Grieg: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 5

The delights come thick and fast on this, the fifth and final instalment in Eivind Aadland's treasurable Grieg series for Audite. Soprano Camilla Tilling is on radiant form…Aadland and his exemplary... — Classical Ear, 17/03/2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 16th Oct 2015
Catalogue No: AUDITE92671
Label: Audite
Series: Grieg Complete Symphonic Works
Length: 66 minutes

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Grieg: Music to Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, Op. 23, At the Wedding (Act I, Prelude)

Work length5:08

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$1.30

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Eivind Aadland

Grieg: Music to Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter (Act II, Scene 6)

Work length1:52

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WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Eivind Aadland

Grieg: Orchestral Songs (6)

Work length27:07

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$7.80

Camilla Tilling
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Eivind Aadland

Solveig's Song, Op. 23

Track length5:10

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Solveig's Cradle Song, Op. 23

Track length4:12

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From Monte Pincio, Op. 39 No. 1

Track length5:12

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A Swan, Op. 25 No. 2

Track length2:41

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Last Spring, Op. 33 No. 2

Track length5:41

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Henrik Wergeland, Op. 58 No. 3

Track length4:11

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Grieg: Two Lyric Pieces, Op. 68

Work length8:04

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$2.60

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Eivind Aadland

No. 4 Evening in the Mountains

Track length3:52

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No. 5 At the Cradle

Track length4:12

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Grieg: Den Bergtekne, Op. 32

Work length6:04

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Tom Erik Lie
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Eivind Aadland

Grieg: Norwegian Dances (4), Op. 35

Work length18:01

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$5.20

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Eivind Aadland

I. Allegro marcato

Track length6:35

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II. Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso

Track length2:27

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III. Allegro moderato alla Marcia

Track length3:14

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IV. Allegro molto

Track length5:45

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This recording gathers several important examples of the less familiar Edvard Grieg as composer of songs with orchestra. Soprano Camilla Tilling plays a leading part in this fifth and final volume of Audite’s complete recording of Grieg’s orchestral works: although Grieg drew on his own songs with orchestra or piano for the 'Six Orchestral Songs', this set forms an independent, elegiacally-hued cycle reflecting the core of Grieg’s personality. It includes not only two songs from the incidental music to 'Peer Gynt' (Solveig’s Song and Solveig’s Lullaby) but also transcriptions of solemn piano songs such as the Roman ballad 'From Monte Pincio', or the memory of the short-lived Norwegian patriot Henrik Wergeland, to whom the final song (sung by Tom Erik Lie) is dedicated. Cities such as Oslo and Bergen, where Grieg worked as a conductor, did not provide inspiration for his compositions: in order to be able to write, he travelled to the countryside. He particularly loved the wild region of Hardanger in West Norway, where he found the most original folk music and where he spent several summers. Here, he composed not only his 'Norwegian Dances', but also the short orchestral ballad 'Den Bergtekne' (The Mountain Thrall), in which Grieg portrays himself as a restless poet, at odds with love.

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Classical Ear 17/03/2016

The delights come thick and fast on this, the fifth and final instalment in Eivind Aadland's treasurable Grieg series for Audite. Soprano Camilla Tilling is on radiant form…Aadland and his exemplary Cologne band tender meltingly lovely support…Audite's ideally airy, superbly realistic SACD sonics set the seal on another unmissable treat. Hats off to all involved in this superlative enterprise!

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