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 favorites 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.

Track List

1. Grøndahl: 12 Folkeviser og melodier Op. 51: No. 6 Lasta tundittaessa
2. Grøndahl: 8 Songs Op. 17: No. 2 Saa lagde jeg ud
3. Grøndahl: Barnets vaardag Op. 42: No. 6 Duggdråper
4. Grøndahl: 5 Songs Op. 46: No. 1 Höststemning
5. Grøndahl: 10 Songs Op. 29: No. 3 Høst på heien
6. Grøndahl: Sydover Op. 54: No. 5 Sydens kvæld
7. Grøndahl: 10 Fantasistykker Op. 36: No. 1 Klage
8. Grøndahl: 10 Fantasistykker Op. 36: No. 2 Friskt Mot!
9. Grøndahl: 10 Fantasistykker Op. 36: No. 3 Vals
10. Grøndahl: 10 Fantasistykker Op. 36: No. 4 Vuggevise
11. Grøndahl: 10 Fantasistykker Op. 36: No. 5 Ballade
12. Grøndahl: 5 Songs Op. 46: No. 3 Der står en Sorg
13. Grøndahl: 4 Songs Op. 65: No. 1 Den vildene fugl
14. Grøndahl: 8 Songs Op. 17: No. 7 Sildig
15. Grøndahl: 4 Songs Op. 65: No. 4 Skyggekys
16. Grøndahl: 10 Sange til digte af Vilhelm Krag Op. 31 Book I: No. 5 Storm
17. Grøndahl: 10 Fantasistykker Op. 36: No. 6 Ungdomssang
18. Grøndahl: 10 Fantasistykker Op. 36: No. 7 Laendler
19. Grøndahl: 10 Fantasistykker Op. 36: No. 8 Aftenvind
20. Grøndahl: 10 Fantasistykker Op. 36: No. 9 Sang ven Rokken
21. Grøndahl: 10 Fantasistykker Op. 36: No. 10 Alfeleg
22. Grøndahl: 10 Songs Op. 29: No. 7 Efter storm
23. Grøndahl: Sydover Op. 54: No. 3 I passaten
24. Grøndahl: 7 Folkeviser og romanser Op. 18: No. 2 Hvad tænker du du stolte Høg
25. Grøndahl: 10 Sange til digte af Vilhelm Krag Op. 31 Book II: No. 8 Valborgsnat
26. Grøndahl: 8 Songs Op. 17: No. 5 Lyse Nætter
27. Grøndahl: 6 Études de Concert Op. 11: No. 2 in D-Flat Major
28. Grøndahl: 4 Songs Op. 65: No. 2 Forsilde
29. Grøndahl: 10 Songs Op. 29: No. 10 Sommerkveld
30. Grøndahl: 2 Sange fra havet Op. 48: No. 2 Underdønning
31. Grøndahl: 10 Sange til digte af Vilhelm Krag Op. 31 Book I: No. 4 Middelhavsnat
32. Grøndahl: Norsk Folkeviser Op. 34: No. 2 Baadnlaatt

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