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Was so lovely a recording of such sweet-souled music expected from modernist virtuoso Leif Ove Andsnes? Was it expected that the sharp-cornered and hard-edged Andsnes -- the player whose Schumann is tart, whose Brahms is bitter, whose Chopin is cruel -- could have played Grieg's delightful and delectable Lyric Pieces with such beauty of tone, gentleness of touch, suppleness of phrasing, and such deep and abiding affection? Sure. Andsnes has recorded works of Grieg before, notably on a splendid disc of Lyric Pieces for Virgin, and this EMI recording of more Lyric Pieces is cut from the same soft, silken cloth. But as splendid as that disc was, this one is even better. Not only has Andsnes matured as a player -- listen to his restraint even in such showstoppers as March of the Trolls -- but he is playing Grieg's piano in Grieg's living room in his home at Troldhaugen. In other words, he is playing the instrument upon which these pieces were written played in the room in which they were written. Grieg's Steinway is a mellow-toned instrument with a singing middle range and a ringing upper register, and it perfectly suits his music. As do Andsnes' performances. From the early delicate Arietta (1867) through the sensuous Notturno (1883) and the aching Homesickness (1893) to the shimmering Evening in the Mountains (1898), Andsnes seems in complete sympathy with Grieg's exquisite miniatures. And when Grieg does ask for virtuoso technique as in the rapturously joyous Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Andsnes, the model of a modernist virtuoso, tears through it with ecstatic abandon.
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Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Engineer - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Engineer - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Engineer - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Engineer - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Engineer - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
Was so lovely a recording of such sweet-souled music expected from modernist virtuoso Leif Ove Andsnes? Was it expected that the sharp-cornered and hard-edged Andsnes -- the player whose Schumann is tart, whose Brahms is bitter, whose Chopin is cruel -- could have played Grieg's delightful and delectable Lyric Pieces with such beauty of tone, gentleness of touch, suppleness of phrasing, and such deep and abiding affection? Sure. Andsnes has recorded works of Grieg before, notably on a splendid disc of Lyric Pieces for Virgin, and this EMI recording of more Lyric Pieces is cut from the same soft, silken cloth. But as splendid as that disc was, this one is even better. Not only has Andsnes matured as a player -- listen to his restraint even in such showstoppers as March of the Trolls -- but he is playing Grieg's piano in Grieg's living room in his home at Troldhaugen. In other words, he is playing the instrument upon which these pieces were written played in the room in which they were written. Grieg's Steinway is a mellow-toned instrument with a singing middle range and a ringing upper register, and it perfectly suits his music. As do Andsnes' performances. From the early delicate Arietta (1867) through the sensuous Notturno (1883) and the aching Homesickness (1893) to the shimmering Evening in the Mountains (1898), Andsnes seems in complete sympathy with Grieg's exquisite miniatures. And when Grieg does ask for virtuoso technique as in the rapturously joyous Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Andsnes, the model of a modernist virtuoso, tears through it with ecstatic abandon.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:06
- Main artists: Leif Ove Andsnes
- Composer: Edvard Grieg
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
A Warner Classics release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
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