Grieg: Complete Symphonic Works Volume 1

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Aadland is a native of Grieg's Bergen, steeped through his family in the Norwegian folk-music tradition...To the WDR players he has communicated a lightness of touch and a fine Grieg balance... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2011 More…

Release Date: 27th Jun 2011
Catalogue No: AUDITE92651
Label: Audite
Series: Grieg Complete Symphonic Works
Length: 73 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

October 2011

Editor's Choice

Grieg: Symphonic Dances (4), Op. 64

Work length33:03

$7.00

$9.05

West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland

I. Allegro moderato e marcato

Track length8:13

$2.00

$2.60

II. Allegretto grazioso

Track length6:12

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegro giocoso

Track length6:25

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Andante - Allegro risoluto

Track length12:13

$3.00

$3.85

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46

Work length15:08

$4.00

$5.20

West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland

I. Morning Mood

Track length4:04

$1.00

$1.30

II. The Death of Aase

Track length5:04

$1.00

$1.30

III. Anitra's Dance

Track length3:29

$1.00

$1.30

IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

Track length2:31

$1.00

$1.30

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55

Work length17:49

$4.00

$5.20

West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland

I. Ingrid's Lament

Track length4:39

$1.00

$1.30

II. Arabian Dance

Track length4:44

$1.00

$1.30

III. Peer Gynt's Homecoming

Track length2:48

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Solveig's Song

Track length5:38

$1.00

$1.30

Grieg: Funeral March: Rikard Nordraak in memoriam

Work length7:14

$2.00

$2.60

West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland

Sorgemarsj over Rikard Nordraak (Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak) (version for orchestra)

Track length7:14

$2.00

$2.60

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Favourites, Edvard Grieg

David picks some of the best recordings of the works of the Norwegian Romantic nationalist, Edvard Grieg.

Edvard Grieg wanted to give Norway its unique voice within European concert repertoire, and he did that with songs, piano pieces, and particularly with his symphonic works, to be released by Audite in a 5-volume complete recording with Eivind Aadland and the WDR Symphony Orchestra.

This first SACD presents Grieg’s principal collections: his four Symphonic Dances of 1898, where the composer draws on his experiences as a conductor of the leading European orchestras; and his two suites from the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s drama Peer Gynt, the story of the “Nordic Faust” which inspired Grieg to compose a sonic panorama of the Norwegian character: from the melancholy song of the abandoned Solveig to the furious chase in the Hall of the Mountain King.

Eivind Aadland’s roots in the Norwegian folk tradition audibly influence his interpretations. He comes from a family where folk music played an important role and as a child he came into intensive contact with Grieg’s music. Aadland was chief conductor and artistic director of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra from 2003 until 2010 and has also worked with many other international orchestras. He initially studied the violin with Yehudi Menuhin and from 1981 until 1989 he was concert master of the Bergen Philharmonic. From 1987 until 1997 he was music director of the European Union Chamber Orchestra. He has subsequently devoted himself fully to his conducting career and studies with Jorma Panula.

Parallel to the release of the first SACD, a video will be available which will be also presented on www.audite. de. The second volume is scheduled for release in August.

Reviews

October 2011

Aadland is a native of Grieg's Bergen, steeped through his family in the Norwegian folk-music tradition...To the WDR players he has communicated a lightness of touch and a fine Grieg balance in which the winds sing out almost like concertante soloists...With recording matching the scale of the music-making, Aadland's new cycle...has hit the ground running.

July/August 2011

[this disc] should really be heard not only by all admirers of this composer but also by his detractors...in terms of tempos and of internal orchestral balance, Aadland places this music on altogether a higher plane than it usually occupies, and obtains really fine playing from the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra of Cologne. This is notable music-making

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