Eyvind Alnæs: Songs to Texts by Heine, Burns and Scandinavian Poets
With recordings of his symphonies and piano music now available, the Norwegian composer Eyvind Alnæs (1872-1932) is slowly emerging from obscurity to take his place as an important successor to Grieg, likewise marrying an essentially lyrical style with the melodies and rhythms of Norwegian folk-music and, in his later output, an awareness of Debussy and French impressionism. In this recital of Alnæs' atmospheric songs — most of them not previously recorded — Erling R. Eriksen, whose playing of Alnæs' piano works can be heard on an earlier Toccata Classics CD, returns to his music in the company of Ann-Beth Solvang, one of Norway's best mezzo sopranos.
Ann-Beth Solvang, mezzo soprano
Erling R. Eriksen, piano
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Four Songs to Texts by Nils-Magnus Folcke, Op. 34 (1922)
- No. 1 ‘Ett vackert gammalt mönster’
- No. 2 ‘Förryckt amour’
- No. 3 ‘Visan om Maj’
- No. 4 ‘En gammal ung visa’
- No. 1 ‘En visa till Karin när hon hade dansat’ (Fröding)
- No. 2 ‘En visa till Karin ur fängelset’ (Fröding)
- No. 1 ‘Sne’
- No. 2 ‘Ruten’
- No. 1 ‘Winterklage’ (Burns, ‘The Wintry West’)
- No. 2 ‘An eine Nachtigall’ (Burns, ‘To a Woodlark’)
- No. 3 ‘Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen’ (Heine)
- No. 4 ‘Was will die einsame Thräne?’ (Heine)
- No. 5 ‘Der erste Psalm’ (Burns)
- No. 1 ‘Lykken mellem to mennesker’
- No. 2 ‘Nu brister i alle de kløfter’
- No. 3 ‘En morgen var din grav’
- No. 1 ‘Højtid’
- No. 4 ‘Eventyr til Ellen’
- No. 1 ‘Tungalda’ (Hovden)
- No. 2 ‘Den diktar aldri djupt’ (Vinje)
- No. 3 ‘Attergløyma’ (Vinje)
- No. 4 ‘Du naar maalet’ (Vinje)
- No. 5 ‘So skal gjenta hava det’ (Vinje)
- No. 6 ‘Mold’ (Hovden)
- From Three Songs for a Middle Voice to Texts by Nils Collett Vogt, Op. 23 (pub. 1908): No. 2 ‘Alt var dig’
- No. 3 ‘En Vaggvislåt’ (Stjerne)
- No. 4 ‘En Vår – En Dikt’ (Folcke)
From Four Songs to Texts by Gustav Fröding and N. M. Folcke, Op. 35 (1922)
From Three Poems by Nils Collett Vogt, Op. 29 (1920)
Five Songs to Texts by Robert Burns and Heinrich Heine, Op. 6 (publ. 1896)
Three Songs to Poems by Viggo Stuckenberg, Op. 26 (1913)
From Four Poems by Herman Wildenvey, Op. 30 (1920)
Six Songs to Texts by Anders Hovden and A. O. Vinje, Op. 22 (1907)
From Four Songs to Texts by Oscar Stjerne and Nils-Magnus Folcke, Op. 41
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“Exquisitely performed” —Tim Ashley, The Guardian