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Title: A very apt and appropriate title for these gems
Review: Barbara Bonney's voice and interpretive skills truly showcase these songs of Grieg, Sibelius, and the others. Her tone is clear, radiant and she exhibits warmth and stylistic versatility. The interpretation is really the main thing here. She communicates the subtleties of the poetry in these songs.Grieg is, of course, the best known, on an international scale, for his songs, and some of these are indeed familiar.Sibelius wrote over a 100 songs, but his reputation for symphonic works has overshadowed these songs...they are well worth our acquaintance.The other composers are unfamiliar to those outside the Nordic countries and again we are rewarded by becoming acquainted with them.This is a beautiful, exquisitely delivered compilation which is sure to please those who love the art song.
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