Since her 1994 sensational recording debut with Orchestral Leider/Vier Letzte Lieder and Wesendonk Lieder on Kontrapunkt label, the Danish soprano Elisabeth Meyer-Topsøe’s career has soared to the new height in the international opera scenes.
This is her first recording of songs which she dedicates to HM Queen Ingrid Queen Mother who is from Sweden and is turning 80 this month. Meyer-Topsøe’s tie to Sweden is quite special through her education there and being a pupil of the Swedish legendary soprano Birgit Nilsson.The songs recorded here are with special relation to Sweden.
1. Lastu lainehilla (Jean Sibelius)
2. Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (Jean Sibelius)
3. Demanten på marssnön (Jean Sibelius)
4. Våren flyktar hastigt (Jean Sibelius)
5. Illalle (Jean Sibelius)
6. Säf, säf, susa (Jean Sibelius)
7. Den första Kyssen (Jean Sibelius)
8. Längtan heter min arvedel (Jean Sibelius)
9. Norden (Jean Sibelius)
10. Var det en dröm (Jean Sibelius)
11. Syrsorna (Ture Rangström)
12. Vinder och trädet (Ture Rangström)
13. Vi människor (Ture Rangström)
14. Väl den som gudar har (Ture Rangström)
15. Flickan Under Nymånen (Ture Rangström)
16. Långsamt som kvällsskyn mister sin purpur (Ture Rangström)
17. Den mörka blomman (Ture Rangström)
18. Sköldmön (Ture Rangström)
19. Notturno (Ture Rangström)
20. Melodi (Ture Rangström)
21. Den enda stunden (Ture Rangström)
22. En gammal dansrytm (Ture Rangström)
23. Pan (Ture Rangström)
24. Bön til natten (Ture Rangström)
25. Afskedet (Ture Rangström)
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