Grieg Lyric Pieces

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Composer or Director: Edvard Grieg

Genre:

Instrumental

Label: EMI Classics

Magazine Review Date: 4/2002

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 68

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: 557296-2

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Movement: No. 1, Arietta	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Movement: No. 2, Waltz (Vals)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Movement: No. 5, Folksong (Folkevise)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Movement: No. 6, Norwegian (Norsk)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Movement: No. 6, Elegy	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Movement: No. 7, Waltz	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Movement: No. 8, Canon	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Movement: No. 2, Album leaf	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Movement: No. 3, Melody	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Movement: No. 4, Norwegian dance (Halling)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Movement: No. 3, March of the Trolls (Troldtog)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Movement: No. 4, Nocturne	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Movement: No. 2, Gade	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Movement: No. 3, Illusion	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Movement: No. 6, Homesickness (Heimweh)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Movement: No. 1, Sylph (Sylfide)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Movement: No. 4, Brooklet (Baekken)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Movement: No. 5, Phantom (Drömmesyn)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Movement: No. 6, Homeward (Hjemad)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Movement: No. 6, Wedding day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag pagn)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Movement: No. 3, At your feet (For dine födder)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Movement: No. 4, Evening in the mountains (Aften på höjf	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Movement: No. 5, Cradle song (Bådnlåt)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Movement: No. 6, Gone (Forbi)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Movement: No. 7, Remembrances (Efterklang)	Edvard Grieg, Composer Edvard Grieg, Composer Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano

Author: Bryce Morrison

Once again on home ground, Andsnes reminds you of his capacity to go directly to the heart of the matter. Taking you on a journey of increasing subtlety and introspection, he makes you aware that so much of this music is for those long winter nights. At the same time the music is so richly varied: the insistent dactylic rhythm of ‘Melody’ creates a strange unsettling poetic ambience, while the central oasis of calm in ‘Wedding Day at Troldhaugen’ would surely melt a heart of stone. All Andsnes’s performances have that deceptive simplicity which is his touchstone. His playing is always sensitive, never sentimental and with a bracing and essential ‘touch of the codfish’ (Grieg) when required. And while one would never want to be without Gilels’s rapt DG performances (see below), praise could hardly be too high for a pianist who so enviably captures the poignant nature of a composer who Tchaikovsky once claimed had ‘a glance like a charming and candid child’. Grieg’s piano, with its distinctive timbre, provides an added touch of nostalgia.

GRIEG Lyric Pieces – Andsnes

Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Movement: No. 1, Arietta

Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Movement: No. 2, Waltz (Vals)

Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Movement: No. 5, Folksong (Folkevise)

Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Movement: No. 6, Norwegian (Norsk)

Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Movement: No. 6, Elegy

Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Movement: No. 7, Waltz

Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Movement: No. 8, Canon

Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Movement: No. 2, Album leaf

Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Movement: No. 3, Melody

Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Movement: No. 4, Norwegian dance (Halling)

Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Movement: No. 3, March of the Trolls (Troldtog)

Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Movement: No. 4, Nocturne

Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Movement: No. 2, Gade

Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Movement: No. 3, Illusion

Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Movement: No. 6, Homesickness (Heimweh)

Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Movement: No. 1, Sylph (Sylfide)

Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Movement: No. 4, Brooklet (Baekken)

Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Movement: No. 5, Phantom (Drömmesyn)

Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Movement: No. 6, Homeward (Hjemad)

Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Movement: No. 6, Wedding day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag pagn)

Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Movement: No. 3, At your feet (For dine födder)

Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Movement: No. 4, Evening in the mountains (Aften på höjf

Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Movement: No. 5, Cradle song (Bådnlåt)

Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Movement: No. 6, Gone (Forbi)

Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Movement: No. 7, Remembrances (Efterklang)

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