Den hvide, rode Rose EG137 (The White and Red Roses)
Lyric Pieces, Book I, Op. 12 - Norwegisch, Volkweise, Arietta
Digte, Op. 60 - Mens jeg venter (On the Water)
Lyric Pieces, Book VII, Op. 62 - Sylphe
Ibsensangene, Op. 25 - Med en Vandlilje (With a Waterlily)
Lyric Pieces, Book III, Op. 43 - Sommerfugl (Butterfly)
Lyric Pieces, Book IV, Op. 47 - Melodi
Prinsessen, EG133 (The Princess)
Romancer, Op. 39 - Dulgt Kjarlighed (Hidden Love)
Lyric Pieces, Book VII, Op. 62 - Hjemad, Drömmesyn (Phantom)
Haugtussa, Op. 67
Hjertets melodier, Op. 5 - Jeg elsker Dig (I Love Only You)
Elegiske Digte, Op. 59 - Nar jeg vil do (Autumn Farewell)
Fem Digte, Op. 26 - Den Argjerrige (Ambition)
Lyric Pieces, Book VI, Op. 57 - Svundne dage (Vanished Days)
Romancer, Op. 39 - Ved en ung Hustrus Bare (At the Grave of a Young Wife)
Lyric Pieces, Book VI, Op. 54 - Klokkeklang (Bell Ringing)
Ibsensangene, Op. 25 - Stambogsrim (Album Lines)

Following their acclaimed collaboration in Percy Grainger’s Folk Music (AV2372), soprano Claire Booth and pianist Christopher Glynn turn to the Lyric Music of Edvard Grieg, an apt sequel as the elder composer befriended Grainger – who idolised the Norwegian’s folkloric idiom – immediately on their first encounter in London in 1906. Interspersing intimate vocal miniatures with lyrical solo piano pieces, Claire and Christopher mirror many of the programmes that Grieg and his wife Nina performed on their many recital tours together. Each of the works on Lyric Music tells a story, as does the album as a whole, ranging in mood from bright, youthful innocence to shades of autumnal twilight. Sung in the original Norwegian, Claire’s and Christopher’s performances are as evocative as Norway’s varied landscape.

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Recorded: October 2018 & May 2019, Potton Hall, Suffolk