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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: Olav Trygvason, Songs / Ruud, Kringelborn, Solberg

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Edvard Grieg: Olav Trygvason, opera, Op. 50 (incomplete); Foran Sydens kloster (Before a Southern Convent), for soprano, alto, female chorus & orchestra, Op.; Solveigs Sang (Solveig's Song), song for...
Performers: Kosmo, Ingebjorg; Kringelborn, Solveig; Moe, Trond Halstein; Solberg, Marita
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Choir; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Bergen Vocal Ensemble

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The Golden Age of the Cornet / Ole Edvard Antonsen, et al

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Herbert L. Clarke: Caprice Brillante "The Débutante"; Polka brillante "Bride of the waves"; Carl Hohne: Slavonic Fantasy for cornet & piano; Edvard Grieg: Melodies (12), Op. 33; Percy Code: Ze...
Performers: Antonsen, Ole Edvard
Conductors: Bergby, Ingar
Ensemble: Royal Norwegian Navy Band

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Grieg: Choir Music / Pedersen, Norwegian Soloists Choir

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Edvard Grieg: Melodies (12), Op. 33; Jeg lagde mig så sildig (I Lay Down So Late), folk song for baritone & male chorus, Op. 30/1; Blegnet, segnet!, song for double chorus; Ave maris stella, EG ...
Performers: Bard Bratlie; Berglund, Janne; Iversen, Audun; Johnsen, Silje Marie Aker; Lund, Trine Wilsberg; Nordstoga, Kare; Solset, Berit Norbakken

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Icon: Kirsten Flagstad

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse; Messiah; Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; O finstre Nacht, wann wirst du doch vergeben, sacred song for voi...
Performers: Alnaes, Eyvind; Flagstad, Kirsten; Jones, Geraint; McArthur, Edwin; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parikian, Manoug; Suthaus, Ludwig; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Thebom, Blanche
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Susskind, Walter; Dobroven, Issay; Böhm, Karl; Sebastian, Georges; Weigert, Herman; Furtwängler, Wilhelm

This 5 CD set, devoted to the famous Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. Kirsten Flagstad enjoyed...continue...

Birgit Nilsson: Rarities

3 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Kornblumen ("Kornblumen nenn' ich die Gestalten"), song for voice & piano, Op. 22/1 (TrV 153/1); Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (8), Op. 10;...
Performers: Cox, Jean; Hallgren, Carl-Axel; Jonsson, Folke; Leitner, Ferdinand; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Norlin, Ingegard; Schymberg, Hjordis; Soderstrom, Elisabeth; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Widgren...
Conductors: Sandberg, Herbert; Leitner, Ferdinand; Celibidache, Sergiu; Kinsky, Roberto

Hommage à Bidú Sayao, Vol. 2

1 CD / Cembal d'amour / 2009-11-08

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Tre giorni son che nina, song for voice & piano (spurious; may be by V.L. Ciampi); Tommaso Traetta: Tantin, tantino ("Ma che vi costa, signor tutore"), for voice & piano; Luigi Ar...
Performers: Sayao, Bidu [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Voorhees, Donald; Barlow, Howard; Leger, Frank St.; Whitman, Paul; Reiner, Fritz

Considered by many music and opera lovers as one of the greatest lyric sopranos of all times, Bidu Sayao had a legendary career which was...continue...

Songs from the North

1 CD / Phaedra / 2009-09-01

Works: Emil Sjögren: Klings, klinge, mein Pandero, for voice & piano; In dem Schatten; Lieder (6) auf Tannhäuser, Op. 12; Jahrlang möcht ich so dich halten; Wie soll ich's bergen; Jean Sibeli...
Performers: Hirvonen, Matti; Martinpelto, Hillevi

Singers to Remember - Eidé Noréna

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-03-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Atalanta; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Roméo et Juliette; Jacques...
Performers: Micheletti, Gaston; Norena, Eide
Conductors: Messner, Joseph; Defosse, H.; Coppola, Piero

The rare, late 1920s and '30s recordings of the little-known Scandinavian soprano Eide Norena are the subject of this release. Norena's debut took place in...continue...

Anthology of Song Vol 2

1 CD / Symposium / 2007-11-01

Works: Henning von Koss: Winterlied, for voice & piano, Op. 2/1; Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957; Wanderers Nachtlied, D 768/Op. 96 no 3; Am Meer ("Das Meer erglänzte"), song for voice & piano (S...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Bedford, Agnes; Brodersen, Friedrich; Brodersen, Linde; Charles-Cahier, Sarah Jane; Demmelen, Diane van; Flagstad, Kirsten; Grey, Madeleine; Gunther, Felix; Hallasch, Dr. Franz; Hempe...

These two volumes are a veritable treasure-trove for the lieder aficionado. Many of these recordings have been extremely rare for decades, featuring artists whose only...continue...

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, etc / Engeset, Dam-Jensen, Knudsen, Malmö Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-10-30

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Den bergtekne (The Mountain Thrall), for baritone, 2 horns & string orchestra, Op. 32; Songs (6) for voice & orchestra, E...
Performers: Dam-Jensen, Inger; Knudsen, Palle
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Grieg’s incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s play 'Peer Gynt' is greatly loved by many and is generally considered to be one of the foremost expressions...continue...

Grieg: Choral Music / Hogset, Staveland, Danielsson, et al

1 Super Audio CD / 2 L Records / 2007-10-30

Works: Edvard Grieg: Album for Male Chorus, Op. 30; Children's songs (7), Op. 61; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Peer Gynt; Ave maris stella, EG 150; Psalms (4), Op. 74
Performers: Daníelsson, Daníel Oskar; Staveland, Magnus
Conductors: Hogset, Carl
Ensemble: Grex Vocalis

Edvard Grieg: Songs with Orchestra

1 CD / Simax / 2006-12-08

Works: Edvard Grieg: Den bergtekne (The Mountain Thrall), for baritone, 2 horns & string orchestra, Op. 32; Songs (6), Op. 25; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Jeg reiste en deilig Sommerkvæld fis (I Walked One ...

Mozart y sus Amigos Hora de Dormir [CD + DVD]

1 CD / Pacific Entertainment Cor / 2006-11-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Work(s); Concerto for Piano no 12 in A major, K 414 (385p); Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); German Dances for orc...

Kirsten Flagstad Vol 3 - Live Performances 1948-1957

3 CD / Simax / 2006-10-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Wesendonck Lieder; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Befreit, Op. 39 no 4;...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Ursuleac, Viorica
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich; Merola, Gaetano; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Wallenstein, Alfred; Walter, Bruno; Jones, Geraint; Sebastian, Georges; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Mermaid Orchestra; Metropol...

Grieg, Andersen / Paula Robison, Samuel Sanders

1 CD / Pergola / 2006-10-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces (6), Book 8, Op. 65; Haugtussa, Op. 67; To brune Ojne (Two Brown Eyes), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/1; Peer Gynt; Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, ...
Performers: Robison, Paula [Flute]; Sanders, Samuel [Piano]

This delightful disc of original pieces and arrangements for flute and piano by Grieg and Anderson is wonderfully played by Paula Robison, one of this...continue...

Grieg, Wagner / Flagstad, Sargent, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-09-19

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Edvard Grieg: Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Fyremål (The Goal), song for voice & piano, Op. 33/12; Romances (6), Op. 39; Songs (5), O...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Almost overnight, Kirsten Flagstad, was regarded as the supreme Wagnerian soprano of her generation. In 1936-37, she sang with Beecham, Fritz Reiner and Wilhelm Furtwangler...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Kirsten Flagstad Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-12-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & ...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Susskind, Walter; Dobroven, Issay
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

What more can one say about the great Flagstad? Already in the years from 1928 to1932 when she sang Elsa in 'Lohengrin' for the first...continue...

Choral Music from Scandinavia / Etzold, Hannover Youth Choir

1 CD / Carus / 2005-08-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Ave maris stella, EG 150; Blegnet, segnet!, song for double chorus; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Album, 8 songs for chorus, Op. 11; Ludvig Norman: Jordens oro viker, ...
Performers: Jackel, Michael; Mayhaus, Raphaela
Conductors: Etzold, Klaus-Jürgen

Romantic Songs from Scandinavia / Dolberg, Gürtler

1 CD / Point Classics / 2005-04-15

Works: Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller: Songs (5) from Ingemann's "Sulamith og Salomon", no 1, "Shulamite's Song in the Wine Garden" Op. 1/; Songs (5) from Ingemann's "Sulamith og Salomon", no 2, "Shulamite...
Performers: Gurtler, Friedrich

Grieg, Sibelius: Songs / Oramo, Mattila, et al

1 CD / Erato / 2004-05-25

Works: Jean Sibelius: Songs (5), Op. 38; Songs (5), Op. 37; Songs (7), Op. 17; Arioso, Op. 3; Runeberg Songs (7), Op. 13; Luonnotar, Op. 70; Maiden in the Tower; Belshazzar's Feast, Op. 51; Edvard Grieg: Pe...
Performers: Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

"Mattila's voice is quite large, smooth up and down its wide range, and it's crowned by a splendid, very secure high register that includes thrilling...continue...

Grieg, Dorumsgaard - Song Recital / Kirstin Flagstad

1 CD / Testament / 2003-03-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (6), Op. 48; Songs (4), Op. 21; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Romances (6), Op. 39; Songs (5), Op. 70; Songs (6), Op. 25; The princess, EG 133; Arne Oddvar Dorumsgaard: Regn, for voice &...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Susskind, Walter

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: Songs / Bodil Arnesen, Erling Ragner Eriksen

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-01-15

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (5), Op. 26; Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3; To brune Ojne (Two Brown Eyes), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/1; Songs (4) from Bjornson's "Fiskerjen...
Performers: Arnesen, Bodil; Eriksen, Erling R.

"Arnesen's disc duplicates half the songs Otter sings on her splendid DG recital, including the Op. 48 songs in German...[Arnesen's] crystalline soprano and Eriksen's vital...continue...