Hardanger
Donald Macleod introduces a selection of works written by Grieg in the peaceful surroundings of Hardanger during a period of great emotional upheaval and creative struggle.
Feeling stifled by life in Oslo, in the summer of 1877 Grieg and his wife Nina escaped to the beautiful countryside of Hardanger in Western Norway, on what would be the first of many visits. Although it was a period of emotional upheaval and creative struggle for Grieg, it proved to be among the most fruitful of his career. Donald Macleod introduces a selection of works written there including his only completed string quartet, and a song for baritone, two horns and string orchestra, based on a folk tale whose doomed hero loses the power to know what love is.
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Edvard Grieg
4 Album leaves Op.28 for piano
Performer: Einar STEEN-NOKLEBERG - Piano
- Naxos.
- 8.550883.
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Edvard Grieg
Album Op.30 for male voices [mandssang], arr. from Norwegian folksongs
Conductor: Grete PEDERSEN Performer: Norwegian Soloists Choir
- BIS.
- sacd-1661.
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Edvard Grieg
Quartet in G minor Op.27 for strings
Performer: Chilingirian String Quartet
- HYPERION.
- CDA-67117.
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Edvard Grieg
Den Bergtekne [The mountain thrall] Op.32 for baritone, 2 horns and strings
Conductor: Neeme JARVI Performer: Hakan HAGEGARD - Baritone Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOP.
- 437-519-2.
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- Wed 23 May 201212:00BBC Radio 3
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