Karen Vourc’h, Anne Le Bozec
AP374 - 1CD - 58' - Feb 1, 2025
Karen Vourc’h and Anne Le Bozec bring together here the vocal and piano miniatures of Agathe Backer Grøndahl, a key figure of Norwegian Romanticism. Imbued with Scandinavian melancholy, her music blends refined lyricism with inspirations drawn from the landscapes of her native Norway.
Agathe Backer Grondahl is one of the most interesting figures of Norwegian Romanticism. A friend of Edvard Grieg, she was an accomplished concert performer and gave recitals throughout Europe, before deafness, which struck her at the age of thirty, pushed her towards teaching and composition. In this field, her favourites were the voice and the piano, to which she offered miniatures of refined lyricism, in which the nature and landscapes of her native Norway are often the reflection of states of the soul. Her highly personal imagination, imbued with a Scandinavian melancholy that is both harsh and sensitive, permeates all the pieces brought together here by Karen Vourc'h and Anne Le Bozec.
1. Lasta tundittaessa (12 Folkeviser og melodier, op. 51)
2. Saa lagde jeg ud (8 Songs, op. 17)
3. Duggdråper (Barnets vaardag, op. 42)
4. Höststemning (5 Songs, op. 46)
5. Høst på heien (10 Songs, op. 29)
6. Sydens kvæld (Sydover, op. 54)
10 Fantasistykker op. 36
7. I. Klage
8. II. Friskt Mot!
9. III. Vals
10. IV. Vuggevise
11. V. Ballade
12. Der står en Sorg (5 Songs, op. 46)
13. Den vildene fugl (4 Songs, op. 65)
14. Sildig (8 Songs, op. 17)
15. Skyggekys (4 Songs, op. 65)
16. Storm (10 Sange til digte af Vilhelm Krag, op. 31)
10 Fantasistykker op. 36
17. VI. Ungdomssang
18. VII. Lændler
19. VIII. Aftenvind
20. IX. Sang ven Rokken
21. X. Alfeleg
22. Efter storm (10 Songs, op. 29)
23. I passaten (Sydover, op. 54)
24. Havd tænker du, du stolte Høg (7 Folkeviser og romanser, op. 18)
25. Valborgsnat (10 Sange til digte af Vilhelm Krag, op. 31)
26. Lyse Nætter (8 Songs, op. 17)
27. Concert Study in D-flat Major op. 11 no. 2
28. Forsilde (4 Songs, op. 65)
29. Sommerkveld (10 Songs, op. 29)
30. Underdønning (2 Sange fra havet, op. 48)
31. Middelhavsnat (10 Sange til digte af Vilhelm Krag, op. 31)
32. Baadnlaatt (Norsk Folkeviser, op. 34)
