Agathe Backer-Grøndahl - Piano Works (Sara Aimée Smiseth)

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Composer: Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

1. Piano Suite in G Minor, Op. 20 (Excerpts): I. Prélude
2. 3 Morceaux, Op. 15: No. 1, Sérénade
3. 2 Concert-Études, Op. 57: No. 1, Allegretto
4. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 30 (Excerpts): No. 1, Brudeslaat
5. 6 Idylles, Op. 24 (Excerpts): No. 1, Allegretto leggiero
6. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 30 (Excerpts): No. 9, Siklebækken
7. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 30 (Excerpts): No. 10, Kivlemøyerne
8. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 30 (Excerpts): No. 11, Fanitullen
9. 6 Idylles, Op. 24 (Excerpts): No. 5, Allegretto tranquillo
10. 6 Fantasistykker, Op. 66 "Barnlige billeder": No. 1, Ride, ride ranke
11. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 33 (Excerpts): No. 3, Laat i fjellet
12. 3 Ungarske studier, Op. 38: No. 2, Intermezzo
13. 10 Fantasistykker, Hefte 1, Op. 39: No. 1, Souvenir
14. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 33 (Excerpts): No. 8, Bruralaat
15. 4 Skizzer, Op. 19: No. 1, Allegretto leggiero
16. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 33 (Excerpts): No. 1, Halling
17. 12 Smaa fantasistykker for Piano, Op. 55 (Excerpts): No. 4, Et farvel
18. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 33 (Excerpts): No. 6, Springdans
19. Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 30 (Excerpts): No. 5, Springdans
20. Piano Suite in G Minor, Op. 20 (Excerpts): II. Nocturne
21. Huldreslaat
22. 12 Smaa fantasistykker for Piano, Op. 55 (Excerpts): No. 9, Romance
23. I blaafjellet, Op. 44: No. 2, I trollhallen
24. 6 Études de concert, Op. 11: No. 4, Allegretto

Sara Aimée Smiseth, piano

Date: 2022

Label: Grand Piano

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Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (born Agathe Ursula Backer, 1 December 1847 – 4 June 1907) was a Norwegian pianist and composer. Among her teachers are Theodor Kullak, Hans von Bülow, and Franz Liszt. During the 1870s and the 1880s, she built up an outstanding pianist career with a series of concerts in the Nordic countries, as well as very successful concerts in London and Paris. As a teacher, Backer-Grøndahl was also successful and influential, and played a major role in the period often called the golden age of Norwegian music history. She composed in total some 400 pieces spanning seventy opus numbers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathe_Backer_Gr%C3%B8ndahl

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Sara Aimée Smiseth was born in 1986 in Oslo, Norway. She pursued her musical education at the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with professors Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, Einar Henning Smebye and Jan Michiels. She also has a bachelor’s degree in musicology from the University of Oslo. She has toured Scandinavia as well as the United States and Canada giving lecture-recitals – a combination of virtuoso piano playing and captivating storytelling. She regularly plays with some of Norway’s foremost choirs and is also a pianist and a lecturer at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet.

https://sarasmiseth.com/

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