All Artists: Edvard Grieg, Einar Steen-Nökleberg Title: Grieg: Piano Music, Vol. 8 Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Naxos Release Date: 1/23/1996 Genre: Classical Style: Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 730099439428 |
Edvard Grieg, Einar Steen-Nökleberg Grieg: Piano Music, Vol. 8 Genre: Classical
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg's performances of Grieg's Lyric Pieces take up Volumes 8-10 of his complete series of Grieg's piano music. Like Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, Grieg's series is an ongoing collection of wonde... more » | |
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Amazon.com Einar Steen-Nøkleberg's performances of Grieg's Lyric Pieces take up Volumes 8-10 of his complete series of Grieg's piano music. Like Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, Grieg's series is an ongoing collection of wonders--delicious little character pieces with hardly a weak one in the lot. For most listeners, a single disc of selections (such as Emil Gilels's on Deutsche Grammophon 449 721-2, or Sviatoslav Richter's on Live Classics LCL 442) may be all the Lyric Pieces they need. But Steen-Nøkleberg's lovely playing gives you the option of owning the entire series for little more than the price of a single full-price disc. --Leslie Gerber Similar CDs |
CD ReviewsExcellent performance of music not heard enough 08/24/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "These performances of Grieg's lyric pieces brings them to life exceptionally well. Grieg's fresh approach to the folk tunes and his chord progessions occasionally catapult the listener into a preview of the 20th century. Einar Steen-Nokleburg plays with a real feel for the music; his shading and nuance of the slower Op. 38 pieces is noteworthy. Grieg's lyric pieces as a whole stand with anything written for piano in the 19th century, including Debussy."
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