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EDVARD GRIEG: Solveigs Sang; En Svane; Fra Monte Pincio; Varen; Henrik Wergeland; Solveigs Vuggevise; Solveigs Vise; Ved Rondae; Det Forste Mote; God Morgen; Jeg Giver Mitt dikt Til Varen; Takk For Ditt Rad; Prinsessen; Margretes Vuggevise
LUDVIG IRGENS JENSEN: Lutad mot Gardet; Bols Vise; Altar

Solveig Kringleborn, soprano; Malcolm Martineau, piano
Symfoniorkestern Norrkoping/Lu Jia
SOLVEIG KRINGELBORN, Soprano is one of the most celebrated sopranos to emerge from Scandinavia in recent times Solveig Kringelborn has become one of the most sought after opera and concert performers. This is largely due to the combination of her silvery toned voice and charming stage presence. On the concert platform she is particularly famed for her interpretation of Scandinavian music, whilst on the operatic stage she regularly receives acclaim not only for her singing but for her powerful acting ability. She regularly works with conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Zubin Mehta, Sir Simon Rattle, Herbert Blomstedt, Neeme Järvi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Claudio Abbado, Sir Neville Marriner and Sir Colin Davis. Her appearances include the San Francisco Opera, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Liceu in Barcelona, Covent Garden, numerous performances at the Metropolitan Opera, the Salzburg, Aix-en-Provence and Glyndebourne festivals and with orchestras such as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Israel Philharmonic.

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LUDVIG IRGENS-JENSENS (1894 - 1969): "To a Friend" - Songs with Orchestra and Piano - I blodet hans blømde (1929/1930); Bols vise (1938); Altar (1939); Lutad mot gärdet (1941); Nine songs from Japanischer Frühling (1920 rev. 1957): (Heute; Der Blütenzweig; Die Weide im Wind; An einen Freund; Der Liebeslaut; Betrachtung; Nichts leichter; Einsam; Dauer im Wechsel); Das Mädchen auf der Brücke (1922 rev. 1946); Two songs from Rosenstaden (1924); Three songs from Fabler og Barnerim (1924); Guldskyen (1920); Besværgelse (1918). Solveig Kringelborn, soprano; Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and their conductor, Lü Jia; Einar Henning Smebye, piano; Jannica Gustafsson, violin; Henrik Jon Peteersen, violin; Lennart Falkebring, viola and Niklaas Veltman, cello. - Solveig Kringelborn's latest CD project is close to her heart. The main work on the new CD is the song cycle "Japanischer Frühling", which was revised in its orchestral version as late as 1957. The cycle demonstrates Irgens-Jensen's originality and great compositional craft, and is reminiscent of Gustav Mahler's musical style. When Solveig Kringelborn decided to record this work, a milestone in Norwegian music, 30 years had passed since its last release. The CD Further contains a number of songs that have never been released or recorded! Solveig has chosen these songs in close collaboration with the composer's sons. Solveig Kringelborn will be singing the lead in New York's Metropolitan Opera production of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the end of April and beginning of May.

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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872 – 1915): Prelude in G minor, Op. 11 No. 22; Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28; Sonata No. 2 (Sonata-Fantasy) in G sharp minor, Op. 19; SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873 – 1943): Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36

Gunilla Sussmann, piano
The rising star on the Norwegian piano-horizon, Gunilla Süssmann, has chosen Russian music for her solo-debut recording. She opens with Scriabin’s piano sonata no.2, her first meeting with this composer, and subsequently a regular feature of her concert programs. “There is something unique and searching about the work,” the pianist writes in the booklet to her CD. She continues with Rachmaninov, with whom she has “an eternal love-affair.” Tocká is the Russian word for longing. Since the release of this CD, Süssmann has made her debut with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, performed with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, and been nominated for the prestigious award of “International Revelation” in conjunction with MIDEM in Cannes.

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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Vier Lieder, Op. 2; RICHARD STRAUSS: From Op. 39: Leises Lied
RICHARD WAGNER: Fünf Gedichte von Mathilde Wesendonck
HUGO WOLF: Four Mignon-Lieder
MAX REGER: From Op. 76 Schlichte Weisen: Maria Wiegnelied; Mausefangen; Zum Schlafen

SoLveig Kringelborn, soprano; Malcolm Martineau, piano
They have performed them in concert for many years. But now Solveig Kringelborn and Malcolm Martineau have finally released their CD with German lieder. The lineup includes songs by Arnold Schoenberg, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Hugo Wolf and Max Reger – some of the foremost German composers, in other words. It is above all this musical landscape that Solveig Kringelborn has frequented during the past number of years. Kringelborn made such an impression as Eva in Richard Wagner’s “Meistersinger von Nurnberg”, that the New York Times wrote in conjunction with her performance at the Metropolitan Opera: “To hear her sing is like having a bird warm in one’s hand”.
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