The Very Best of Grieg

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EDVARD GRIEG
The Very Best of Grieg
Jeno Jando (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk (Conductor), Capella Istropolitana / Adrian Leaper (Conductor)

[ Naxos / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 9 May 2006

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Edvard Grieg is the most important Norwegian composer of the later 19th century, a period of growing national consciousness. As a child, he was encouraged by the violinist Ole Bull, a friend of his parents, and studied at the Leipzig Conservatory at his suggestion. After a period at home in Norway he moved to Copenhagen and it was there that he met the young composer Rikard Nordraak, an enthusiastic champion of Norwegian music and a decisive influence on him.

Grieg's own performances of Norwegian music, often with his wife, the singer Nina Hagerup, established him as a leading figure in the music of his own country, bringing subsequent collaboration in the theatre with Bjrnson and with Ibsen. He continued to divide his time between composition and activity in the concert-hall until his death in 1907.

Tracks:

2 Elegiac Pieces, Op. 34
2 Lyric Pieces: No. 2. Cradle Song (orchestral version of Op. 68/5)
2 Melodies, Op. 53
5 Songs, Op. 60: No. 3. On the Water (Mens jeg venter)
6 Songs, Op. 25: No. 2. A Swan (En svane)
6 Songs, Op. 48: No. 6. A Dream (Ein Traum)
Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36: I. Allegro agitato
Holberg Suite, Op. 40: I. Prelude
Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Op. 12: No. 1. Arietta
Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Op. 38: No. 1. Berceuse (arr. for violin and piano)
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 1. Butterfly (Schmetterling)
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 4. Little Bird (Voglein)
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 6. To the Spring (An den Fruhling)
Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 3. March of the Trolls (Trolltog)
Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Op. 62: No. 4. Brooklet (Baekken)
Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65. No. 6. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (arr. for orchestra)
Lyric Suite: III. Notturno (orchestral version of Op. 54/4)
Melodies of the Heart, Op. 5: No. 3. I Love but Thee (arr. for violin and orchestra)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (excerpts)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: I. Ingrid's Lament
Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV: Solveig's Song (Solveigs sang)
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro moderato
Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 56
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27: II. Romanze: Andantino - Allegro agitato
Symphonic Dances, Op. 64: No. 1. Allegro moderato e marcato
Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13: III. Allegro animato
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45: I. Allegro molto ed appassionato