Grieg - Orchestral Music Volume 2 | Naxos 8557854

Grieg - Orchestral Music Volume 2

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8557854

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 26th February 2007

Contents

Works

Edvard Grieg
Slåtter – Suite for Orchestra, Op. 72; Norwegian Dances, Op. 35; Funeral March in Memory ofRikard Nordraak, Op. 73; The Bridal Procession Passes By, from Pictures from Folk Life (Folkelivsbilleder), Op. 19, No. 2; Ballade, Op. 24; Ringing Bells from Lyric Pieces, Op. 54, No. 6

Artists

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Conductor

Bjarte Engeset

Works

Edvard Grieg
Slåtter – Suite for Orchestra, Op. 72; Norwegian Dances, Op. 35; Funeral March in Memory ofRikard Nordraak, Op. 73; The Bridal Procession Passes By, from Pictures from Folk Life (Folkelivsbilleder), Op. 19, No. 2; Ballade, Op. 24; Ringing Bells from Lyric Pieces, Op. 54, No. 6

Artists

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Conductor

Bjarte Engeset

About

This disc of orchestrated piano pieces is a key addition to the Naxos Grieg discography.  
 
Grieg’s musical idiom is firmly rooted in Norwegian folk music, especially in his numerous short pieces. The Slåtter are Norwegian folk dances and tunes, originally played on the peasant violin (Hardanger Fiddle), and notated by Johan Halvorsen. Grieg ingeniously transcribed them for the piano, and Øystein Sommerfeldt later made the orchestral arrangements of the three here recorded. 
 
Although an excellent orchestrator himself, Grieg often left his task to others, such as Halvorsen or Sitt. This collection includes the Norwegian Dances, Funeral March, Bridal Procession, and the deeply emotional and personal Ballade orchestrated by Geirr Tveitt). The orchestral versions of Slåtter and Ballade are world première recordings.

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