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EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg
Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

[ Decca / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 18 February 2022

Soprano Lise Davidsen and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, two Norwegian artists who have risen to the top of the classical music world, have collaborated for the first time on their new album, featuring songs by Norway's greatest composer Edvard Grieg. Gramophone described the album, which is their Recording of the Month for January 2022, as, "A stunning display of range and technical control …An outstanding release."

Lise Davidsen and Leif Ove Andsnes immersed themselves in music that is central to their country's musical identity and recorded their album, Edvard Grieg, in the Norwegian town of Bodø in the Arctic Circle. "Everyone in Norway knows this music," explained Lise Davidsen. "I am very aware of the conventions of how it 'should' be done and by whom. This project was about listening to the music on our own terms, trying to find our Grieg sound."

"In purely vocal terms, it's a stunning display of range and technical control...Andsnes's role cannot be overestimated, either. His playing is supremely refined and sensitive…An outstanding release." - Gramophone Magazine
January 2022 Recording of the Month

"Davidsen's grandly sized soprano is headed for Wagner and other dramatic operas, but we know from recital appearances that she is also a very appreciable artist in solo song. Everything here is beautiful, the voice gleaming and lyrical, the style unforced but communicative...it is a bonus to have Norway's leading pianist, Leif Ove Andsnes, on hand to add accompaniments of sparkling precision." - 4/5 Financial Times

'This is the outstanding Lise Davidsen recording many of us who've experienced the phenomenon live have been waiting for...The partnership with Leif Ove Andsnes doubles the pleasure...Grieg's songs are in the bloodstream; the full range up to that glorious and still-focused upper register is complemented here by word colouring and vivid dramatisation.' BBC Music - Choral & Song Choice Feb 2022

Tracks:

The Mountain Maid (Haugtussa), Op. 67
6 Poems, Op. 25
6 Elegiac Poems, Op. 59
Melodies of the Heart, Op. 5: III. I Love You
Poems, Op. 60: V. Midsummer Eve
12 Melodies, Op. 33: IX. In the Hills
5 Poems, Op. 69
Romances and Songs, Op.18: V. Poesy
6 Lieder, Op. 48
12 Melodies, Op. 33: II. Spring

Grieg: 6 Songs, Op. 25: 2. En Svane