>For both your sopranos, I urge you to investigate some >of the beautiful songs by Grieg. Again, a diction >challenge, as these are mainly in Swedish >I'm particularly fond of: Med en vandlilje (With a >water-lily), Varen (Spring), Det Syng (The Singing), >Ved gjaetle-bekken (At the brookside), and of course >Grieg's most famous lied, Jeg elsker dig (I love you).
Actually, "Med en Vandlilje" and "Jeg elsker dig" are Danish, but could be sung with a Norwegian accent. "Vaaren" and "gjaetle-bekken" are Norwegian. None are Swedish as far as I know. Although Swedish may sound a little like Norwegian the languages are pronounced differently. And Danish is pronounced very differently (oddly enough, it happens to be a lovely language to sing in). I also love the recording by Anne Sofie von Otter.
best,
Deb. Johnson
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