This album was recorded using 24-bit / 96 kHz technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.
Composition History
Grieg's Four Psalms, Op. 74, is his very last opus and provides a touching conclusion to a body of work otherwise almost devoid of religious representation.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Grieg's fascination with superstition and spiritual affairs was intimately intertwined in his artistic project, despite his aversion to a dogmatic state church.
Composition History
Grieg's Ave Maris Stella, a beautiful piece for chorus, is an exception to his rare use of religious feelings in music, drawing inspiration from old Catholic sources far from his own time.
Composer Biography
Grieg and his wife Nina became members of a Unitarian community that rejected pietistic doctrine, and Grieg's interest in cremation and his unconventional burial place at Troldhaugen stemmed from this freer spirituality.
Composer Biography
Edvard Grieg, the most famous of all Norwegian composers, was an outspoken anti-pietist who despised the state church and hated priests.
Performer Biography
The Edvard Grieg Kor, a professional vocal ensemble based in Bergen, is the resident a cappella ensemble at Troldhaugen, Edvard Grieg's home.
