Carole Farley sings Grieg Songs
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Label: Somm
Cat No: ARIADNE5001
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 1st June 2018
Contents
Works
Norway, op.58Songs (6), op.39
Songs (12) after poems by Vinje, op.33
The Princess, EG133
Artists
Carole Farley (soprano)London Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Jose SerebrierWorks
Norway, op.58Songs (6), op.39
Songs (12) after poems by Vinje, op.33
The Princess, EG133
Artists
Carole Farley (soprano)London Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Jose SerebrierAbout
Released by Dinemec Classics in 1998, Carole Farley sings Grieg Songs follows Somm’s acclaimed recording of Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Piano Concerto no.2 (arranged and orchestrated by Robert Matthew-Walker) by Mark Bebbington. Sensational American soprano Carole Farley brings enormous passion and exquisite poetry to intensely personal songs originally composed for piano accompaniment but here richly orchestrated by José Serebrier. Sung in Norwegian (with Norwegian texts and English translations in the booklet) the sublime result showcases Grieg at his most evocative, Farley at her most expressive and Serebrier at his most nuanced.
Grieg orchestrated only a handful of his 180 songs although they lend themselves readily to the broader palette of a symphony orchestra. José Serebrier says: “My choice of songs for orchestration was dictated primarily by the character of the writing. In most cases, the orchestration seemed so obvious, it almost literally jumped out of the page. I took great care to orchestrate them idiomatically”. Carole Farley says: “The idea for this recording was to make these under-performed songs available to a wider public. The poetry is so very evocative and the marriage of the words and the music makes these songs absolutely unique”.
Carole Farley shot to fame as Alban Berg’s Lulu at the Metropolitan Opera in 1977. Now a respected vocal coach, she continues to perform around the world, most recently touring Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine in the United States and Europe.
One of the most recorded classical artists in history, conductor-composer José Serebrier has received 46 Grammy nominations and won the Latin Grammy Award for his own Carmen Symphony in 2004.
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