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Grieg: Olav Trygvason

Magne Fremmerlid (bass-baritone), Nina Gravrok (soprano), Marianne E. Andersen (mezzo-soprano), Yngve Søberg (bass-baritone) & Helge Rønning (tenor)

Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera Orchestra, Malmö Chamber Choir, Lund Student Singers & Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset

Engeset secures committedly live-feeling performances from his Swedish players and choirs. Recommended for that, and for the convenience of hearing the Bjornson/Grieg repertoire as a unit. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2014 More…

Release Date: 4th Nov 2013
Catalogue No: 8573045
Label: Naxos
Length: 63 minutes

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Grieg: Landkjenning, Op. 31 (Land-Sighting)

Work length6:36

$1.00

$1.30

Yngve A Soberg
Malmo Chamber Choir, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Lunds Studentsångare
Bjarte Engeset

Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar Op. 22

Work length17:05

$5.00

$6.50

Helge Ronning
Malmö Opera, Malmo Chamber Choir, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Lunds Studentsångare
Bjarte Engeset

IV. The Northland Folk

Track length6:03

$1.00

$1.30

VIII. The King's Song

Track length3:57

$1.00

$1.30

IX. Horn Signals

Track length1:13

$1.00

$1.30

I. Prelude to Act I

Track length2:42

$1.00

$1.30

Intermezzo

Track length3:10

$1.00

$1.30

Grieg: Olav Trygvason, Op. 50, Scene 1

Work length8:42

$2.00

$2.60

Nina Gravrok, Magne Fremmerlid
Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera
Bjarte Engeset

Skjult i de mange manende navne (Though to Whom Fancy Lends Many Titles)

Track length8:42

$2.00

$2.60

Grieg: Olav Trygvason, Op. 50, Scene 2

Work length15:08

$4.00

$5.15

Marianne E. Andersen, Magne Fremmerlid
Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera
Bjarte Engeset

Ej er det nok naevne ved Navn (Tis Not Enough That Ye Invoke)

Track length15:08

$4.00

$5.15

Grieg: Olav Trygvason, Op. 50, Scene 3

Work length13:33

$3.00

$3.85

Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera
Bjarte Engeset

Giv alle Guder gammens og gledesskal (Give to all Gods a Grace-Cup of Gratitude)

Track length13:33

$3.00

$3.85

Neupert: Studier, Op. 26

Work length2:48

$1.00

$1.30

Malmö Opera
Bjarte Engeset

I. Andantino

Track length2:48

$1.00

$1.30

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Favourites, Edvard Grieg

David picks some of the best recordings of the works of the Norwegian Romantic nationalist, Edvard Grieg.

Edvard Grieg and his librettist Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson were both fascinated by a great period in Norway’s past: the Viking Age, whose sagas, and fierce conflicts between Christianity and the old Norse religion, inspired all three of Grieg’s works recorded here. Landkjenning depicts the moment when Olav Trygvason (960s-1000) and his men sight the Norwegian coast for the first time on their voyage from England to Norway. As King from 995 to 1000, Olav worked singlemindedly to Christianise Norway. Conceived as a true Norwegian national opera, but left unfinished, the three scenes from Olav Trygvason explore pagan rituals and tributes to the Norse gods in anticipation of King Olav’s entrance into the pagan temple.

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March 2014

Engeset secures committedly live-feeling performances from his Swedish players and choirs. Recommended for that, and for the convenience of hearing the Bjornson/Grieg repertoire as a unit.

3rd January 2014

Naxos have done Grieg proud over the years, producing many discs which have considerably extended our knowledge of a composer whose range of expression was wider than is sometimes allowed. This is a valuable addition to that collection, generally well performed and superbly recorded.

9th January 2014

[Olav Trygvason] attains a level of musical violence unique in Grieg's output...the performances are a mixed bag, although the choral singing is excellent.

New York Times December 2013

This wonderful album, the seventh in a series, presents three extended scenes from that incomplete work, with rousing choruses, invocations to Norse gods, a prophetess weaving ominous spells, and more.

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