Grieg - Lyric Pieces Vol.1 | Chandos CHAN20254

Grieg - Lyric Pieces Vol.1

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHAN20254

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 10th June 2022

Contents

Works

Grieg, Edvard

Lyric Pieces: Book 1 (8), op.12
» no.2 Waltz
» no.4 Elves' Dance
» no.6 Norwegian Melody
» no.7 Album Leaf
Lyric Pieces: Book 2 (8), op.38
» no.3 Melodie
» no.8 Canon
Lyric Pieces: Book 3 (6), op.43
» no.3 In my native country
» no.5 Erotikon
» no.6 To Spring
Lyric Pieces: Book 4 (7), op.47
» no.2 Album-leaf
» no.5 Melancholy
Lyric Pieces: Book 5 (6), op.54
» no.1 Shepherd's Boy
» no.4 Nocturne
» no.5 Scherzo
» no.6 Bell-Ringing
Lyric Pieces: Book 6 (6), op.57
» no.1 Vanished days
» no.2 Gade
» no.4 Secret
Lyric Pieces: Book 7 (6), op.62
» no.4 Small Brook
Lyric Pieces: Book 8 (6), op.65
» no.2 Peasant's song
» no.3 Melancholy
» no.6 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Lyric Pieces: Book 9 (6), op.68
» no.6 Valse melancolique
Lyric Pieces: Book 10 (8), op.71
» no.2 Summer's Eve
» no.3 Puck
» no.4 Peace of the Woods
» no.5 Halling

Artists

Peter Donohoe (piano)

Works

Grieg, Edvard

Lyric Pieces: Book 1 (8), op.12
» no.2 Waltz
» no.4 Elves' Dance
» no.6 Norwegian Melody
» no.7 Album Leaf
Lyric Pieces: Book 2 (8), op.38
» no.3 Melodie
» no.8 Canon
Lyric Pieces: Book 3 (6), op.43
» no.3 In my native country
» no.5 Erotikon
» no.6 To Spring
Lyric Pieces: Book 4 (7), op.47
» no.2 Album-leaf
» no.5 Melancholy
Lyric Pieces: Book 5 (6), op.54
» no.1 Shepherd's Boy
» no.4 Nocturne
» no.5 Scherzo
» no.6 Bell-Ringing
Lyric Pieces: Book 6 (6), op.57
» no.1 Vanished days
» no.2 Gade
» no.4 Secret
Lyric Pieces: Book 7 (6), op.62
» no.4 Small Brook
Lyric Pieces: Book 8 (6), op.65
» no.2 Peasant's song
» no.3 Melancholy
» no.6 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Lyric Pieces: Book 9 (6), op.68
» no.6 Valse melancolique
Lyric Pieces: Book 10 (8), op.71
» no.2 Summer's Eve
» no.3 Puck
» no.4 Peace of the Woods
» no.5 Halling

Artists

Peter Donohoe (piano)

About

If Chopin ‘invented’ the Mazurka, then surely by the same token Grieg ‘invented’ the Lyric Piece. Over his lifetime he published ten volumes of Lyric Pieces, containing sixty-six individual works. Born in Bergen, Grieg studied in Leipzig and became established as Norway’s leading composer, successfully synthesising Norwegian folk music with the forms and conventions of the German tradition. While he was internationally acclaimed for his Piano Concerto and the incidental music to Peer Gynt, the vast majority of his output lies not in large-scale works, but in smaller, more intimate forms, especially songs and, of course, his Lyric Pieces.

Peter Donohoe writes: ‘as a teenager I expanded my knowledge of the music of Grieg to include many solo piano pieces as well as the better-known orchestral works. I was beguiled by his style, and the reason remains somewhat intangible. Although one is able to identify the originality of Grieg as a composer – the Norwegian folk element in his music, his natural gift for memorable melodic lines, his occasional diversions into unique and extraordinarily forwardlooking harmonies, and, to some degree, his emotional naïveté – there is a unique, unidentifiable kernel in his output that defies analysis, as is true of the work of all the great composers... All these works are pristine examples of his diverse and original style – Norwegian with a Germanic flavour – and it has been a huge and satisfying pleasure to return to them to create this and future recordings.’

‘Brilliantly and excitingly played: Peter Donohoe’s Mendelssohn series gets off to a great start... Donohoe’s art of differentiation, his sensitive, nuanced and always wide-awake touch, his outstanding technique and art of phrasing make each of the small compositions a glittery bijou.’ – ***** Pizzicato (Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words Vol.1, CHAN20252)

‘Donohoe fearlessly meets every challenge these pieces throw up with an infectious exuberance and crusading zeal to his playing; he really believes, you sense, that this music deserves to be much more widely heard and appreciated.’  – ***** The Guardian (Busoni - Elegies, Toccata, etc., CHAN20237)

‘Donohoe always musically convincing’ – The Sunday Times (Busoni - Elegies, Toccata, etc., CHAN20237)

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