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EDVARD GRIEG
Lyric Pieces, Volume 1
(Lyriske Stykker)
1.
Klokkeklang, Op.54 No.6
3:28
in C Major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur
(Glockengeläute / Bell Ringing)
Andante - [ ] - Tempo I
2.
Hemmelighet, Op.57 No.4
4:52
in G Major • in G-Dur • en sol majeur
(Geheimnis / Secret)
Andante espressivo - Più mosso - Tempo I ma recitando -
3.
Albumblad, Op.12 No.7
1:14
in E Minor • in e-Moll • en mi mineur
(Albumblatt / Album Leaf)
Allegretto e dolce
4.
Vals, Op.12 No.2
1:44
in A Minor • in a-Moll - en la mineur
(Walzer / Waltz)
Allegro moderato - Coda
5.
Bondens sang, Op.65 No.2
1:38
in A Major • in A-Dur • en la majeur
(Lied des Bauern / Peasant's Song)
Andante semplice
6.
Gade, Op.57 No.2
3:19
in A Major • in A-Dur • en la majeur
Allegro grazioso
7.
Skogstillhet, Op.71 No.4
5:05
in B Major • in H-Dur • en si majeur
(Waldesstille / Silent Woods)
Lento - Più animato - Stretto molto - Tempo I
8.
Til våren, Op.43 No.6
2:58
in F-Shar Major • in Fis-Dur • en fa dièse majeur
(An den Frühling / To Spring)
Adagio appassionato - Stretto poco a poco - Tempo I - Lento
9.
I hjemmet, Op.43 No.6
1:53
in F-Sharp Major • in Fis-Dur • en fa dièse majeur
(In der Heimat / In My Native Country)
Poco Andante - Poco più mosso - Tempo I - Poco più mosso - Tempo I
10.
Bekken, Op.62 No.4
1:41
in B Minor • in h-Moll • en si mineur
(Bächlein / Brooklet)
Allegro leggiero
11.
Alfedans, Op.12 No.4
0:52
in E Minor • in e-Moll • en mi mineur
(Elfantanz / Fairy Dance)
Molto Allegro e sempre staccato
12.
Tungsinn, Op.65 No.3
3:32
in B Minor • in h-Moll - en si mineur
(Schwermut / Melancholy)
Andante espressivo - Allegro agitato - Meno Allegro -
13.
Småtroll, Op.71 No.3
1:55
in E-Flat Minor • in es-Moll • en mi bémol mineur
(Kobold / Puck)
Allegro molto
14.
Kanon, Op.38 No.8
4:01
in B-Flat Minor • in b-Moll • en si bémol mineur
(Canon)
Allegretto con moto - Più mosso, ma tranquillo - Da Cao al Fine
15.
Sommeraften, Op.71 No.2
2:20
in D-Flat Major • in Des-Dur • en ré bémol majeur
(Sommerabend / Summer's Eve)
Allegretto Tranquillamente - Poco mosso - Stretto - Più stretto -
16.
Albumblad, Op.47 No.2
3:35
in F Major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur
(Albumblatt / Album Leaf)
Allegro vivace e grazioso
17.
Melankoli, Op.47 No.5
2:34
in G Minor • in g-Moll • en sol mineur
(Melancholie / Melancholy)
Largo - Un poco più mosso - Un poco più mosso
18.
Svunne dager, Op.57 No.1
5:32
in D Minor • in d-Moll • en ré mineur
(Entschwundene Tage / Vanished Days)
Andantino - Adagio - Allegro vivace - Più lento -
19.
Melodi, Op.38 No.3
1:47
in C Major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur
(Melodie /Melody)
Allegretto
20.
Scherzo, Op.54 No.5
3:55
in E Minor • in e-Moll • en mi mineur
Prestissimo leggiero - Più tranquillo - Tempo I
21.
Norsk, Op.12 No.6
1:00
in D Major • in e-Moll • en mi mineur
Prestissimo leggiero - Più tranquillo - Tempo I
22.
Gjetergutt, Op.54 No.1
3:38
in G Minor • in g-Moll • en sol mineur
(Hirtenknabe / Shepherd's Boy)
Andante espressivo - Poco mosso - Tempo I
23.
Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen, Op.65 No.6
6:30
in D Major • in D-Dur • en ré majeur
(Hochzeitstag auf Troldhaugen / Wedding Day at Troldhaugen)
Tempo di Marcia un poco vivace - Poco tranquillo - Tempo I
24.
Erotikk, Op.43 No.5
3:12
in F Major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur
(Erotik / Erotikon)
Lento molto - Stretto - Più mosso e sempre stretto - Tempo I
25.
Notturno, Op.54 No.4
3:23
in C Major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur
Andante - Più mosso - Adagio
26.
Valse mélancolique, Op.68 No.6
3:54
in G Minor • in g-Moll • en sol mineur
Tempo di Valse tranquillo -
27.
Halling, Op.71 No.5
3:21
in C Major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur
Allegro molto - Allegro moderato e marcato -
Total time: 82:53
Solo:Peter Donohoe piano
Notes
If Chopin ‘invented’ the Mazurka, then surely by the same token Grieg ‘invented’ the Lyric Piece. Over his lifetime he published ten volumes of Lyric Pieces, containing sixty-six individual works. Born in Bergen, Grieg studied in Leipzig and became established as Norway’s leading composer, successfully synthesising Norwegian folk music with the forms and conventions of the German tradition. While he was internationally acclaimed for his Piano Concerto and the incidental music to Peer Gynt, the vast majority of his output lies not in large-scale works, but in smaller, more intimate forms, especially songs and, of course, his Lyric Pieces. Peter Donohoe writes: ‘as a teenager I expanded my knowledge of the music of Grieg to include many solo piano pieces as well as the better-known orchestral works. I was beguiled by his style, and the reason remains somewhat intangible. Although one is able to identify the originality of Grieg as a composer – the Norwegian folk element in his music, his natural gift for memorable melodic lines, his occasional diversions into unique and extraordinarily forward-looking harmonies, and, to some degree, his emotional naïveté – there is a unique, unidentifiable kernel in his output that defies analysis, as is true of the work of all the great composers... All these works are pristine examples of his diverse and original style – Norwegian with a Germanic flavour – and it has been a huge and satisfying pleasure to return to them to create this and future recordings.’
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“… I don’t know another Grieg collection less pretentious or more personal, or that takes greater pleasure in this music which, under the correct circumstances such as these, seems eternally fresh. It’s a pleasure that is readily contagious. I’m already looking forward to the next volume.”
Patrick Rucker – Gramophone magazine – August 2022
Performance **** Recording *****
“… this excellently recorded anthology is a delightful way of exploring a less well-known side of this composer.”
Jan Smaczny – BBC Music magazine – August 2022
“…There is … a depth of love and understanding throughout this music in these performances …”
Robert Matthew-Walker – Musical Opinion Quarterly – July-September 2022
“Many delights here, the music itself and Peter Donohoe’s sensitive and poetic playing of it… This eighty-three-minute recital of twenty-seven selections is pure pleasure, and nicely varied in mood and tempo to enjoy at a single sitting, Donohoe with each of the first notes so inviting…”
Colin Anderson - ColinsColumn.com – 19 June 2022
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