Leif Ove Andsnes and Lise Davidsen (Photo: Morten Krogvold courtesy of Decca Classics)
Soprano Lise Davidsen is seen by many as a natural inheritor of the mantle of her fellow Norwegian Kirsten Flagstad and the Swede Birgit Nilsson as one of the great Wagnerians of her generation. She recently partnered with with another Norwegian, the formidable concert pianist and Scandinavian music specialist Leif Ove Andsnes, to record songs of Edvard Grieg. Thanks to WFMT’s association with the European Broadcasting Union, we are able to offer a performance by the Norwegian duo in works from that album as well as songs by Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner.
Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and Lise Davidsen perform Zur Rosenzeit from Grieg’s Six Songs, Op. 48 at WQXR’s The Greene Space.
Playlist
Edvard Grieg: Six Songs, Op. 48
Gruss
Dereinst, Gedanke mein
Lauf der Welt
Die verschwiegene Nachtigall
Zur Rosenzeit
Ein Traum
Grieg: Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), Op. 67
Det Syng (The Enticement)
Veslemøy
Blåbærli (Blueberry Slope)
Møte (The Tryst)
Elsk (Love)
Killingdans (Kidlings’ Dance)
Vond Dag (Hurtful Day)
Ved Gjætle-Bekken (At the Brook)
Richard Strauss: Select songs from Op. 27 & Op. 39
Ruhe, meine Seele!
Cäcilie
Morgen!
Befreit
Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91
Der Engel
Stehe still!
Im Treibhaus
Schmerzen
Träume
Lise Davidsen, soprano
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Recorded at the Turku Music Festival, Finland on August 15, 2022.
