E. Grieg: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. V Camilla Tilling

• 1 At the Wedding 05:08
• 2 Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter 01:52
• 3 Solveig's Song 05:10
• 4 Solveig's Cradle Song 04:12
• 5 I. From Monte Pincio 05:12
• 6 II. A Swan 02:41
• 7 II. Last Spring 05:41
• 8 III. Henrik Wergeland 04:11
• 9 IV. Evening in the Mountains 03:52
• 10 V. At the Cradle 04:12
• 11 Mountain Thrall, Op. 32 06:04
• 12 I. Allegro marcato 06:35
• 13 II. Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso 02:27
• 14 III. Allegro moderato alla Marcia 03:14
• 15 IV. Allegro molto 05:45
• Total Runtime 01:06:16

Info for E. Grieg: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. V

The fifth and final volume of audite’s complete recording of Edvard Grieg’s orchestral works reveals a less familiar side of the Norwegian national composer: as arranger of his own lyrical and patriotic songs, surrounded by elegiac and dance-like melodies.

Soprano Camilla Tilling plays a leading part in the fifth and final volume of audite's complete recording of Edvard Grieg's orchestral works: although Grieg drew on his own songs with orchestra or piano for the Six Orchestral Songs, this set forms an independent, elegiacally-hued cycle reflecting the core of Grieg's personality. It includes not only two songs from the incidental music to Peer Gynt (Solveig's Song and Solveig's Lullaby) but also transcriptions of solemn piano songs such as the Roman ballad From Monte Pincio, or the memory of the short-lived Norwegian patriot Henrik Wergeland, to whom the final song (sung by Tom Erik Lie) is dedicated. This recording gathers several important examples of the less familiar Edvard Grieg as composer of songs with orchestra.

As an orchestral composer, Edvard Grieg is known primarily for his piano concerto, his dances and atmospheric pictures based on Nordic mythology or folk music. Eivind Aadland and the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln have recorded several pieces from this realm - including two numbers from the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's drama Peer Gynt, as well as the popular Norwegian Dances, Op. 35, which his contemporary Hans Sitt arranged for piano for four hands.

Cities such as Oslo and Bergen, where Grieg worked as a conductor, did not provide inspiration for his compositions: in order to be able to write, he travelled to the countryside. He particularly loved the wild region of Hardanger in West Norway, where he found the most original folk music and where he spent several summers. Here, he composed not only his Norwegian Dances, but also the short orchestral ballad Den Bergtekne (The Mountain Thrall), in which Grieg portrays himself as a restless poet, at odds with love.

"This final album in Audite’s Grieg series has a lot of well performed content, yet the highlight is the cycle of Six Orchestral Songs, beautifully and movingly sung by Camilla Tilling, whose voice is perfectly supported by the orchestra." (Pizzicato)

Camilla Tilling, soprano
Tom Erik Lie, baritone
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

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