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Grieg - Peer Gynt Suites etc | BIS BISSACD1591

Grieg - Peer Gynt Suites etc

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISSACD1591

Barcode: 7318599915913

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 30th October 2006

Penguin Guide 4 stars

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Since the release of the first volume in February 2003, this series has been gathering the most extravagant praise, for the committed performances of both Ole Kristian Ruud and the Bergen Philharmonic – Grieg's 'own' orchestra. With this, the fifth instalment, the turn has come to the Peer Gynt Suites, possibly the best-loved of all Grieg's orchestral music. 
 
The instant popularity of ‘Morning Mood’, ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ and ‘Solveig's Song’ contributed to Peer Gynt being of one of Ibsen's most widely played dramas. The music that makes up the Suites has already been released in the series as part of the 2-disc set BISSACD1441/42 which consists of a concert version of the play, including the complete incidental music as well as excerpts from the spoken text. 
 
This music has now been re-recorded for this issue – in performances every bit as idiomatic and refreshing – and is coupled with three works that Grieg originally composed for the piano, but later orchestrated. One of these is ‘Bell Ringing’, which for a long time used to open the Bergen Festival, and in which Grieg is at his most forward-looking, exploring harmonic innovations and effects that were to be used by the impressionists.

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