Grieg: Music for String Orchestra / Lyric Suite

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EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Music for String Orchestra / Lyric Suite
Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 10 November 2011

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Grieg's beautiful works for string orchestra often owe their origin to poetic inspiration or to mountain vistas. Some were based on piano originals, including the Holberg Suite, a masterpiece of invention. All of these pieces show Grieg's assimilation of Norwegian folk culture and his lyrical mastery, through which he sought to 'give expression to the hidden harmonies in our folk melodies'. Volume 4 in this series (8570236) was described as containing 'performances as fine as any in the catalogue. These are gorgeous, perfectly paced and thrillingly recorded'. (ClassicsToday.com)

"there's an edge to their tone that belies unfavourable comparisons with salon music. They also capture the vocal quality underpinning the Two Elegiac Melodies, and the folk music background to movements such as 'Norwegian' from Two Melodies for String Orchestra" Classic FM

Tracks:

Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
Melodies Op. 53
Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Two Lyric Pieces, Op. 68
Two Nordic Melodies, Op. 63
Lyric Suite, Op. 54