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Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces – Aldo Ciccolini<\/strong><\/p>\n

CD 1:
\nEdvard GRIEG:<\/strong> Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Op. 12: I. Arietta \u2013 II. Valse (Waltz) \u2013 III. Chant du gardien de nuit (Watchman\u2019s Song) \u2013 IV. Danse des f\u00e9es (Elves\u2019 Dance) \u2013 V. Chant populaire (Folk Tune) \u2013 VI. M\u00e9lodie norv\u00e9gienne (Norwegian Melody) \u2013 VII. Feuille d\u2019album (Albumleaf) \u2013 VIII. Chant national (National Song) \u2013 Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Op. 38: I. Berceuse (Lullaby) \u2013 II. Chant populaire (Folk Tune) \u2013 III. M\u00e9lodie (Melody) \u2013 IV. Halling \u2013 V. Springdans (Leaping Dance) \u2013 VI. El\u00e9gie (Elegy) \u2013 VII. Valse (Waltz) \u2013 VIII. Canon \u2013 Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: I. Papillon (Butterfly) \u2013 II. Voyageur solitaire (Lonely Wanderer) \u2013 III. Au pays natal (In the Homeland) \u2013 IV. Petit oiseau (Little Bird) \u2013 V. Erotique (Erotik) \u2013 VI. Au printemps (Spring Time) \u2013 Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Op. 47: I. Valse-impromptu \u2013 II. Feuille d\u2019album (Albumleaf) \u2013 III. M\u00e9lodie (Melody) \u2013 IV. Halling \u2013 V. M\u00e9lancolie (Melancholy) \u2013 VI. Springdans (Leaping Dance) \u2013 VII. El\u00e9gie (Elegy).<\/p>\n

CD 2:
\nEdvard GRIEG:<\/strong> Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: I. Le berger (Herdboy) \u2013 II. Marche des paysans norv\u00e9giens (Norwegian Peasant March) \u2013 III. Marche des nains (March of the Trolls) \u2013 IV. Notturno \u2013 V. Scherzo \u2013 VI. Sonnerie des cloches (Bellringing) \u2013 Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Op. 57: I. Tomb\u00e9e du jour (Vanished Days) \u2013 II. Gade \u2013 III. Illusion \u2013 IV. Secret \u2013 V. Elle danse (She Dances) \u2013 VI. Mal du pays (Homesick) \u2013 Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Op. 62: I. Sylphe \u2013 II. Gratitude \u2013 III. S\u00e9r\u00e9nade fran\u00e7aise (French Serenade) \u2013 IV. Ruisselet (Brooklet) \u2013 V. Fant\u00f4me (Phantom) \u2013 VI. Vers la patrie (Homeward).<\/p>\n

CD 3:
\nEdvard GRIEG:<\/strong> Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65: I. Des ann\u00e9es de la jeunesse (From Years of Youth) \u2013 II. Chant du paysan (Peasant\u2019s Song) \u2013 III. M\u00e9lancolie (Melancholy) \u2013 IV. Salon \u2013 V. Nervure de feuille (Veined Leaf) \u2013 VI. Jour de noces \u00e0 Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Trolldhaugen) \u2013 Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Op. 68: I. Chant des marins (Sailor\u2019s Song) \u2013 II. Menuet de grand\u2019m\u00e8re (Grandmother\u2019s Minuet) \u2013 III. A tes pieds (At Your Feet) \u2013 IV. Soir en haute montagne (Evening in the Mountains) \u2013 V. Au berceau (Cradle Song) \u2013 VI. Valse m\u00e9lancolique (Melancholy Waltz) \u2013 Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Op. 71: I. Il \u00e9tait une fois (Once Upon a Time) \u2013 II. Soir d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 (Summer Evening) \u2013 III. Lutin (Puck) \u2013 IV. La paix des bois (Peace of the Woods) \u2013 V. Halling \u2013 VI. Pass\u00e9 (Gone) \u2013 VII. Souvenirs (Remembrance).
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\nAldo Ciccolini<\/strong>, piano<\/p>\n

See more on Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

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In 1905, Norway, formerly separated from Denmark but for a long time under the control of Sweden, became independent. Music, at that time, carried the people\u2019s national conscience. Verdi\u2019s cause was a fact, and a few years earlier, Franz Liszt and Chopin had fiercely struggled in favor of their countries. Eduard Hagerup Grieg was born in Bergen, and we can easily imagine the joy and the feeling of exhilaration he felt after having so long fought for Norway\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n

Grieg was born in 1843. At the age of fifteen, he chose to study music in Leipzig. He received an excellent education starting in the fall of 1858 and left the academy four years later as an accomplished musician. He was ready to build a great body of work. The young man married his cousin, Nina Hagerup, an opera singer, and they lived in Copenhagen. As most of his contemporaries, he was under the influence of romantic music, which was being transformed by the young German composers. But very soon his desire to conceive a typically Norwegian music took over. According to the tastes of those times, he was interested in folk songs, in popular melodies, encouraged by Rikard Nordraak (who wrote Norway\u2019s national anthem). Grieg settled down in Oslo (at that time still named Christiania) in 1866 and started composing.<\/p>\n

In 1867 he wrote the first lyric pieces, a series of short but ambitious pieces: ten volumes were composed by 1901. A sort of musical fresco? The logbook of a man who worked incessantly, harvesting glory when he only wished to touch the essence of art itself.<\/p>\n

It is customary, when speaking of his lyric pieces, to evoke Chopin\u2019s memory. Doubtless, through his great energy, melodic brilliance, or his vivacity, Grieg has attained his model\u2019s virtuosity. But as the years went by, he freed himself and marked his time with his harmonic inventions.<\/p>\n

He was inspired by bells \u2014 as we can see from many titles \u2014 \u201cPapillon\u201d, \u201cPetit oiseau\u201d, \u201cSonnerie de cloches\u201d, \u201cRuisselet\u201d, or even \u201cVoyageur solitaire\u201d and full of desire for patriotic affirmation \u2014 \u201cM\u00e9lodie Norv\u00e9gienne\u201d, \u201cChant National\u201d, \u201cAu pays natal\u201d, \u201cMarche des paysans norv\u00e9giens\u201d.<\/p>\n

Such an inclination perhaps originates from the conditions in which these pieces were written. Grieg\u2019s career was mainly that of a concert performer and a teacher, and he composed during the summer, in the heart of mountains showered with light. We must take into account what the love for walks, source of meditation and contemplation, reveals of a return to his roots in a time when industry was changing the face of Europe. Sometimes an innovator, Grieg expressed a widely shared uneasiness in front of the movements of his time. A feeling of loss suffuses a great number of lyrical pieces.<\/p>\n

Where do the thoughts of a man wander, who at the autumn of his life chooses to play the \u201cPi\u00e8ces lyriques\u201d? Aldo Ciccolini once followed Grieg\u2019s paths \u2014 \u201cLa Ballade en sol mineur\u201d and already a few pages of the \u201cPi\u00e8ces lyriques\u201d. His companions were Schubert and Chabrier, he gave a new youth to Satie, was friendly with Rossini and Chopin. Does he remember his exceptional interpretation of \u201cAnn\u00e9es de P\u00e8lerinage\u201d? It is not to be excluded. Liszt\u2019s masterpiece opens so many windows on Grieg\u2019s adventure. This intimate energy allows him to play short pieces without the fear of losing himself. The constraints imposed by this work vanish, with the enchantment of the notes and the coherence of the work. Aldo Ciccolini knows how to balance intelligence and sensitivity, respecting the meaning of a musical text without flowing into pathos. He loves to meditate beside these composers \u2014 he seems to think that Chopin is the great master \u2014 who know how to keep at equal distance the swaying of the heart and the arithmetic of the mind. He turns Grieg\u2019s pages the way that days go by, full of tender light. A touch of fantasy is hidden in the heart of meditation. And we cannot help thinking that the pianist confides much of himself in the midst of these notes.<\/p>\n

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