Grieg

Davidsen’s grandly sized soprano is headed for Wagner and other dramatic operas, but we know from recital appearances that she is also a very appreciable artist in solo song. Everything here... — Financial Times, 7th January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 7th Jan 2022
Catalogue No: 4852254
Label: Decca
Length: 79 minutes

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7th January 2022
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Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67

Work length26:27

$8.80

$11.20

$16.40

Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2021-09-08
Recording Venue: Stormen Konserthus, Bodø

1. Det Syng

Track length3:29

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2. Veslemøy

Track length2:35

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3. Blåbærli

Track length2:42

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4. Møte

Track length4:37

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5. Elsk

Track length2:19

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6. Killingdans

Track length1:34

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7. Vond Dag

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8. Ved Gjætle-Bekken

Track length6:27

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Excerpt, Grieg: Songs (6), Op.25

Work length4:36

$2.20

$2.80

$4.10

Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2021-09-08
Recording Venue: Stormen Konserthus, Bodø

2. En Svane

Track length2:42

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4. Med en Vandlilje

Track length1:54

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Grieg: Elegiske Digte af John Paulsen (Six Elegiac Songs by John Paulsen), Op. 59

Work length3:57

$2.20

$2.80

$4.10

Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2021-09-08
Recording Venue: Stormen Konserthus, Bodø

3. Til én I

Track length2:03

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4. Til én II

Track length1:54

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Grieg: Hjertets Melodier af H. C.Andersen, Op. 5 No. 3 'Jeg elsker Dig'

Work length1:18

$1.10

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$2.05

Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2021-09-08
Recording Venue: Stormen Konserthus, Bodø

Grieg: Og jeg vil ha mig hjertenskjaer (And I would like a sweetheart true), Op. 60 No. 5

Work length1:31

$1.10

$1.40

$2.05

Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2021-09-08
Recording Venue: Stormen Konserthus, Bodø

Grieg: Ved Rondane (from 12 Songs Op. 33)

Work length2:41

$1.10

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$2.05

Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2021-09-08
Recording Venue: Stormen Konserthus, Bodø

Grieg: Five Songs by Otto Benzon, Op. 69

Work length16:22

$5.50

$7.00

$10.25

Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2021-09-08
Recording Venue: Stormen Konserthus, Bodø

1. Der gynger en Båd på Bølge

Track length2:36

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2. Til min Dreng

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3. Ved Moders Grav

Track length3:29

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4. Snegl, Snegl!

Track length3:07

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5. Drømme

Track length3:53

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Grieg: Die Poesie, Op. 18, No. 5

Work length3:21

$1.10

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$2.05

Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2021-09-08
Recording Venue: Stormen Konserthus, Bodø

Grieg: Seks Sange, Op. 48

Work length13:48

$6.60

$8.40

$12.30

Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2021-09-08
Recording Venue: Stormen Konserthus, Bodø

1. Gruß

Track length1:07

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2. Dereinst Gedanke mein

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3. Lauf der Welt

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4. Die Verschwiegende Nachtigall

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5. Zur Rosenzeit

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6. Ein Traum

Track length2:00

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Grieg: Våren, Op. 33 No. 2

Work length4:59

$1.10

$1.40

$2.05

Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2021-09-08
Recording Venue: Stormen Konserthus, Bodø

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Recording of the Week, Grieg from Lise Davidsen and Leif Ove Andsnes

7th January 2022

The two Norwegians do their countryman proud in a programme which includes Haugtussa, Five Songs by Otto Benzon, and the Six Songs Op. 48.

Two of Norway’s most celebrated musicians come together to perform the music of the country’s most celebrated composer. Lise and pianist Leif Ove will be touring the repertoire around Norway, Germany, Spain, Austria and the UK. Recorded in the Arctic Circle in Bodø – Lise describes ‘magical’ time recording this music with a special team in rural Norway.

Reviews

7th January 2022

Davidsen’s grandly sized soprano is headed for Wagner and other dramatic operas, but we know from recital appearances that she is also a very appreciable artist in solo song. Everything here is beautiful, the voice gleaming and lyrical, the style unforced but communicative...it is a bonus to have Norway’s leading pianist, Leif Ove Andsnes, on hand to add accompaniments of sparkling precision.

January 2022

In purely vocal terms, it's a stunning display of range and technical control...Andsnes’s role cannot be overestimated, either. His playing is supremely refined and sensitive…An outstanding release.

7th January 2022

This is one of those albums where the synergy between the two artists and their mutual affinity with the repertoire combine to truly spellbinding effect. Davidsen may be destined for Isolde and Brünnhilde, but she’s also capable of extraordinary delicacy when painting on a smaller canvas – and Andsnes backs her to the hilt throughout, revelling in the passages where she unleashes the full firepower but never obscuring the vocal line in the many magical moments where she tapers the sound to a fine silvery thread.

9th January 2022

she is at her best when she lightens the tone for the two comic folk songs, and she is most affecting in the well-known Ibsen setting, En Svane (A Swan), Jeg Elsker Dig! (I Love You!) and Varen (Spring), delivered with remarkable delicacy for such a big voice. In Andsnes she has an ideal pianist and champion for Norway’s national composer.

7th January 2022

Whatever the register, Davidsen’s vibrant voice knows no kinks, and easily holds us in an iron grip. Even so, it’s a special pleasure when the songs allow her to dim the headlights and restrain the volume. The recording throughout is uniformly good.

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