The Grieg Collection / Eva Knardahl

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Album Summary

Performer

• Eva Knardahl (Piano)

Composer

• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)

Notes & Reviews:

In eight previous volumes Ronald Brautigam has traversed what is often called 'The New Testament of Piano Music', namely Beethoven's 32 numbered sonatas. The present disc may be regarded as an appendix to these, as it explores the composer's first attempts in the genre. It opens with the three Kurfürsten Sonatas from 1783, in which Beethoven - at the tender age of twelve - demonstrates a remarkable maturity. With influences from C.P.E. Bach's ground-breaking keyboard music, as well as the sonatas from Haydn's 'Sturm und Drang' perod, the pieces earn their nickname from being dedicated to Archduke Maximilian Friedrich, Kurfürst of Cologne and the employer of Beethoven's father. The Kurfürsten Sonatas were published upon completion, whereas the remaining, later pieces on this disc remained unpublished during Beethoven's lifetime. Zwei Sätze einer Sonatine and Zwei Stücke für Klavier (Orphika) - often called 'Leichte Sonate' - were composed as gifts to two friends from Beethoven's youth: Franz Wegeler and Eleonore von Breuning. In the case of the Two Easy Sonatinas, the manuscript scores were found among Beethoven's papers after his death. There is no proof that Beethoven really is the composer, however, and although they are usually dated as having been written around 1790, this is no more than an educated guess. As a whole, the pieces presented here are the earliest so far in this series, and Ronald Brautigam has consequently chosen to introduce a new instrument for his performances: a copy of a fortepiano by Johann Andreas Stein from 1788. The opportunity it provides of following the evolution of the piano during a momentous period in piano music and instrument building certainly adds to the attractions of this universally acclaimed series. But Brautigam's interpretations have a directness and urgency to them that far surpasses such considerations - as summed in a review in Classic FM Magazine of a recent instalment: 'Brautigam has more to say about the music than any recent cycle recorded on modern instruments. An outstanding disc of an outstanding series.'

"Brautigam's propensity for fast speeds occasionally robs the music of its naive charm, but at least he never fails to bring it to life" -BBC Music Magazine

"Brautigam brings these works to life by lavishing on them the same care and engaged musicality that have distinguished his cycle's finest performances to date...This may be minor Beethoven, yet Brautigam's interpretations are never less than major, and sumptuously engineered too." -Gramophone Magazine

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Works Details

Grieg, Edvard : Poetic Tone-Picture for piano no 1 in E minor ("Allegro ma non troppo"), Op. 3/1

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1863

Grieg, Edvard : Humoresque for piano in G sharp minor ("Tempo di Menuetto ed energico"), Op. 6/2

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1865

Grieg, Edvard : Funeral March in Memory of Richard Nordraak, EG 107

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 7 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1866

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (8), Book 1, Op. 12 :: no 1, Arietta

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1864-1867

Grieg, Edvard : Stabbelåten (Stumping Dance), for piano in C major, Op. 17/18

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1869

Grieg, Edvard : So lokka me over den myra (Cow Call), for piano in G major, Op. 17/22

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1869

Grieg, Edvard : Brudefolget drager forbi (Bridal Procession), for piano (or piano, 4 hands)(Scenes from Folk Life No

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1869-1871

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (8), Book 2, Op. 38 :: no 1, Berceuse

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1883

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43 :: no 1, Butterfly

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43 :: no 2, Lonely Wanderer

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43 :: no 5, Erotic

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43 :: no 6, In Springtime

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886

Grieg, Edvard : Melody, lyric piece for piano, Op. 47/3

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886-1888

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (7), Book 4, Op. 47 :: no 4, Halling

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886-1888

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (6), Book 5, Op. 54 :: no 4, Notturno

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1889-1891

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (6), Book 5, Op. 54 :: no 5, Scherzo

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1889-1891

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (6), Book 5, Op. 54

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1890-1893

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (6), Book 7, Op. 62 :: no 4, Brooklet

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1893-1895

Grieg, Edvard : I balladetone (Ballad), lyric piece for piano, Op. 65/5

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1896

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (6), Book 8, Op. 65 :: no 6, Wedding day at Trolhaugen

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 7 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1896

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (6), Book 9, Op. 68 :: no 5, Cradle song

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1897-1899

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (7), Book 10, Op. 71 :: no 3, Puck

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Notes: Nacka Aula, Nacka, Sweden (05/24/1984/05/25/1984)
• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1901

Grieg, Edvard : Forbi (Gone), lyric piece for piano, Op. 71/6

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1901

Grieg, Edvard : Lyric Pieces (7), Book 10, Op. 71 :: no 7, Remembrances

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1901

Grieg, Edvard : Norwegian Peasant Dances (17) for Piano, Op. 72 :: no 7, Rötnamsknut

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1902-1903

Grieg, Edvard : Norwegian Peasant Dances (17) for Piano, Op. 72 :: no 8, Bridal march

• Performer: Eva Knardahl (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1902-1903