Torston Nielsen Johan Reuter Percy Grainger - Grainger Works for Chorus Orchestra (14 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Torston Nielsen, Johan Reuter, Percy Grainger
Grainger: Works for Chorus & Orchestra
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Fadir og Dottir (Father And Daughter)
2. Kleine Variationen-Form
3. A Song Of Varmeland
4. To A Nordie Princess
5. The Merry Wedding
6. Stalt Vesselil (Proud Vesselil)
7. The Rival Brothers
8. Dalvisa
9. The Crew Of The Long Serpent
10. Under En Bro (Under A Bridge)
11. Danish Folk-Song Suite: I. The Power Of Love
12. Danish Folk-Song Suite: II. Lord Peter's Stable-Boy
13. Danish Folk-Song Suite: III. The Nightingale And The Two Sisters
14. Danish Folk-Song Suite: IV. Jutish Medley

CD Details

All Artists: Torston Nielsen, Johan Reuter, Percy Grainger, Jesper Grove Jørgensen, Richard Hickox, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hjørdis Jakobsen, Marianne Lund, Pamela Helen Stephen, Lars Pedersen, Kasper Højby Nielsen
Title: Grainger: Works for Chorus & Orchestra
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 5/18/1999
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 095115972120

CD Reviews

Viking Joy!

Matthew Elias | CA | 03/14/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This 11th disc of the Grainger Edition is a marvel! It is some of his least known works and it shows Grainger's quality throughout his work. From his childhood, Grainger loved Nordic Sagas and later in life he spend much time in Scandinavia folk-song collecting and became good friends with Edvard Grieg.

Here there are melancholic songs, Romantic songs, and songs of freedom and joy. To a Nordic Princess is a masterpiece and in my mind, has the emotional power of Beethoven's 9th at its climax. The Merry Wedding is also a marital overflow of love and joy. The Danish Folk Song suite has every emotion in it you can imagine and is another masterpiece. I wish more orchestras would perform this as it stands up to (and mostly exceeds) any "popular" classical piece in artistic integrity, imagination, and listener enjoyment. Please buy this disc! you will be enthralled."