Grieg: Song of Norway

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Release Date: 30th Mar 2009
Catalogue No: 8120879
Label: Naxos
Series: Musicals
Length: 76 minutes

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Grieg: Song of Norway, Act I

Work length29:34

$7.00

$9.10

Robert Shafer, Lawrence Brooks, Helena Bliss, Kitty Carlisle, Ivy Scott, Walter Kingsford, Kent Edwards, Gwen Jones, Sig Arno
Studio chorus
Arthur Kay

Prelude and Legend (Rikard) [arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest]

Track length4:25

$1.00

$1.30

Hills of Dreams (arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest) [Edvard, Nina, Rikard]

Track length4:14

$1.00

$1.30

Freddy and his Fiddle (Einar, Sigrid, Chorus) [arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest]

Track length3:14

$1.00

$1.30

Now (Countess, Chorus) [arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest]

Track length4:19

$1.00

$1.30

Strange Music (arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest) [Edvard, Nina]

Track length4:25

$1.00

$1.30

Midsummer's Eve - March of the Trollgers, "Cake Lottery" (arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest) [Edvard, Countess, Rikard, Chorus]

Track length4:22

$1.00

$1.30

Hymn of Betrothal - Finale (arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest) [Mother, Nina, Edvard, Countess, Rikard, Chorus]

Track length4:35

$1.00

$1.30

Grieg: Song of Norway, Act II

Work length21:37

$6.00

$7.80

Robert Shafer, Lawrence Brooks, Helena Bliss, Kitty Carlisle, Ivy Scott, Walter Kingsford, Kent Edwards, Gwen Jones, Sig Arno
Studio chorus
Arthur Kay

Bon Vivant (arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest) [Count, Edvard, Chorus]

Track length4:22

$1.00

$1.30

3 Loves (arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest) [Countess, Edvard, Chorus]

Track length2:56

$1.00

$1.30

Finaletto: Nordraak's Farewell - 3 Loves: Reprise (arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest) [Countess, Chorus, Rikard, Nina, Edvard]

Track length5:29

$1.00

$1.30

I Love You (Nina) [arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest]

Track length2:07

$1.00

$1.30

At Christmastime (Father, Mother, Nina, Chorus) [arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest]

Track length2:21

$1.00

$1.30

Finale (arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest) [Edvard, Nina, Rikard, Chorus]

Track length4:22

$1.00

$1.30

Grieg: Song of Norway, Act I

Work length13:03

$3.00

$3.90

Irra Petina, Robert Weede
Sylvan Shulman

Strange Music (Arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest)

Track length4:26

$1.00

$1.30

Sun at Midnight (Arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest)

Track length4:10

$1.00

$1.30

Now (Arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest)

Track length4:27

$1.00

$1.30

Grieg: Song of Norway, Act II: 3 Loves (Arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest)

Work length4:04

$1.00

$1.30

Irra Petina, Robert Weede
Sylvan Shulman

Grieg: Song of Norway, Act I: Freddy and his Fiddle (Arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest)

Work length3:47

$1.00

$1.30

Irra Petina, Robert Weede
Sylvan Shulman

Grieg: Song of Norway, Act II: I Love You (Arr. R. Wright and G. Forrest)

Work length4:29

$1.00

$1.30

Irra Petina, Robert Weede
Sylvan Shulman

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Song of Norway was written in 1944 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Edvard Grieg and the book by Milton Lazarus.

It opened at the Imperial Theater in New York on August 21, 1944, and ran for 860 performances. It was also popular in London running for 526 performances at the Palace Theatre, the first Broadway show to cross the Atlantic after the end of the Second World War.

The musical is set in Troldhaugen & Bergen, Norway; Copenhagen, and Rome in and after 1860 and follows the fictionalized lives of three childhood friends: Edvard Grieg, Nina Hagerup and Rikard Nordraak. Although Nordraak was actually a composer (he wrote the Norwegian National Anthem), he was portrayed as a poet in the show because “two composers would be confusing”.

Songs include “Prelude & Legend” (based on Grieg's A Minor Concerto) "Freddy and His Fiddle" (based on Norwegian Dance No.2), and "Now" (based on Second Violin Sonata and Waltz).

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