Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907):
Eight Songs for soprano and piano [25']
  1. Beim Sonnenuntergang (Sunset), op. 9/3 (1863; poem by Andreas Munch)
  2. Eros, op. 70/1 (1900; poem by Otto Benzon)
  3. Lauf der Welt (The Way of the World), op. 48/3 (1889; poem by Ludwig Uhland)
  4. Dereinst, Gedanke mein (One Day, O Heart of Mine), op. 48/2 (1884; poem by Emanuel Geibel)
  5. Der Jäger (The Hunter), EG 157 (1905?1; poem by Wilhelm Schulz)
  6. Solveigs Sang (Solveig's Song), op. 23 (1874; from "Peer Gynt" by Henrik Ibsen)
  7. Im Kahne (On the Water), op. 60/3 (1893/94; poem by Vilhelm Krag)
  8. Zur Johannisnacht (Midsummer Eve), op. 60/5 (1893/94; poem by Vilhelm Krag)

Gertraud Schmid (soprano)
Christian Krattenthaler (piano)
Piano: Bösendorfer
Gewerbesaal, Mödling, 5 May 1988.

1 Very likely, Grieg did not write any songs after 1900, implying that this must be an earlier song. According to Astra Desmond ("Grieg's Songs," Music & Letters 22 (1941), footnote on page 356), this song may be from 1889.
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