Grieg: Piano Music Vol. 1

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These are the first four volumes of a complete Grieg cycle which stretches to no fewer than 14 discs. Since they are all at super-budget price they make a very competitive alternative to other... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 8550881
Label: Naxos
Length: 72 minutes

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Grieg: Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7

Work length18:11

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Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano)

I. Allegro moderato

Track length4:27

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II. Andante molto

Track length4:25

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III. Alla Menuetto, ma poco piu lento

Track length3:25

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IV. Finale: Molto allegro

Track length5:54

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Grieg: Funeral March: Rikard Nordraak in memoriam

Work length6:03

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Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano)

Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak, EG 107

Track length6:03

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Grieg: Four Piano Pieces, Op. 1

Work length12:45

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Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano)

Allegro con leggerezza

Track length1:49

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Non allegro e molto espressivo

Track length4:10

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Mazurka con grazia

Track length3:09

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Allegretto con moto

Track length3:37

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Grieg: Ten Song Arrangements from Norges Melodier (Norwegian Melodies)

Work length1:03

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Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano)

Melodies of Norway, EG 108: The Sirens' Enticement

Track length1:03

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Grieg: Moods, Op. 73

Work length19:56

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Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano)

Resignasjon (Resignation)

Track length2:08

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Scherzo-Impromptu

Track length2:20

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Natligt ridt (Night Ride)

Track length4:13

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Folketone (Folk Melody)

Track length2:45

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Studie (Hommage a Chopin)

Track length1:44

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Studenternes serenade (Student's Serenade)

Track length2:29

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Lualat (The Mountaineer's Song)

Track length4:17

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Excerpt, Grieg: 6 Song Arrangements, Op. 41

Work length3:17

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Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano)

Jeg elsker dig, Op. 41, No. 3

Track length3:17

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Grieg: Humoresques, Op. 6

Work length10:55

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Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano)

Tempo di Valse

Track length2:55

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Tempo di Menuetto ed energico

Track length2:40

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Allegretto con grazia

Track length2:21

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Allegro alla burla

Track length2:59

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2010

These are the first four volumes of a complete Grieg cycle which stretches to no fewer than 14 discs. Since they are all at super-budget price they make a very competitive alternative to other complete or near-complete surveys. Einar Steen-Nøkleberg came into prominence during the 1970s and won numerous Norwegian and other prizes. He was professor of the piano at the Hanover Musikhochschule for a number of years and is the author of a monograph on Grieg's piano music and its interpretation.
8 550881: The first disc juxtaposes early pieces, the Sonata, Op 7, the Op 6 Humoresques and the Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak, all written in the mid-1890s with his very last piano work, Stimmungen (or 'Moods'), Op 73. He plays these bold and original pieces with great flair and understanding. Whatever its limitations there's much greater range in Grieg's piano music than is commonly realised and Steen-Nøkleberg is attuned to the whole spectrum it covers, whether in the Bartókian 'Mountaineer's Song' from the Op 73 to the charm and innocence of the Allegretto con grazia, the third of the Humoresques, Op 6. 8 550882: The 19Norwegian Folksongs (1896) are remarkable pieces as Grieg himself knew. He wrote to the Dutch composer, Julius Röntgen, of having 'put some hair-raising chromatic chords on paper.
The excuse is that they originated not on the piano but in my mind.' Readers will recognise No 14 as the source of the theme for Delius's Onhearing the first cuckoo in spring. Steen-Nøkleberg plays them with great tonal finesse and consummate artistry.
8 550883: The most substantial work on this disc is the Ballade which Grieg wrote on his parents' death. This recording can hold its own with the best in this healthy area of the catalogue – even if there are moments when Steen-Nøkleberg seems too discursive. Yet what an imaginative colour he produces in the Adagio variation when the music suddenly melts pianissimo.8 550884: The Norwegian Peasant Dances are amazing pieces for their period, and though their audacity and dissonance were later overtaken by Bartók, they still retain their capacity to surprise. The playing conveys the extraordinary character and originality of these pieces as do few others. The smaller pieces contained on this disc – as well as on its companions – are full of rewards.

The playing is full of imagination, character and sensitivity and the recordings... are very natural too. I would recommend them strongly even had they been at full price.

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