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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...

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...