Grieg, Edvard > Engeset, Bjarte

Grieg: Music for String Orchestra / Malmo SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-10-25

Works: Edvard Grieg: Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34; Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 53; From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Lyric Pieces (2) for orchestra (orchestration of Op. 68/4 & Op. 68/5); Nordic Me...
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Malmo Symphony Orchestra

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...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Sweden....continue...

Grieg: Peer Gynt Op. 23, At a southern convent's gate Op. 20, etc / Engeset, Malmö SO, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Foran Sydens kloster (Before a Southern Convent), for soprano, alto, female chorus & orchestra, Op.; Bergliot, melodrama for speaker & orchestra, Op. 42
Performers: Armand, Froydis; Berg, Kirsten Braten; Galdos, Itziar M.; Gericke, Isa Katharina; Hivju, Erik; Jacobsen, Anne Marit; Larsen, Gjermund; Lovlid, Unni; Sand, Hans Jakob; Soberg, Yngve A.; Stiklestad, Kn...
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Grieg's incidental music for Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt' (1874-5) won immediate success and ranks among his most enduringly popular compositions, its huge range of orchestral...continue...

Cinema Classics 2007 - Classical Music Made Famous in Films

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-12-11

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux; George Fre...
Performers: Coles, Priti; Filipova, Elena; Glemser, Bernd; Jandó, Jenö; Lotric, Janez; Morozov, Igor
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte; Halász, Michael; Wit, Antoni; Mallon, Kevin; Morandi, Pier Giorgio; Wildner, Johannes; Ligeti, András; Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: Aradia Baroque Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Concentus Hungaricus; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; The N...

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, etc / Engeset, Dam-Jensen, Knudsen, Malmö Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-10-30

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Den bergtekne (The Mountain Thrall), for baritone, 2 horns & string orchestra, Op. 32; Songs (6) for voice & orchestra, E...
Performers: Dam-Jensen, Inger; Knudsen, Palle
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Grieg’s incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s play 'Peer Gynt' is greatly loved by many and is generally considered to be one of the foremost expressions...continue...

Grieg: Symphony in C minor, etc / Bjarte Engeset, Malmö SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-06-26

Works: Edvard Grieg: Symphony in C minor, EG 119; Old Norwegian Romance with Variations for 2 Pianos, Op. 51; Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 56
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Few symphonies can have been the subject of so many reservations as the 20-year-old Grieg's 'forbidden' Symphony in C minor of which the composer himself...continue...

Grieg: Norwegian Dances, Ballade, etc / Engeset, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-03-27

Works: Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Peasant Dances (17) for Piano, Op. 72; Norwegian Dances (4) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 35; Stimmungen (Moods) (7) for piano, Op. 73; Brudefolget drager forbi (Bridal Procession), ...
Performers: Engeset, Bjarte
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"This disc is wholly delightful. Perhaps the most exciting "find" is Geirr Tveitt's orchestration of the Ballade, which sounds amazingly like--Geirr Tveitt! It's gorgeous. Tveitt...continue...

The Very Best of Grieg

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Lyric Pieces (8) for piano, Book 1, Op. 12; Sonata no 3 in C minor for violin & piano; Peer Gynt; Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43; Quartet for Strings no 1...
Performers: Arnesen, Bodil; Birkeland, Oystein; Eriksen, Erling Ragnar; Gimse, Håvard; Jandó, Jenö; Kjekshus, Helge; Kraggerud, Henning; Nishizaki, Takako; Steen-Nökleberg, Einar
Conductors: Studt, Richard; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; ; Leaper, Adrian; Edlinger, Richard; Engeset, Bjarte; Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Oslo String Quartet; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmo...

The leading Scandinavian composer of his time and the principal advocate for Norwegian music, Grieg came to the forefront of international attention through works such...continue...

Grieg: Piano Concerto, etc / Gimse, Engeset, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: I host (In Autumn), concert overture for orchestra, Op. 11; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Symphonic Dances (4), Op. 64
Performers: Gimse, Havard
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"With its dramatic flair, succulent tunes and touches of whimsy, Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto is one of the most popular in the repertory, and deservedly...continue...

Norwegian Classical Favourites - Grieg, Halvorsen, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-02-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Norwegian Dances (4) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 35; Våren (Last Spring), elegiac melody for orchestra (or piano) no 2, Op. 34/2; Christian Sinding: Rustle of Spring (Fr&uum...
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra

This collection of Norwegian classical favourites ranges from pieces by Grieg, Sinding and Svendsen to works by their lesser-known contemporaries, many of which, including Hanssen's...continue...

Norwegian Violin Favourites / Kraggerud, Engeset, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-02-01

Works: Ole Borneman Bull: Visit to a Summer Farm (conclusion, including The Herd Girl's Sunday) Halfdan; La Mélancolie; Concerto for Violin in E minor; Christian Sinding: Suite for violin & orchestra (...
Performers: Kraggerud, Henning
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

Norwegian violin music dates back to the country's traditional folk instrument, the Hardanger fiddle. The oldest surviving fiddle dates from the early 1650s, its construction...continue...