Grieg, Edvard > Mezzo Soprano

A Portrait Of Conchita Supervia, Vol. 1

4 CD / Gala / 2010-07-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La cenerentola; Il barbieri di Siviglia; L'italiana in Algeri; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Adieu de l'hôtesse arabe; Juan Man&ea...
Performers: Appoloni, Anita; Baracchi, Aristide; Bettoni, Vincenzo; Ederle, Nino; Ferraris, Ines; Gil, Maria; Mannarini, Ida; Manurita, Giovanni; Marques, Antonio; Marshall, Frank; Redondo, Marcus; Scattola, Car...
Conductors: Albergoni, Angelo; Acevedo, Emilio; Martinez, Modesto; Gennai, Leopoldo Emanuele; Capdevila, Antonio; Cloez, Gustave

Edvard Grieg: The Complete Songs

7 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2010-05-15

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 4; Heart's melodies, Op. 5; Songs (4), Op. 21; Children's songs (7), Op. 61; Haugtussa, Op. 67; Romances (4) for voice & piano, Op. 15; Romances (6), Op...
Performers: Derwinger, Love; Groop, Monica; Ranta, Ilmo [Piano]; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

When asked why songs had come to play such an important role in his oeuvre, Edvard Grieg once said: ‘I loved a girl with a...continue...

Grieg / Turnage / Dean: Peer Gynt / Zurich Ballet, Jensen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2009-10-27

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23
Performers: Adamczak, Agnieszka; Bidzinski, Boguslaw; Kohl, Christiane; Voje, Angelica; Zhu, Huiling
Conductors: Jensen, Eivind Gullberg
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

In Peer Gynt Zurich choreographer Heinz Spoerli has attempted a daring combination of Grieg's score and modern sounds for a dance translation of the interior...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: French, English
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Grieg: Songs / Katarina Karnéus, Julius Drake

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-07-08

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (4), Op. 21; Songs (6), Op. 48; Haugtussa, Op. 67; Heart's melodies, Op. 5; The princess, EG 133
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Karneus, Katarina

We are delighted to present this new Hyperion disc of Edward Grieg songs. Grieg's sheer range as a songwriter - from the shortest settings of...continue...

In My Element / Anne Sofie van Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito...
Performers: Augustsson, Mikael; Bjorkman, David; Blair, Michael; d'Oustrac, Stephanie; Dohmen, Albert; Forsberg, Bengt; Henryson, Svante; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Roland; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindberg, Magnus; Linds...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gardiner, John Eliot; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Boulez, Pierre; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; North German ...

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Grieg: Songs Vol 7 / Groop, Vignoles

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2008-03-08

Works: Edvard Grieg: To a Devil, EG 154
Performers: Groop, Monica; Vignoles, Roger

With this disc, Monica Groop brings a heroic enterprise to a close. Including the present program she has recorded all 172 of Grieg's songs, including...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Cloe Elmo

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-12-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Francesco Cilèa: A...
Performers: Elmo, Cloe; Gigli, Beniamino; Salerno, Mario; Vocals], Gina Cigna [Soprano
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Tansini, Ugo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Voorhees, Donald; Morel, Jean Paul

After some tentative years (alternating between mezzo and soprano parts), Cloe Elmo was to become one of the busiest performers on Italian Radio and took...continue...

Grieg: Complete Songs Vol 6 / Monica Groop, Roger Vignoles

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-10-06

Works: Edvard Grieg: Norway, Op. 58; Romances and Songs (9), Op. 18; Elegiac Songs (6), Op. 59; The Soldier, EG 125; Tears, EG 128; Little Lad, EG 129; National Song, EG 151; Gentlemen Rankers, EG 156
Performers: Groop, Monica; Vignoles, Roger

Grieg dedicated his Nine Songs, Op. 18, to his wife Nina, but she actually exerted – as Grieg himself admitted – a great influence on...continue...

Best of Grieg

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-08-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Norwegian Dances (4) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 35; Kulok and Stabbelåten (Cow Call and Peasant Dance), Nordic melody for orchestra (o...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Eklof, Marianne; Forsberg, Bengt; Gavrilov, Andrei; Pletnev, Mikhail; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Zilberstein, Lilya
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

This generous 2-CD compilation offers the most popular music of Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Norway's greatest composer. Featuring Anne Sofie von Otter, Mikhail Pletnev, Herbert von...continue...

Grand Prix - Grieg: Songs / Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67; Songs (6), Op. 48; Songs (4), Op. 21; Songs (5), Op. 26; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Songs (5), Op. 60; Children's songs (7), Op. 61; Romances (6), Op. 39; Heart's melodie...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; von Otter, Anne Sofie

"For every mood, for every nuance of meaning, von Otter finds the right expressionwill unquestionably be one of my discs of the year and is...continue...

Grieg: Olav Trygvason, Songs / Ruud, Kringelborn, Solberg

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-01-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Olav Trygvason, Op 50; At a southern convent's gate, Op. 20; Peer Gynt, Op. 23; Romances (6), Op. 39; Songs (6), Op. 25; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Norway, Op. 58
Performers: Kosmo, Ingebjorg; Kringelborn, Solveig; Moe, Trond Halstein; Solberg, Marita
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Choir; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Bergen Vocal Ensemble; Voci Nobili Vocal Ensemble

Grieg is mainly thought of as one of the great lyrical composers, but for a long time he struggled to develop a dramatic side to...continue...

Grieg: Complete Songs Vol 5 / Monica Groop, Roger Vignoles

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2006-03-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (4), Op. 10; Peer Gynt, Op. 23; Reminiscences from mountain and fjord, Op. 44; Songs (6), Op. 49; A Simple Song, EG 147
Performers: Groop, Monica; Vignoles, Roger

On this fifth disc of Grieg's songs, Monica Groop performs songs written between 1864-1889. The earliest of these, Four Romances (Op. 10), betray very little...continue...

Grieg: Peer Gynt Op. 23 / Ruud, Hagegård, et al

2 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-07-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23
Performers: Andersen, Bjorn Willberg; Bergset, Arve Moen; Bjornhaug, Stale; Gulbrandsoy, Torbjorn; Hagegard, Hakan; Hovig, Andrea Braein; Hungnes, Svein Sturla; Kosmo, Ingebjorg; Leppanen, Ilkka; Postma, Kari; S...
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Kor Vest

This production is unique in that it presents 'Peer Gynt' viewed both through the music and through Ibsen's own verbal imagination. Based on a concert...continue...

Grieg: Peer Gynt / Järvi, Mattei, Tilling, Hellekant

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2005-06-07

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt
Performers: Hellekant, Charlotte; Leibur, Arvo; Mattei, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Tilling, Camilla; Vilu, Rain
Conductors: Järvi, Paavo
Ensemble: Ellerhein Girls' Choir; Estonian National Male Choir

Virgin Classics is pleased to offer a new recording of this magnificent work by Grammy Award winning conductor Paavo Jarvi. The album features the complete...continue...

Grieg: Complete Songs Vol 4 / Monica Groop, Roger Vignoles

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-10-09

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 26; Jeg reiste en deilig Sommerkvæld fis (I Walked One Balmy Summer Eve), song for voice & piano, Op. 26; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Min lille Fugl (My...
Performers: Groop, Monica; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"In this fourth volume [of Grieg songs] Groop is joined, for the first time, by Roger Vignoles. And his keenly pointed, subtly tinted accompanying keeps...continue...

Grieg: Complete Music with Orchestra / Järvi, Gothenburg SO

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-05-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; I host (In Autumn), concert overture for orchestra, Op. 11; Symphonic Dances (4), Op. 64; From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Elegiac Melodies (2) for St...
Performers: Alm, Vivika; Andersson, Maria; Bonney, Barbara; Cortese, Paul; Einarson, Monica; Eklof, Marianne; Forsberg, Charlotte; Goran, Per; Hagegard, Hakan; Hermansson, Soren; Holmgren, Carl-Gustaf; Larsson, ...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Pro Musica Chamber Choir

Grieg: Complete Songs Vol 3 / Monica Groop, Ilmo Ranta

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-08-21

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (4) for alto & piano, Op. 2; Songs (4) from Bjornson's "Fiskerjenten," for voice & piano, Op. 21; Songs (12) from Garborg's "Haugtussa," song cycle for voice & piano, EG 152; Song...
Performers: Groop, Monica; Ranta, Ilmo [Piano]

Grieg: Complete Songs Vol 2 / Monica Groop, Ilmo Ranta

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-05-30

Works: Edvard Grieg: Romances (4) for voice & piano, Op. 15; Romances (6), Op. 39; Romances & Ballads (4) for voice & piano, Op. 9; Songs (5), Op. 60; Dig elsker jeg! (Thee I Love!), song for voice & piano,...
Performers: Groop, Monica; Ranta, Ilmo [Piano]

Grieg: Complete Songs Vol 1 / Monica Groop, Love Derwinger

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-10-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 4; Heart's melodies, Op. 5; Songs (4), Op. 21; Children's songs (7), Op. 61; Haugtussa, Op. 67
Performers: Derwinger, Love; Groop, Monica