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Edvard Grieg – The Complete Songs

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Catalogue numberBIS-1607 CD
Release date2010-04-10
Discs7
Total time468:48

This album is also available as an album bundle.

When asked why songs had come to play such an important role in his œuvre, Edvard Grieg once said: ‘I loved a girl with a wonderful voice and an equally wonderful gift as an interpreter.’ The girl in question was Nina Hagerup, later to become Grieg’s wife, and with whom he regularly performed many of his songs – as depicted on the painting on the cover of the present boxed set. These songs were thus a labour of love for Grieg – not just his love for Nina, but also for the poems that he chose to set: ‘When I compose songs, my principal goal is not to write music but first of all to do justice to the poet’s most secret intentions... If this task is performed well, then the music is successful too.’ The 172 songs that make up this musical treasure-trove have, with some notable exceptions, received less than their share in terms of international recognition, largely due to the fact that the great majority of them are settings of Norwegian or Danish texts. The present collection includes a 184-page booklet containing all the song texts in the original language with parallel translations into English. The seven discs that make up the collection have previously been released separately, to great acclaim from reviewers around the world: ‘Something of a landmark in the Grieg discography… Monica Groop penetrates the very essence of the Grieg spirit with the artlessness that conceals art’, wrote International Record Review about one instalment, while a BBC Music Magazine review described another as ‘an irresistible new take, thrilling to both the shadows and the bright high-latitude light in this music.’ In her own introduction to the project Monica Groop writes: ‘I have always felt a special and instinctive affinity for Edvard Grieg and his music ... I admire his gift of being able to write simple, natural music and I have sought to preserve this in performance.’ In these endeavours the acclaimed Finnish mezzo-soprano has enjoyed the expert support of three fine pianists: Roger Vignoles, Ilmo Ranta and Love Derwinger.
 
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Disc 1
 
  Composer: Grieg, Edvard
  Sechs Lieder (Six Songs), Op. 4 10:43
01 1. Die Waise (The Orphan) 02:28 $ 0.37 USD
02 2. Morgentau (Morning Dew) 01:21 $ 0.20 USD
03 3. Abschied (Parting) 02:24 $ 0.36 USD
04 4. Jägerlied (Hunting Song) 00:41 $ 0.10 USD
05 5. Das alte Lied (The Old Song) 02:17 $ 0.34 USD
06 6. Wo sind sie hin? (Where Have They Gone?) 01:32 $ 0.23 USD
 
  Hjertets Melodier af H.C. Andersen, Op. 5 (Melodies of the
Heart by H.C. Andersen)
05:37
07 1. To brune Øjne (Two Brown Eyes) 01:05 $ 0.16 USD
08 2. Du fatter ei Bølgernes evige Gang (The Poet’s Heart) 01:41 $ 0.25 USD
09 3. Jeg elsker Dig (I Love but Thee) 01:34 $ 0.24 USD
10 4. Min Tanke er et mægtigt Fjeld (My Mind Is Like the
Mountain Steep)
01:17 $ 0.19 USD
 
  Sex Digte af Henrik Ibsen, Op. 25 (Six Songs by Henrik Ibsen) 11:13
11 1. Spillemænd (Fiddlers) 02:07 $ 0.32 USD
12 2. En svane (A Swan) 02:00 $ 0.30 USD
13 3. Stambogsrim (Album Lines) 01:32 $ 0.23 USD
14 4. Med en vandlilje (With a Water-lily) 01:52 $ 0.28 USD
15 5. Borte! (Departed!) 01:28 $ 0.22 USD
16 6. En fuglevise (A Bird-song) 02:14 $ 0.34 USD
 
  Barnlige Sange (7 Children’s Songs), Op. 61 Fra Nordahl
Rolfsens ”Læsebog”
12:50
17 1. Havet (The Ocean) 01:02 $ 0.16 USD
18 2. Sang til juletræet (The Christmas Tree) 02:26 $ 0.37 USD
19 3. Lok (Farmyard-Song) 00:46 $ 0.12 USD
20 4. Fiskervise (Fisherman’s Song) 01:07 $ 0.17 USD
21 5. Kveldssang for Blakken (Good-night Song for Dobbin) 02:34 $ 0.39 USD
22 6. De norske fjelde (The Norwegian Mountains) 03:29 $ 0.52 USD
23 7. Fædrelandssalme (Fatherland Hymn) 01:26 $ 0.22 USD
 
  ”Haugtussa”. Sang-cyklus af Arne Garborg, Op. 67 (The
Mountain Maid. Song Cycle from Arne Garborg’s
‘Haugtussa’)
25:11
24 1. Det syng (The Enticement) 03:22 $ 0.51 USD
25 2. Veslemøy (Veslemøy. The Young Maiden) 02:44 $ 0.41 USD
26 3. Blåbær-Li (Blueberry Slope) 02:50 $ 0.43 USD
27 4. Møte (The Tryst) 04:10 $ 0.63 USD
28 5. Elsk (Love) 02:29 $ 0.37 USD
29 6. Killingdans (Kidling’s Dance) 01:32 $ 0.23 USD
30 7. Vond Dag (Hurtful Day) 02:33 $ 0.38 USD
31 8. Ved Gjætle-Bekken (At the Brook) 05:31 $ 0.83 USD
 
 
Disc 2
 
  Composer: Grieg, Edvard
  Romancer (Four Songs), Op.15 09:03
01 1. Margretes Vuggesang (Margaret’s Cradle Song) 01:33 $ 0.23 USD
02 2. Kjærlighed (Love) 02:14 $ 0.34 USD
03 3. Langelandsk Folkemelodi (Folk-song from Langeland) 02:39 $ 0.40 USD
04 4. Modersorg (A Mother’s Grief ) 02:37 $ 0.39 USD
 
  Romancer (ældre og nyere), Op. 39 (Songs [Older and Newer] ) 17:18
05 1. Fra Monte Pincio (From Monte Pincio) 04:46 $ 0.72 USD
06 2. Dulgt Kjærlighed (Hidden Love) 02:46 $ 0.42 USD
07 3. I Liden højt deroppe (Upon a Grassy Hillside) 02:03 $ 0.31 USD
08 4. Millom Rosor (’Neath the Roses) 01:49 $ 0.27 USD
09 5. Ved en ung Hustrus Båre (At the Grave of a Young Wife) 04:48 $ 0.72 USD
10 6. Hör’ ich das Liedchen klingen (Hearing a Song or
Carol)
01:06 $ 0.17 USD
 
  Romancer og Ballader af A. Munch, Op. 9 (Songs and Ballads by A. Munch) 16:04
11 1. Harpen (The Harp) 03:17 $ 0.49 USD
12 2. Vuggesang (Cradle Song) 04:42 $ 0.71 USD
13 3. Solnedgang (Sunset) 03:04 $ 0.46 USD
14 4. Udfarten (Outward Bound) 05:01 $ 0.75 USD
 
  Digte af Vilhelm Krag (Five Songs by Vilhelm Krag), Op. 60 12:05
15 1. Liden Kirsten (Little Kirsten) 03:38 $ 0.55 USD
16 2. Moderen synger (The Mother’s Lament) 02:21 $ 0.35 USD
17 3. Mens jeg venter (On the Water) 02:15 $ 0.34 USD
18 4. Der skreg en Fugl (A Bird Cried Out) 02:03 $ 0.31 USD
19 5. Og jeg vil ha mig en Hjertenskjær (Midsummer Eve) 01:48 $ 0.27 USD
 
  Songs without Opus Number 86:54
20 Dig elsker jeg! (I Love You, Dear), EG 127 01:56 $ 0.29 USD
21 Jeg elsket (I Loved Him), EG 153 03:05 $ 0.46 USD
22 Attegløyma (The Forgotten Maid), EG 142 02:03 $ 0.31 USD
23 Ave, maris stella, EG150 02:45 $ 0.41 USD
 
 
Disc 3
 
  Composer: Grieg, Edvard
  Vier Lieder (Four Songs), Op. 2 09:37
01 1. Die Müllerin (The Maid of the Mill) 02:41 $ 0.40 USD
02 2. Eingehüllt in graue Wolken (Closely Wrapp’d in Misty
Billows)
01:38 $ 0.25 USD
03 3. Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen (I Stood before Her
Portrait)
03:32 $ 0.53 USD
04 4. Was soll ich sagen? (What Shall I Say?) 01:46 $ 0.27 USD
 
  Fire digte fra ”Fiskerjenten” af Bj. Bjørnson, Op. 21
(Four Songs by Bj. Bjørnson)
05:59
05 1. Det første møde (The First Meeting) 01:53 $ 0.28 USD
06 2. ”God morgen!” (‘Good Morning!’) 00:57 $ 0.14 USD
07 3. Jeg giver mit digt till våren (To Springtime My Song
I’m Singing)
01:47 $ 0.27 USD
08 4. Takk for dit råd (Say What You Will) 01:22 $ 0.21 USD
 
  Songs from ‘Haugtussa’ not included in Op. 67 (Garborg) 21:38
09 Sporven (The Sparrow), EG 152d 02:17 $ 0.34 USD
10 I slåtten (In the Hayfield), EG 152f 02:22 $ 0.36 USD
11 Veslemøy undrast (Veslemøy Wondering), EG 152g 03:05 $ 0.46 USD
12 Dømd (Doomed), EG 152h 04:14 $ 0.64 USD
13 Veslemøy lengtar (Veslemøy Longing), EG 152j 03:04 $ 0.46 USD
14 Ku-Lok (Cow-Call), EG 152l 06:36 $ 0.99 USD
 
  Sechs Lieder (Six Songs), Op. 48 14:21
15 1. Gruß (Greeting) 01:07 $ 0.17 USD
16 2. Dereinst, Gedanke mein (One Day, O Heart of Mine) 03:14 $ 0.49 USD
17 3. Lauf der Welt (The Way of the World) 01:33 $ 0.23 USD
18 4. Die verschwiegene Nachtigall (The Nightingale’s Secret) 03:44 $ 0.56 USD
19 5. Zur Rosenzeit (The Time of Roses) 02:30 $ 0.38 USD
20 6. Ein Traum (A Dream) 02:13 $ 0.33 USD
 
  Songs without Opus Number 86:54
21 Siehst du das Meer (Look to the Sea), EG 121 01:33 $ 0.23 USD
22 Der Jäger (The Hunter), EG 157 02:08 $ 0.32 USD
23 Under Juletræet (Beneath the Christmas Tree), EG 144 02:38 $ 0.40 USD
24 Julens Vuggesang (Yuletide Cradle-Song), EG 155 02:24 $ 0.36 USD
 
 
Disc 4
 
  Composer: Grieg, Edvard
  Fem digte af John Paulsen, Op. 26 (Five Songs by John Paulsen) 09:16
01 1. Et Håb (Hope) 02:10 $ 0.33 USD
02 2. Jeg reiste en deilig Sommerkvæld (I Walked One Balmy
Summer Eve)
02:30 $ 0.38 USD
03 3. Den ærgjerrige (You Whispered that You Loved Me) 01:23 $ 0.21 USD
04 4. Med en Primula veris (The First Primrose) 01:14 $ 0.19 USD
05 5. På Skogstien (Autumn Thoughts) 01:59 $ 0.30 USD
 
  Tolv Melodier til Digte af A.O. Vinje, Op. 33 (Twelve Songs
to poems by A.O. Vinje)
30:44
06 1. Guten (The Youth) 02:51 $ 0.43 USD
07 2. Våren (Last Spring) 06:33 $ 0.98 USD
08 3. Den Særde (The Wounded Heart) 02:17 $ 0.34 USD
09 4. Tyteberet (The Berry) 01:35 $ 0.24 USD
10 5. Langs ei Å (Beside the Stream) 01:40 $ 0.25 USD
11 6. Eit Syn (A Vision) 01:46 $ 0.27 USD
12 7. Gamle Mor (The Old Mother) 01:50 $ 0.28 USD
13 8. Det Første (The First Thing) 02:18 $ 0.35 USD
14 9. Ved Rondane (At Rondane) 02:15 $ 0.34 USD
15 10. Et Vennestykke (A Piece on Friendship) 01:31 $ 0.23 USD
16 11. Trudom (Faith) 02:33 $ 0.38 USD
17 12. Fyremål (The Goal) 03:35 $ 0.54 USD
 
  Songs without Opus Number 86:54
18 Min lille Fugl (My Little Bird), EG 126 02:06 $ 0.32 USD
19 Blåbæret (The Blueberry), EG 145 02:08 $ 0.32 USD
20 Til L.M. Lindemans Sølvbryllup, EG 135 (For L.M.
Lindeman’s Silver Wedding Anniversary)
04:15 $ 0.64 USD
21 Til Kirken hun vandrer (Devoutest of Maidens), EG 123 01:41 $ 0.25 USD
22 Den hvide, røde Rose (The White and Red, Red Roses), EG 137 02:01 $ 0.30 USD
23 Odalisken synger (The Odalisque), EG 131 03:11 $ 0.48 USD
24 Paa Hamars Ruiner (On the Ruins of Hamar), EG 140 02:08 $ 0.32 USD
25 Jenta (The Lass), EG 141 02:03 $ 0.31 USD
26 Til Generalkonsul Chr. Tønsberg (To Chr. Tønsberg), EG 136 04:47 $ 0.72 USD
 
 
Disc 5
 
  Composer: Grieg, Edvard
  Fire Romancer af Chr. Winther, Op. 10 (Four Songs by Chr. Winther) 13:01
01 1. Taksigelse (Thanks) 03:38 $ 0.55 USD
02 2. Skovsang (Woodland Song) 03:50 $ 0.58 USD
03 3. Blomsterne tale (Song of the Flowers) 01:22 $ 0.21 USD
04 4. Sang paa Fjeldet (Song on the Mountain) 04:11 $ 0.63 USD
 
  Tre Sanger fra ”Peer Gynt”, Op. 23 (Three Songs from ‘Peer Gynt’) 12:11
05 Peer Gynts Serenade (Peer Gynt’s Serenade) 03:20 $ 0.50 USD
06 Solveigs Sang (Solveig’s Song) 04:31 $ 0.68 USD
07 Solveigs Vuggevise (Solveig’s Cradle Song) 04:20 $ 0.65 USD
 
  ”Rejseminder fra Fjeld og Fjord” af Holger Drachmann,
Op. 44 (‘Reminiscences from Mountain and Fjord’ by
Holger Drachmann)
15:27
08 1. Prolog (På Skineggen ind mod Jotunhejm) 03:15 $ 0.49 USD
09 2. Johanne 02:36 $ 0.39 USD
10 3. Ragnhild 02:10 $ 0.33 USD
11 4. Ingebjørg 02:30 $ 0.38 USD
12 5. Ragna 01:54 $ 0.29 USD
13 6. Epilog (Farvel til Tvindehougen) 03:02 $ 0.46 USD
 
  Seks Digte af Holger Drachmann, Op. 49 (Six Songs by Holger Drachmann) 25:41
14 1. Saa du Knøsen, som strøg forbi (Tell Me Now, Did You
See the Lad)
04:15 $ 0.64 USD
15 2. Vug, o Vove (Rocking, Rocking on Gentle Waves) 06:30 $ 0.98 USD
16 3. Vær hilset, I Damer (Kind Greetings, Fair Ladies) 03:59 $ 0.60 USD
17 4. Nu er Aftnen lys og lang (Now Is Evening Light and Long) 02:46 $ 0.42 USD
18 5. Jule-Sne (Christmas Snow) 04:41 $ 0.70 USD
19 6. Foraarsregn (Spring Showers) 03:30 $ 0.53 USD
 
20 Simpel Sang (A Simple Song), EG 147 02:49 $ 0.42 USD
 
 
Disc 6
 
  Composer: Grieg, Edvard
  ”Norge”. Digte af John Paulsen, Op. 58 (‘Norway’.
Five Songs by John Paulsen)
13:25
01 1. Hjemkomst (Homeward) 03:19 $ 0.50 USD
02 2. Til Norge (To the Motherland) 01:14 $ 0.19 USD
03 3. Henrik Wergeland 03:35 $ 0.54 USD
04 4. Turisten (The Shepherdess) 01:51 $ 0.28 USD
05 5. Udvandreren (The Emigrant) 03:26 $ 0.52 USD
 
  Romancer og Sange (Nine Songs), Op. 18 20:35
06 1. Vandring i Skoven (Moonlit Forest) 01:50 $ 0.28 USD
07 2. Hun er saa hvid (My Darling is as White as Snow) 01:24 $ 0.21 USD
08 3. En Digters sidste Sang (The Poet’s Farewell) 02:12 $ 0.33 USD
09 4. Efteraarsstormen (Autumn Storms) 03:26 $ 0.52 USD
10 5. Poesien (Poesy) 03:41 $ 0.55 USD
11 6. Ungbirken (The Young Birch-Tree) 01:49 $ 0.27 USD
12 7. Hytten (The Cottage) 01:23 $ 0.21 USD
13 8. Rosenknoppen (The Rosebud) 02:05 $ 0.31 USD
14 9. Serenade til Welhaven (Serenade to Welhaven) 02:45 $ 0.41 USD
 
  Elegiske Digte af John Paulsen, Op. 59 (Six Elegiac Songs by John Paulsen) 10:58
15 1. Når jeg vil dø (Autumn Farewell) 01:51 $ 0.28 USD
16 2. På Norges nøgne fjelde (The Pine Tree) 01:31 $ 0.23 USD
17 3. Til Én I (To Her [I] ) 02:04 $ 0.31 USD
18 4. Til Én II (To Her [II] ) 01:43 $ 0.26 USD
19 5. Farvel (Goodbye) 01:56 $ 0.29 USD
20 6. Nu hviler du i jorden (Your Eyes Are Closed Forever) 01:53 $ 0.28 USD
 
  Songs without Opus Number 86:54
21 Soldaten (The Soldier), EG 125 02:08 $ 0.32 USD
22 Taaren (Tears), EG 128 02:34 $ 0.39 USD
23 Vesle Gut (Little Lad), EG 129 02:26 $ 0.37 USD
24 Fædrelandssang (National Song), EG 151 03:58 $ 0.60 USD
25 Gentlemen-Menige (Gentlemen-Rankers), EG 156 03:27 $ 0.52 USD
 
 
Disc 7
01 Prinsessen (The Princess), EG 133 02:55 $ 0.44 USD
02 Claras Sang (Clara’s Song), EG 124 01:25 $ 0.21 USD
03 Osterlied (Easter Song), EG 146 01:54 $ 0.29 USD
04 Morgenbøn paa Skolen (Morning Prayer at School), EG 139 00:59 $ 0.15 USD
05 Den blonde Pige (The Fair-haired Maid) (first version), EG
130
04:15 $ 0.64 USD
 
  Den bergtekne (The Mountain Thrall), Op. 32
06 Den Bergtekne (The Mountain Thrall), Op. 32 04:18 $ 0.65 USD
 
07 Møte (The Tryst) (first version of Op. 67 No. 4) 02:40 $ 0.40 USD
 
  Songs without Opus Number 86:54
08 Suk (Sighs), EG 134 02:53 $ 0.43 USD
09 Den blonde Pige (The Fair-haired Maid) (second version), EG
138
02:48 $ 0.42 USD
 
  Fem Digte af Otto Benzon, Op. 69 (Five Songs by Otto Benzon) 15:33
10 1. Der gynger en Båd på Bølge (A Boat on the Waves is
Rocking)
02:46 $ 0.42 USD
11 2. Til min Dreng (To My Son) 03:29 $ 0.52 USD
12 3. Ved Moders Grav (At Mother’s Grave) 02:34 $ 0.39 USD
13 4. Snegl, Snegl! (Snail, Snail!) 03:12 $ 0.48 USD
14 5. Drømme (Dreams) 03:32 $ 0.53 USD
 
  Fem Digte af Otto Benzon, Op. 70 (Five Songs by Otto Benzon) 13:25
15 1. Eros 02:55 $ 0.44 USD
16 2. Jeg lever et Liv i Længsel (A Life of Longing) 02:36 $ 0.39 USD
17 3. Lys Nat (Summer Night) 01:55 $ 0.29 USD
18 4. Se dig for (Walk with Care) 01:53 $ 0.28 USD
19 5. Digtervise (A Poet’s Song) 04:06 $ 0.62 USD
 
  Songs without Opus Number 86:54
20 Ragnhild, EG 181 02:03 $ 0.31 USD
21 Den syngende Menighed (The Singing Congregation), EG 122 01:53 $ 0.28 USD
22 Valgsang (Election Song), EG 149 06:40 $ 1.00 USD
23 To a Devil, EG 154 01:44 $ 0.26 USD
 
  Album total 468:48
ComposerGrieg, Edvard
Mezzo-sopranoGroop, Monica
PianoDerwinger, Love
Ranta, Ilmo
Vignoles, Roger

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