Since you are interested in Orchestral Music Vol 1 (In Autumn; Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16; Symphony in C minor ), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GRIEG
Norwegian Dances / Symphonic Dances / Lyric Suite Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2003 ] Record of the Year Award 2003 The Grieg Society of Great Britain |
EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Holberg Suite / Two Elegiac Melodies / Two Lyric Pieces / etc Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2005 ] "This is simply the most beautiful record of Grieg's string music in the catalogue, and one of the most beautiful and realistic recordings of strings we have ever heard. Try and hear the disc on SACD equipment with four speakers, and you will be... |
GRIEG
Complete Solo Piano Music (12 CDs for the price of 3) Eva Knardahl, Love Derwinger (pianos) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Kjell Ingebretsen / Norrkaping Symphony Orchestra / Jun'ichi Hirokami [ BIS / 12 CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] Eva Knardahl's recordings of Grieg's music for solo piano - here completed with recordings by Love Derwinger of the works unpublished during Grieg's lifetime - have been a milestone ever since they were first released on LP at the end of the 1970s. |
GRIEG
Sigurd Jorsalfar (incidental music for baritone, male choir and orchestra, Op.22) / etc Hakan Hagegard (baritone) Garild Mauseth (narrator) / Male-voice choir from the Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Philharmonic / Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] "..you really need to hear this sensational disc. The Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak offers about eight minutes of orchestral Sturm und Drang as intense as anything by Berlioz or Mahler; and as recorded here it sounds like a tone poem of Jon... |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Peer Gynt (Complete Incidental Music) Marita Solberg (soprano) Hakan Hagegard (baritone) Ingebjorg Kosmo (mezzo-soprano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "Putting Grieg's familiar music in the unfamiliar (to us) context of Ibsen's play helps re-focus our attention on works which are in danger of becoming hackneyed" (MusicWeb) |
GRIEG
The Complete Orchestral Music (8 CDs special price) Noriko Ogawa (piano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2008 ] "As far as Grieg boxes go, this has to be top recommendation both for price, and sheer excellence of the performances and recordings. Never mind 'Bargain of the Month', this has to be one of the bargains of the year, so my advice is to snap up a copy... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Golden Age of the Cornet Ole Edvard Antonsen (cornet) / The Royal Norwegian Navy Band (Kongelige Norske Marines Musikkorps) / Ingar Bergby [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] The Royal Norwegian Navy Band is one of five professional military bands in Norway. With its 32 full-time musicians this highly popular ensemble performs both in Norway and abroad. |
REICH / GRIEG / KASTNER / DENHOFF / BACH
Music for Saxophone Orchestra Raschar Saxophone Orchestra conducted by Bruce Weinberger [ BIS / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] a sonic tonic not to be forgotten! |
GRIEG
Olav Trygvason and Orchestral Songs Solveig Kringelborn (sop) Ingebjarg Kosmo (mezzo) Trond Halstein Moe (bar) Marita Solberg (sop) / Bergen Philharmonic Choir / Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "Collectors of this series need not hesitate but the disc should be of interest to many lovers of 19th century music. Playing some of the Olav Trygvason music at a blindfold test could be a fascinating climax of a music lovers'... |