Grieg: Olav Trygvason, Landkjenning, Sigurd Jorsalfar & Resi

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Naxos
Release Date
November 19, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GRIEG
    • PERFORMER
      Malmo Chamber Cho, Marianne E. Andersen, Nina Gravrok, Magne Fremmerlid, Helge Ronning, Yngve Soberg
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 19, 2013
    • UPC
      747313304578
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573045
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical Vocals
    Works ⌄

    1. Landkjenning (Land-Sighting), Op. 31

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Ensemble: Malmo Chamber Choir, Lunds Studentsångare, Malmö Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Yngve Andre Soberg

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    2. IV. Norronafolket (The Northland People)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Ensemble: Malmo Chamber Choir, Lunds Studentsångare, Malmö Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Helge Ronning

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    3. VIII. Kongekvadet (The King's Song)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Ensemble: Malmo Chamber Choir, Lunds Studentsångare, Malmö Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Helge Ronning

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    4. IX. Horn Signals

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Ensemble: Malmö Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    5. I. Innledning til Akt I

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Ensemble: Malmö Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    6. Intermezzo

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Ensemble: Malmö Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    7. Scene 1: Skjult i de mange manende navne (Though to Whom Fancy Lends Many Titles)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Ensemble: Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Magne Fremmerlid, Nina Gravrok

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    8. Scene 2: Ej er det nok naevne ved Navn (Tis not Enough that ye Invoke)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Ensemble: Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Marianne E. Andersen, Magne Fremmerlid

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    9. Scene 3: Giv alle Guder gammens og gledesskal (Give to all Gods a Grace-Cup of Gratitude)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Ensemble: Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    10. Studier, Op. 26: I. Andantino (arr. E. Grieg for orchestra as Resignation)

      Composer: Edmund Neupert

      Ensemble: Malmö Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset


Edvard Grieg and his librettist Bjurnstjerne Bjurnson 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 single-mindedly to Christianize 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. Includes the world premiere recording of Edmund Neupert's Resignation orchestrated by Grieg.