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Agathe Backer Grondahl is one of the most interesting figures of Norwegian Romanticism. A friend of Edvard Grieg, she was an accomplished concert performer and gave recitals throughout Europe, before deafness, which struck her at the age of thirty, pushed her towards teaching and composition. In this field, her favorites were the voice and the piano, to which she offered miniatures of refined lyricism, in which the nature and landscapes of her native Norway are often the reflection of states of the soul. Her highly personal imagination, imbued with a Scandinavian melancholy that is both harsh and sensitive, permeates all the pieces brought together here by Karen Vourc'h and Anne Le Bozec. Album Tracks 1. Grøndahl 12 Folkeviser Og Melodier, Op. 51 No. 6, Lasta Tundittaessa 2. Grøndahl 8 Songs, Op. 17 No. 2, Saa Lagde Jeg Ud 3. Grøndahl Barnets Vaardag, Op. 42 No. 6, Duggdråper 4. Grøndahl 5 Songs, Op. 46 No. 1, Höststemning 5. Grøndahl 10 Songs, Op. 29 No. 3, HØST PÅ Heien 6. Grøndahl Sydover, Op. 54 No. 5, Sydens KVÆLD 7. Grøndahl 10 Fantasistykker, Op. 36 No. 1, Klage 8. Grøndahl 10 Fantasistykker, Op. 36 No. 2, Friskt Mot! 9. Grøndahl 10 Fantasistykker, Op. 36 No. 3, Vals 10. Grøndahl 10 Fantasistykker, Op. 36 No. 4, Vuggevise 11. Grøndahl 10 Fantasistykker, Op. 36 No. 5, Ballade 12. Grøndahl 5 Songs, Op. 46 No. 3, Der STÅR en Sorg 13. Grøndahl 4 Songs, Op. 65 No. 1, Den Vildene Fugl 14. Grøndahl 8 Songs, Op. 17 No. 7, Sildig 15. Grøndahl 4 Songs, Op. 65 No. 4, Skyggekys 16. Grøndahl 10 Sange Til Digte Af Vilhelm Krag, Op. 31, Book I No. 5, Storm 17. Grøndahl 10 Fantasistykker, Op. 36 No. 6, Ungdomssang 18. Grøndahl 10 Fantasistykker, Op. 36 No. 7, Laendler 19. Grøndahl 10 Fantasistykker, Op. 36 No. 8, Aftenvind 20. Grøndahl 10 Fantasistykker, Op. 36 No. 9, Sang Ven Rokken 21. Grøn
