 | from Grieg: Songs (CDA67670) 1 Det syng 'The singing' [4'02] 27 minutes 54 seconds 8 tracks2 Veslemøy 'Little maid' [2'48] 3 Blåbær-Li 'Blueberry slopes' [2'59] 4 Møte 'Meeting' [4'16] 5 Elsk 'Love' [2'43] 6 Killingdans 'Goats' dance' [2'01] 7 Vond Dag 'Hurtful day' [2'52] 8 Ved Gjætle-Bekken 'By the Gjætle brook' [6'13] ‘In the mezzo-soprano of Katarina Karnéus, Hautgussa becomes a darkly erotic tale … Julius Drake provides the watery undercurrents for Karnéus's eloquent En svane and Med en vand ... ‘Swedish mezzo Katarina Karnéus is as eloquent and impassioned an advocate of Grieg as she was of Sibelius in her first recital for Hyperion. Her flavoursome voice can soar and flare thrillingly ... ‘It is Karnéus's ability to characterize a song quite as much as the beauty of her singing that makes this CD so rewarding’ (International Record Review) |