Recorded between 2002 and 2004, this eight-disc set contains the complete orchestral music of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. This includes works one would expect -- the Peer Gynt Suites, the Lyric Suite, Symphonic Dances, the Symphony in C minor, and so on -- works one might expect -- the Piano Concerto, the Holberg Suite, and the other string orchestra pieces -- works one might not expect -- transcriptions like Bell Ringing, orchestral songs like The Last Spring, and melodramas like Land Sighting -- and a work one would ...
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Recorded between 2002 and 2004, this eight-disc set contains the complete orchestral music of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. This includes works one would expect -- the Peer Gynt Suites, the Lyric Suite, Symphonic Dances, the Symphony in C minor, and so on -- works one might expect -- the Piano Concerto, the Holberg Suite, and the other string orchestra pieces -- works one might not expect -- transcriptions like Bell Ringing, orchestral songs like The Last Spring, and melodramas like Land Sighting -- and a work one would never expect -- a concert version of Peer Gynt complete with singers and actors. And though there have been better recorded performances of the best-known works here, overall it is a tremendous achievement. Ole Kristian Ruud is a born Grieg conductor with not only the skills to bring off the music but a real feeling for the idiom as well. One of the salient characteristics of his interpretations is their ease and naturalness. In his hands, the forms sound inevitable, the harmonies...
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