The songs of Edvard Grieg

From: Musical Opinion | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Jose Serebrier conducts the new Dinemec recording of Grieg songs by Carole Farley for which he has made several new orchestrations.

There are some com posers that appeal only to a minority, and there are those few that reach and touch everyone. Edvard Grieg was unique in many ways. Admired and respected by Brahms and Tchaikowsky, he became a source of inspiration to Delius. Unlike these three masters, Grieg came from a land without a long tradition of great composers. He exemplified the sound of Scandinavia until Sibelius came along. The sense of beauty that Grieg's music exhudes has few ...

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