A glorious feast from Norway’s finest
Grieg
Haugtussa, Op. 67; Elegiac Poems – To Her I & II etc
Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Decca 485 2254 79:48 mins
This is the outstanding Lise Davidsen, for instance. Grieg’s songs, though, are in the bloodstream; the full range up to that glorious and still-focused upper register is complemented here by word colouring and vivid dramatisation.
