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Forrest/Wright - Song of Norway | Naxos - Nostalgia 8120879

Forrest/Wright - Song of Norway

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Label: Naxos - Nostalgia

Cat No: 8120879

Barcode: 0636943287927

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 30th March 2009

Contents

Artists

Lawrence Brooks
Helena Bliss
Robert Schafer
Irra Petina
Kitty Carlisle
Ivy Scott
Walter Kingsford
Kent Edwards
Robert Weede
Sig Arno
Gwen Jones

Conductor

Arthur Kay

Artists

Lawrence Brooks
Helena Bliss
Robert Schafer
Irra Petina
Kitty Carlisle
Ivy Scott
Walter Kingsford
Kent Edwards
Robert Weede
Sig Arno
Gwen Jones

Conductor

Arthur Kay

About

Song of Norway was written in 1944 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Edvard Grieg and the book by Milton Lazarus.

It opened at the Imperial Theater in New York on August 21, 1944, and ran for 860 performances. It was also popular in London, running for 526 performances at the Palace Theatre, the first Broadway show to cross the Atlantic after the end of the Second World War.

The musical is set in Troldhaugen & Bergen in Norway, Copenhagen and Rome in and after 1860 and follows the fictionalized lives of three childhood friends: Edvard Grieg, Nina Hagerup and Rikard Nordraak. Although Nordraak was actually a composer (he wrote the Norwegian National Anthem), he was portrayed as a poet in the show because “two composers would be confusing”.

Songs include “Prelude & Legend” (based on Grieg's A Minor Concerto) "Freddy and His Fiddle" (based on Norwegian Dance No.2), and "Now" (based on Second Violin Sonata and Waltz).

Members of the Original Cast 1944-45 are featured (Lawrence Brooks, Helena Bliss, Robert Schafer, Irra Petina) plus Kitty Carlisle and Robert Weede.

Bonus: Songs from Irra Petina and Robert Weede, 1944–45, with conductor Sylvan Shulman.

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