Songs with orchestra

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907

Songs with orchestra op. 32 ; Before a southern convent : op. 20 ; Bergliot : op. 42 / [sound recording] ; The mountain thrall : Edvard Grieg. - Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, p1993 - 1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm, booklet in case. - 010052

The songs with orchestra are arrangements, by the composer, of songs with piano ; The mountain thrall is for baritone solo, string orchestra and two horns ; Before a southern convent is for soprano, contralto, female chorus and orchestra ; Bergliot is a melodrama for narrator and orchestra. Compact disc. Program notes in English, French, German and Italian, and Danish texts with English, French and German translations (40 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Songs with orchestra: 1. Det første møde 2. Solveigs sang 3. Solviegs vuggesang 4. Fra Monte Pincio 5. En svane 6. Våren 7. Henrik Wergeland 8. The Mountain Thrall op. 32 9. Before a Southern Convent op. 20 10. Bergliot op. 42 (3:37) -- (4:52) -- (3:50) -- (4:45) -- (2:14) -- (4:33) -- (4:05) -- (6:07) -- (8:59) -- (17:28)

Barbara Bonney, soprano (in songs 1-3, 5-6 and Before a southern convent) ; Håkan Hagegård, baritone (in songs 4, 7 and The mountain thrall) ; Randi Stene, mezzo-soprano ; Women's voices of the Gothenburg Symphony Chorus (in The mountain thrall) ; Rut Tellefsen, narrator (in Bergliot) ; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ; Neeme Järvi, conductor.

Recorded in Göteborg, Konserthus, between May and December, 1992.

028943751926

437 519-2 Deutsche Grammophon

99590148


Songs (High voice) with orchestra.
Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.
Choruses, Secular (Women's voices) with orchestra.
Monologues with music (Orchestra)

SDA 58674

CD 782.42168 GRIE