822252240320

Edvard Grieg: Lyric Music

Claire Booth, Soprano; Christopher Glynn, Piano

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Format: CD

Cat No: AV2403

Release Date:  06 September 2019

Label:  Avie

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  822252240320

Genres:  Classical  Vocal  

  • Description

    Soprano Claire Booth and pianist Christopher Glynn trace an arc through Edvard Grieg's Lyric Music, interspersing vocal miniatures with solo piano pieces that range in mood from bright, youthful innocence to shades of autumnal twilight.

    Following their acclaimed collaboration in Percy Grainger's Folk Music (AV2372), soprano Claire Booth and pianist Christopher Glynn turn to the Lyric Music of Edvard Grieg, an apt sequel as the elder composer befriended Grainger – who idolised the Norwegian's folkloric idiom – immediately on their first encounter in London in 1906. Interspersing intimate vocal miniatures with lyrical solo piano pieces, Claire and Christopher mirror many of the programmes that Grieg and his wife Nina performed on their many recital tours together. Each of the works on Lyric Music tells a story, as does the album as a whole, ranging in mood from bright, youthful innocence to shades of autumnal twilight. Sung in the original Norwegian, Claire's and Christopher's performances are as evocative as Norway's varied landscape.

    CRITICAL ACCLAIM
    "it's that sparkle that they give, it's the care, it's the attention to detail, it's the love of the music and the incredible characters that they manage to draw out of every song that makes this disc really quite a stand out" - BBC Radio 3's Record Review, Best of 2017 (on Percy Grainger Folk Music, AV2372)

    "disarming and engaging" - The Guardian

    "great verve and passion" - Reader's Digest

    "Few singers alive can spin a yarn like Booth can, especially with her regular pianist Glynn ... Booth's voice is a character that transfixes all by itself." - Gramophone

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Edvard Grieg: Den Hvide, Røde Rose EG137 (The White And Red Roses)
      • 2. Edvard Grieg: Norwegisch From Lyric Pieces, Book I Op.12
      • 3. Edvard Grieg: Volkweise From Lyric Pieces, Book I Op.12
      • 4. Edvard Grieg: Mens Jeg Venter (On The Water) From Digte Op.60
      • 5. Edvard Grieg: Sylphe From Lyric Pieces, Book VII Op.62
      • 6. Edvard Grieg: Med En Vandlilje (With A Waterlily) Ibsensangene Op.25
      • 7. Edvard Grieg: Sommerfugl (Butterfly) From Lyric Pieces, Book III Op.43
      • 8. Edvard Grieg: Melodi From Lyric Pieces, Book IV Op.47
      • 9. Edvard Grieg: Prinsessen EG133 (The Princess)
      • 10. Edvard Grieg: Dulgt Kjærlighed (Hidden Love) From Romancer Op.39
      • 11. Edvard Grieg: Hjemad From Lyric Pieces, Book VII Op.62
      • 12. Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa Op.67 - I. Det Syng · The Enticement
      • 13. Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa Op.67 - II. Veslemøy · The Young Girl
      • 14. Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa Op.67 - III. Bla 30Abaer-Li · Blueberry Slopes
      • 15. Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa Op.67 - IV. Møte · The Tryst
      • 16. Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa Op.67 - V. Elsk · Love
      • 17. Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa Op.67 - VI. Killingdans · Little Goat’s Dance
      • 18. Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa Op.67 - VII. Vond Dag · Hurtful Day
      • 19. Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa Op.67 - VIII. Ved Gjætle-Bekken · At The Brook
      • 20. Edvard Grieg: Dro 308mmesyn (Phantom) From Lyric Pieces, Book VII Op.62
      • 21. Edvard Grieg: Jeg Elsker Dig (I Love Only You) From Hjertets Melodier Op.5
      • 22. Edvard Grieg: Na 30Ar Jeg Vil Dø (Autumn Farewell) From Elegiske Digte Op.59
      • 23. Edvard Grieg: Den Ærgjerrige (Ambition) From Fem Digte Op.26
      • 24. Edvard Grieg: Svundne Dage (Vanished Days) From Lyric Pieces, Book VI Op.57
      • 25. Edvard Grieg: Ved En Ung Hustrus Ba 30Are (At The Grave Of A Young Wife) From Romancer Op.39
      • 26. Edvard Grieg: Klokkeklang (Bell Ringing) From Lyric Pieces, Book VI Op.54
      • 27. Edvard Grieg: Stambogsrim (Album Lines) From Ibsensangene Op.25
      • 28. Edvard Grieg: Arietta From Lyric Pieces, Book I Op.12

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