Songs | Lieder (2009)

Tot aan het verschijnen van de opnamen van Monica Groop en Roger Vignoles (2010) was dit de enige complete opname van Grieg-liederen. Op deze opnamen van begin jaren '90 horen we de Nederlandse pianist Rudolf Jansen, met 4 solisten (sopraan, mezzosopraan, tenor en bariton). Alleen dat al maakt deze set een stuk afwisselender dan de Groop-box. "Like Dvorak, Kodály, Bartok and Vaughan Williams did in their own way, Grieg 'saved' for posterity the rich legacy of music passed down through generations of his countrymen. Grieg ensured that the folk tunes of Norway had a new lease of life when set to words by Ibsen, Benzon, Krag and Varen, and others. These are not songs as Schubert or Wolf would have composed. They are simple, folk-based, honest and true, and display the true genius of the composer as a miniaturist. (Brilliant) "... Many causes for gratitude, a few occasions for quite intense pleasure ...Rudolf Jansen is a sensitive and skilful accompanist throughout." (Gramophone)