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Solveig Kringelborn "To a Friend.".(Sound Recording Review)
* Songs by Irgens-Jensen. Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Jia; Smebye, piano. Texts and translations. NMA 2 (www.n-m-a.no)
If the only Norwegian composer you can name is Edvard Grieg, let soprano Solveig Kringelborn introduce you to a delightful variety of songs by Ludvig Irgens-Jensen. Kringelborn's ample, buttery voice and easy production, along with her communicative skills, make a strong case for this repertoire.
A lifelong resident of Oslo, Irgens-Jensen (1894-1969) was an accomplished pianist with no formal training in composition. In addition to oratorios and a few large-scale symphonic works, he wrote and published hundreds of songs; during World War II he set several texts by resistance poets and later won prizes and accolades from Norwegian national organizations.
Lu Jia and the Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra join Kringelborn for the song-cycle Japanischer Fruhling (Japanese Spring), nine songs on ancient Japanese texts in German translation. Irgens-Jensen's compositional style matches ...
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