latin America and Europe (BVHAAST 0702)

Download here 'A fuego lento' by Horacio Salgan (MP3, 504 KB)

This CD places the tangos of South America, where the dance originated, next to and against tangos written by European composers in the early twentieth century, when the tango first crossed the ocean. In addition, three recent tangos written by Dutch composers are included, two of which were composed especially for Marcel Worms. From the very beginning, the piano played an important role in the tango orchestra. Many of the genre's greatest figures were both bandleader and pianist.

1. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - Tango (1940)
2. Horacio Salgan (1916) - A fuego lento (1953)
3. Horacio Salgan - Don Agustín Bardi (1950)
4. Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) -Tango - transcription by Leopold Godowsky (1890)
5. Aníbal Troilo (1914-1975) - La ultima curda (1956)
6. Kurt Weill (1900-1950) - 'Tango-Ballade' from 'Three Pennies Opera'
7. Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934) - Odeon - 'Tango Brasileiro' (1926)
8. Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972) - Tango (1927)
9. Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh (1847-1905) - 6 Danzas cubanas (1899)
10. Jean Wiéner (1896-1982) - Tango (1955)
11. Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) - Milonga del Angel
12. Astor Piazzolla - From'Estaciones': Otono Porteño(1970)
13. Bob Zimmerman (1948) - Tetigi (2001)
14. René Vargas Vera (1936) - Pampa Escondida (1997)
15. René Vargas Vera - Zamba para mi poncho
(1965)
16. Carel Kraayenhof (1957) - Clavel Rojo (1989)
17. Osvaldo Pugliese (1905-1995) - la Yumba (1947)
18. Dolf de Kinkelder (1953) -Quasitango (2002)
19. Carlos Gardel (1890-1925) -Mi Buenos Aires querido (1934)

Recorded at the 'Kloveniersdoelen', Middelburg, The Netherlands,
September 13, 2002

Blues for Piano (NM EXTRA 98014)

Download here 'Worms is Back' from this album (MP3, 793 KB)

1. Dolf de Kinkelder (1953) - Gejaagd door de kwint *
     (Dronesome Blues) (1998)
2. Mauricio Kagel (1931) - Ragtime from 'Westen'
     (1993/94, version for piano solo 1997)
3. Bang Wenfu (1974) - The Golden Shoe * (1998)
4. Guus Janssen (1951) - Blauwbrug *(1996 )
5. Frederic Rzewski (1938) - Blues from 'The road'(1996)
6. Zou Hang (1975) - Distance of Jazz* (1998) (a. Far b. Near )
7. Louis Andriessen (1939) - Base (1994)
8. David Dramm (1961) - Otis plays Arnold *(1996)
9. Theo Loevendie (1930) - The Barpianist * (1997)
     (sound engineer: Boris Nieuwenhuijzen)
10. Michael Finnissy (1946) - Honky Blues * (1996)
11. Misha Mengelberg (1935) - Wat volgt *(1997)
12. Rudi Martinus van Dijk (1932) - A touch of the Blues * (1998)
13. Luca Macchi (1965) - Marinella's Blues *(1998)
14. Faradsch Karajew (1943) - Monsieur Bee Line-eccentric *(1997)
15. Hein Van de Geijn (1956) - Bass Blues (1987)
16. Burton Greene (1937) - Moldavian Blues (1994)
17. Michiel Braam (1964) - Worms is back! *(1998)

* composed for Marcel Worms

recorded at Singelkerk, Amsterdam - April 26,27 and May 20 1999

Picasso - The Music of his Century (VIA Records-9950562)

This cd contains music which is related in some way to the painter Picasso

Download here one of the Danzas Españolas (MP3, 703 KB)

1. J.S.Bach (1685-1750) - Contrapunctus 14 from 'die Kunst der Fuge'
     B.W.V. 1080 - 7'
2. Erik Satie (1866-1925) - Ragtime from 'Parade' (1917) - 3'
3. Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971) - Ragtime (1918) - 5'
4. Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - 'Tango des Fratellini'
     from 'le Boeuf sur le toit' (1919) - 2'
5. Igor Strawinsky - Circus Polka (1942) - 4'
6. Enrique Granados (1867-1916) - From: Danzas Españolas (1893) - 7'
7. Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
     From: El sombrero de tres picos (1919) - 7'30
8. Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Toréador
    (Chanson Hispano-Italienne) (1918-1932) - 5'
    from: le Travail du Peintre: Pablo Picasso (1958) - 2'29
9. Paul Dessau (1894-1979) - (nach Picasso) (1937) - 4'
10. Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) - Bugles and Birds:
    A portrait of Pablo Picasso (1940) - 2'30
11. Erik Satie - Mercure (1924) - 11'
12. Darius Milhaud - Uit: 'le train bleu' (1924) - 6'

recorded at Cristofori, Amsterdam - February 7-10 1999

Pictures at a Van Gogh Exhibition (DDD, Vermes Records 98-01)

This cd contains music which is related in some way to the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh

Download here a Mazurka by Skrjabin (MP3, 710 KB)

1. Claude Debussy (1872 - 1918) - Nocturne (1892)
2. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - Introduction to 'Tristan und Isolde'
     (1854-1859) (transcription for piano by Zoltan Kocsis)
3. Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - La lugubre gondola - second version (1885)
4. Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894) - From: Pièces pittoresques (1881)
5. Fré Focke (1919-1989) - Le tombeau de Van Gogh (1951)
6. Erik Satie (1866 -1925) - Fantaisie-Valse; Valse Ballet (1885)
7. Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - Printemps - Suite voor piano (1915-1920)
8. Alexander Skriabin (1872-1915) - 2 Mazurkas op.3; 8 Preludes op.11 (1888-1890)

Recorded at Cristofori, Amsterdam - August 25-28 1998

For more information on Vincent van Gogh you can visit www.vangogh-nuenen.com.

Jazz in 20th-Century Piano Music (BVHAAST 9403)

All works on this cd have been influenced in some degree by jazz. Besides classical pieces like the Gershwin Preludes and Strawinsky's 'Ragtime' also less well known 'jazzy' pieces can be heard on this cd.

Download here the 'Boogie-Woogie Etude' (MP3, 634 KB)

Darius Milhaud - 3 Rag-Caprices
Igor Strawinsky - Ragtime
Paul Hindemith - Ragtime uit 'Suite 1922'
Erwin Schulhoff - 5 Etudes de Jazz
Martijn Padding - Blend
Jean Wiéner - Rêve
Theo Loevendie - On the train
Morton Gould - Boogie-Woogie Etude
Charles Ives - 3 Improvisations
George Antheil - Jazz Sonata
George Gershwin - 3 Preludes
Frederic Rzewski - Which side are you on?

Recorded at the IJsbreker, Amsterdam - December 20-24 1993

Jean Wiéner - Works for piano (BVHAAST 9614)

A rehabilitation of French composer Jean Wiéner (1896-1982) who wrote music in the style he called himself 'style salade' (salad style): a colourful mixture with ingredients like Bach, Mozart, Chopin, French cabaret and jazz.

Download here 'Java' from Jean Wiéner, taken from his album (MP3, 632 KB)

The complete program and explanatory notes can be found at the soloprograms on this site.

Francis Poulenc - Complete Works for piano and wind instruments (with 'Groupe des Sept') (Emergo Classics EC 3947-2)

The complete works of Francis Poulenc for piano and wind instruments.

Download here the first part of 'Sextuor' (MP3, 630 KB)

Sonata for flute and piano, Sonata for oboe and piano, Sonata for clarinet and piano, Elegy for horn and piano, 'Vilanelle' for pipeau and piano;
Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano; Sextuor for piano and wind quintet.

Performed by Derek Moore - flute (Sonata)
Peter Verduyn Lunel - flute (Sextuor)
Eduard Wesly - oboe
Winny Pollard - clarinet
Alban Wesly - bassoon
Teunis van der Zwart - horn
Marcel Worms - piano

Recorded Live iat the English Church in Amsterdam - 11/29 1995

Pictures at a Mondrian Exhibition (Emergo Classics EC 3935-2)

This cd contains music which is related in some way to the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian.

Download here the 'Variatonen op.27 van A. Webern' from the album (MP3, 640 KB)

Percy Grainger - In Dahomey
Alexander Tansman - Sonatine transatlantique
Theo Loevendie - Red,Yellow and Blue
Sumire Nukina - Tree Series
George Antheil - Airplane Sonata
David Little - Pictures at a Mondrian Exhibition
Erwin Schulhoff - Suite Dansante en jazz
Anton Webern - Variationen op.27
Igor Strawinsky - Tango
Willem Breuker - Underberg
Jimmy Yancey - State Street Special
Meade Lux Lewis - Bear Cat Crawl
Morton Gould - Boogie-Woogie Etude

The complete program and explanatory notes can be found at the soloprograms on this site.

Recorded at the Maria Minor Kerk, Utrecht - March 1997

DARIUS MILHAUD - CHAMBERWORKS (CHANNEL CLASSICS - CCS 13998)

Ensemble Polytonaal: Rien de Reede - flute / Jan Spronk - oboe / Els Vreugdenhil - clarinet / Josef Malkin - violin / Esther van Stralen - viola / Eduard van Regteren Altena - cello / Marcel Worms - piano

Download here a Suite for violin, clarinet and piano (MP3, 547 KB)

The 'Ensemble Polytonaal' was founded by Marcel Worms in 1992, centenary of Milhaud's birth. The name of the ensemble refers to the polytonal character of many of Milhaud's works, where different keys are being used at the same time. On this CD a number of well known as well as lesser known works can be heard, belonging to different creative periods in the composers life.

This CD received a 'Diapason d'or', an award from the french classical music magazine 'Diapason'.

1. Suite for violin, clarinet and piano (1936)
2. Second Sonata for viola and piano (1944)
3. Sonata for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano (1918)
4. Second Sonata for violin and piano (1917)
5. Quartet for violin, viola, cello and piano op.417 (1966)

Recorded at the Singelkerk Amsterdam, september 1992

MORE NEW BLUES FOR PIANO (NM EXTRA 98021)

A new series of Blues and Blueslike pieces.

Download here the 'Silly Blooze' from this album (MP3, 703 KB)

1. John Wolf Brennan (Switzerland) - Silly Blooze (1999)
2. Gilberto Mendes (Brazil) - Warum Blues (2001)
3. Ana Mihajlovic (Serbia) - A Sad Smile Blues (2000/2001)
4. Alicia Terzian (Argentina) - Tango Blues (1999)
5. Burton Greene (Netherlands/USA) - Buddy's Bitonal Blues II(2000)
6. Srdan Dedic ( Netherlands/Croatia) - All that Blues (2000)
7. Jacob ter Veldhuis (the Netherlands) - Honky Tonk Blues (1999)
8. Jacob ter Veldhuis - Off & On Situation Blues (1999)
9. Alon Nechusthan (Israël) - Ancient City Blues (1999)
10. Douwe Eisenga ( Netherlands ) -
    Growing worm, stabbing it's back-part slowly into the blues (2001)
11. Jeff Hamburg (Netherlands) - Uncle Mendel's Ukraïnean Blues (1999)
12. Hanna Kulenty (Netherlands/Poland) - Drive Blues (2000)
13. Daan Manneke (the Netherlands) - Blues for Marcel (2000)
14. Dan Dediu (Romania) - Ubu Blues (2000)
15. Vincent van Warmerdam - Cradlerockin' Blues (2000) (Netherlands)
16. Justino Chemane (Mozambique) - Nganda Blues (2000)
17. Emil Viklicky (Czech Republic) - Who's got the Blues? (1987)

Recorded: April 2001, Studio 1 Netherlands Broadcasting Centre, Hilversum

JEAN WIÉNER - CHAMBER MUSIC (BVHAAST 1201)

After Marcel Worms' CD with works for piano by the French composer Jean Wiéner a CD has been released with chamber works by this composer.

Download here 'Java' from the CD (MP3, 632 KB)

Jean Wiéner (1896-1982)

1. Trois dances (1955)
    - Java (arranged for violin,cello and piano by Marcel Worms)
    - Polka
    - Tango

2. Suite for violin and piano (1923)
    - Détaché et précis
    - Très lent
    - Gai et très vif

3. Sonata for cello and piano (1968)
    l. Lent
    2. Largo
    3. (no indication)

4. Sept petites histoires
    (from Marche 'l'Alphabet Instantané' by René des Alyscamps)
    - Valse(1924)
    - Ragtime
    - Fantaisie et Fugue
    - Etude
    - Romance

5. Deux Poèmes de Jean Cocteau (1924)
    - Aeronautes
    - Souvenirs d'Enfance

6. Trois Blues chantés (1924)

7. 'Quatre petites Pièces-Radio' for piano (1945-47)
    - Histoire de France
    - Quatuor
    - Polka lente
    - Fait-divers

8. From: 'Chantefleurs' for voice and piano
    (poems by Robert Desnos) (1959)
    1. Le Gardénia
    2. Le Seringa
    3. L'Iris
    4. Le Bouton d'Or
    5. Le Chèvrefeuille
    6. Le Rénoncule
    7. Le Jasmin
    8. La Pervenche et la Primevère
    9. Le Mimosa
    10. La Capucine
    11. La Pivoine

9. From 'Chantefables' for voice and piano
    (poems by Robert Desnos) (1955)
    1. Le Zèbre
    2. La Coccinelle
    3. L'Hippocampe
    4. L'Escargot
    5. La Chauvesouris
    6. Le Léopard
    7. La sardine *
    8. Le pélican *
    9. Le dromadaire *

( *arranged for voice,violin,cello and piano by Eduard Wesly)

Ensemble Wiéner Mélange:

Jeroen de Groot - violin
Taco Kooistra - cello
Ilona Stokvis - mezzosoprano
Marcel Worms - piano

Recorded live at the Singer Museum, Laren, the Netherlands, March 14, 2001