Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67 / Sibelius: 5 Songs, Op. 37 / Mussorgsky: The Nursery (Remastered) Kari Lövaas & Erik Werba

• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907): Haugtussa, Op. 67:
• 1 Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67: No. 1, Det syng 02:49
• 2 Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67: No. 2, Veslemøy 03:18
• 3 Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67: No. 3, Blåbaer-Li 04:35
• 4 Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67: No. 4, Møte 04:25
• 5 Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67: No. 5, Elsk 03:00
• 6 Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67: No. 6, Killingdans 01:45
• 7 Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67: No. 7, Vond Dag 02:43
• 8 Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67: No. 8, Ved Gjætle-Bekken 05:49
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957): 5 Songs, Op. 37:
• 9 Sibelius: 5 Songs, Op. 37: No. 1, Den första kyssen 02:05
• 10 Sibelius: 6 songs, Op. 36: No. 1, Svarta rosor 02:21
• 11 Sibelius: 5 Songs, Op. 37: No. 5, Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte 03:45
• 12 Sibelius: 6 Songs, Op. 36: No. 4, Säv, säv, susa 02:25
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881): The Nursery:
• 13 Mussorgsky: The Nursery: I. Mit der Njanja (Auf deutsch gesungen) 02:06
• 14 Mussorgsky: The Nursery: II. Im Winkel (Auf deutsch gesungen) 01:41
• 15 Mussorgsky: The Nursery: III. Der Käfer (Auf deutsch gesungen) 02:42
• 16 Mussorgsky: The Nursery: IV. Mit der Puppe (Auf deutsch gesungen) 01:59
• 17 Mussorgsky: The Nursery: V. Abendgebet (Auf deutsch gesungen) 02:14
• 18 Mussorgsky: The Nursery: VII. Kater Murr (Auf deutsch gesungen) 02:02
• 19 Mussorgsky: The Nursery: VI. Steckenpferdreiter (Auf deutsch gesungen) 03:25
• Total Runtime 55:09

Info for Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67 / Sibelius: 5 Songs, Op. 37 / Mussorgsky: The Nursery (Remastered)

Kari Lövaas was a Norwegian operatic soprano who sang in the ensemble at Dortmund Opera, then at Staatstheater Mainz and performed at international festivals in both opera and concert. She also participated in complete recordings of rarely performed operas. On her upcoming album she sings Lieder by Grieg, Sibelius & Mussorgsky, together with Erik Werba on the piano. The album is released on 30 January as part of DG’s debut series, which presents first or very early recordings by artists who went on to build considerable careers. Listen to a second pre-release track of Sibelius’s Svarta rosor taken from the composer’s 6 songs, Op. 36.

Kari Lövaas, soprano
Erik Werba, piano

Digitally remastered

Kari Lövaas
Norwegian soprano Kari Løvaas (also known as Kari Lövaas and Kari Lövaas-Gerber) was born in Skien on 13 May 1939. She studied piano and voice at the Oslo Conservatory with Ingeborg Vorbeck and later at the Wiener Musikakademie.

Her operatic debut was on 16 February 1959, singing Nuri in Tiefland by Eugen d'Albert for Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, recommended by Kirsten Flagstad, who had sung the same role for her own debut.

She sang in the ensemble at Dortmund Opera and then at Staatstheater Mainz. She began to sing guest roles in Scandinavia in 1966, and soon after began to appear at major opera houses in Australia, Europe, Japan and the USA. She began singing Wagner roles in 1973.

She appeared in first performances of new works such as De temporum fine comoedia by Carl Orff, and made recordings, including of various rare works. She performed Haydn operas with Antal Doráti, and also worked with Herbert Blomstedt, Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, Rudolf Kempe and Wolfgang Sawallisch.

In addition to opera, she sang solos in choral works such as Bruckner's Te Deum, Rossini's Petite messe solennelle and Franz Schmidt's The Book with Seven Seals. She also performed songs by J S Bach, Beethoven, Berg, Grieg, Handel, Mozart and Richard Strauss.

Kari Løvaas died in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, on 24 April 2025, aged 85.

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