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Grieg - The Complete Songs, Vol.6

Composer Edvard Grieg
Performer Monica Groop
Roger Vignoles
Period Romantic
Catalogue Number BIS-1657 CD
EAN 7318590016572
Format CD
Release date Sep 2007
Total time 62'49


Grieg dedicated his Nine Songs, Op.18, to his wife Nina, but she actually exerted – as Grieg himself admitted – a great influence on his entire song production. Asked why the art song occupied him so much Grieg once said: ‘Quite simply because, like other mortals, once in my life (to quote Goethe) I had a flash of genius … I fell in love with a young girl with a miraculous voice and an equally miraculous execution. This girl became my wife and Read more
 
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  Edvard Grieg
  Norge. Digte af John Paulsen, Op.58 13'25
01 I. Hjemkomst (Homeward) 3'19
02 II. Til Norge (To the Motherland) 1'14
03 III. Henrik Wergeland 3'35
04 IV. Turisten (The Sheperdess) 1'51
05 V. Udvandreren (The Emigrant) 3'26
 
  Romancer og Sange (Nine Songs), Op.18 20'35
06 I. Vandring i Skoven (Moonlit Forest) 1'50
07 II. Hun er saa hvid (My Darling is as White as Snow) 1'24
08 III. En Digters sidste Sang (The Poet’s Farewell) 2'12
09 IV. Efteraarsstormen (Autumn Storms) 3'26
10 V. Poesien (Poesy) 3'41
11 VI. Ungbirken (The Young Birch-Tree) 1'49
12 VII. Hytten (The Cottage) 1'23
13 VIII. Rosenknoppen (The Rosebud) 2'05
14 IX. Serenade til Welhaven (Serenade for Welhaven) 2'45
 
  Elegiske Digte af John Paulsen, Op.59 10'58
15 I. Når jeg vil dø (Autumn Farewell) 1'51
16 II. På Norges nøgne fjelde (The Pine Tree) 1'31
17 III. Til En I (To Her [I]) 2'04
18 IV. Til En II (To Her [II]) 1'43
19 V. Farvel (Goodbye) 1'56
20 VI. Nu hviler du i jorden (Your Eyes Are Closed Forever) 1'53
 
  Five Songs without opus number 14'33
21 Soldaten (The Soldier), EG125 2'08
22 Taaren (Tears), EG128 2'34
23 Vesle Gut (Little Lad), EG129 2'26
24 Fædrelandssang (National Song), EG151 3'58
25 Gentlemen-Menige (Gentlemen-Rankers), EG156 3'27
 
  Album total 62'49
ComposerGrieg, Edvard
Mezzo-sopranoGroop, Monica
PianoVignoles, Roger

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