Grieg aimed to express the poet's innermost intentions in his songs, stating his task was to let the poem reveal itself and intensify it.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Grieg composed 180 songs and almost 60 choral works, which he considered the most significant part of his musical output.
Composition History
Grieg's song 'The Mountain Thrall', Op. 32, a short cantata originally for baritone and small orchestra, is heard on this recording in a new version for female voice and larger orchestra.
Recording & Production
The original recordings for this album were made by Dinemec Classics, founded by composer, musician, and producer Paul Sutin, using a high-resolution recording technology.
Performer Biography
José Serebrier, the conductor, is a Grammy Award-winning conductor and composer with 46 Grammy nominations, and was hailed by Leopold Stokowski as 'the greatest master of orchestral balance' at age 21.
Performer Biography
Carole Farley, the soprano on this album, made her Metropolitan Opera debut at 19 in the title role of Alban Berg's Lulu, a role she has performed over 100 times in four languages.
Recording & Production
The orchestrations for many of the songs on this album were created by conductor José Serebrier due to the scarcity of existing orchestrations.
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