PER NØRGÅRD
Songs
Lars Thodberg Bertelsen, barytone

Per Nørgård, composer, piano

About
Per Nørgård’s piano songs to Danish texts - most of them recorded here - range from the first works of the 20-year-old newly-fledged composer to the present day. In a cross-section through his oeuvre the songs exhibit the melodious side of the composer and give hints of the currents of the period and the Danish poets who have inspired Nørgård over some fifty years.

Reviews
The level of inspiration is high, and the music springs from a keen lyrical impulse and strong feeling for the letter and the spirit of the poem.
(BBC Music Magazine)

A significant Release
(HighFidelity)

Credits
Recorded at the DR Radio House, Studio 2, on 15-16 May and 6-7 November 2000
Recording producer: Henrik Sleiborg
Sound engineer: Peter Bo Nielsen
Editing engineers: Peter Bo Nielsen and Henrik Sleiborg

p 2002 Dacapo Records, Copenhagen
c 2002 Dacapo Records, Copenhagen

Cover picture: Jens Bohr: "Hejre i dam" (2001)