Neeme Jarvi, GSO - Grieg: Complete Music With Orchestra (6CDs, 1993)

Norwegian-born Edvard Grieg has created many works for the orchestra, and this 6-CD box set contains almost all of them. Neeme Jarvi handles the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the choirs very well. The sound is crystal clear and has the perfect digital sound for every CD player/stereo.

Tracklist:

CD1

Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16
01. I. Allegro molto moderato
02. II. Adagio - attacca
03. III. Allegro moderato
04. In Autumn Op.11
Symphonic Dances Op.64
05. I. Allegro moderato e marcato
06. II. Allegretto grazioso
07. III. Allegro giocoso
08. IV. Andante - Allegro molto

CD2

From Holberg's Time Op.40
01. I. Preludium: Allegro vivace
02. II. Sarabanda: Andante
03. III. Gavota: Allegretto-Musette : Un poco mosso-Gavotte
04. IV. Aria : Andante religioso
05. V. Rigaudon : Allegro con brio
Two elegic Melodies Op.34
06. I. The Wounded Heart : Allegretto espressivo
07. II. Last Spring : Andante
Two Melodies Op.53
08. I. Norwegian : Allegro risoluto-Poco tranquillo
09. II. The First Meeting : Lento
Two Nordic Melodies Op.63
10. I. In Folk Style : Andante
11. II. Cow-Call : Andantino
Two Lyric Pieces Op.68
12. I. Evening in the Mountains : Andantino
13. II. At the Cradle : Allegretto con moto
Lyric Suite Op.54
14. I. Shepherd Boy : Andantino espressivo
15. II. Bell Ringing : Andante
16. Norwegian March : III. Allegretto marcato
17. IV. Notturno : Andante
18. V. March of the Trolls : Allegro marcato

CD3

Peer Gynt Op.23
01. No.1 I Bryllupsgarden
02. No.2 Halling
03. No.3 Springar
04. No.4 Bruderovet. Ingrids Klage (Suite No.2-1)
05. No.5 Peer Gynt Og Saeterjentene
06. No.6 Peer Gynt Og Den Gronnkledte
07. No.7 Peer Gynt: "Pе Ridestellet Skal Storfolk Kjendes"
08. No.8 I Dovregubbens Hall (Suite No.1-4)
09. No.9 Dans Av Dovregubbens Datter
10. No.10 Peer Gynt Jages Av Troll
11. No.11 Peer Gynt Og Boygen
12. No.12 Ases Dod - Prelude To Act III (Suite No.1-2)
13. No.12 Ases Dod - Act III Scene 4
14. No.13 Morgenstemning (Suite No.1-1)
15. No.14 Tyven Og Heleren
16. No.15 Arabisk Dans (Suite No.2-2)
17. No.16 Anitras Dans (Suite No.1-3)
18. No.17 Peer Gynts Serenade
19. No.18 Peer Gynt Og Anitra
20. No.19 Solveigs Sang (Suite No.2-4)
21. No.20 Peer Gynt Ved Memnonstotten
22. No.21 Peer Gynts Hjemfart. Stormfull Aften Pa Havet (Suite No.2)
23. No.22 Skipsforliset
24. No.23 Solveig Synger I Hytten

CD4

Peer Gynt, Op.23 (cont.)
01. No.24 Nattscene
02. No.25 Pinsesalme : "Velsignede Morgen"
03. No.26 Solveigs Vuggevise
Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22
04. Fanfares
05. No.1 Prelude to Act I
06. No.2 Intermezzo : Borghild's Dream
07. No.3 The Matching Game
08. No.4 The Northland Folk
09. No.5 Homage March
10. No.6 Interlude I
11. No.7 Interlude II
12. No.8 The King's Song
Funeral March In Memory Of Rikard Nordraak
13. Lento
Norwegian Dances Op.35
14. I. Allegro Marcato
15. II. Allegro Tranquillo E Grazioso
16. III. Allegro Moderato Alla Marcia
17. IV. Allegro Molto

СD5

Symphony in C minor
01. I. Allegro molto
02. II. Adagio espressivo
03. III. Intermezzo : Allegro energico
04. IV. Finale : Allegro molto vivace
05. Landkjenning Op.31
Olav Trygvason Op. 50
06. Scene I
07. Scene II
08. Scene III

CD6

Old Norwegian Melody with Variations Op.51
01. 1. Poco tranquillo
02. 2. Tema. Andantino espressivo
03. 3. Poco Allegro, ma tranquilo
04. 4. Energico
05. 5. Allegro leggiero
06. 6. Poco Andante
07. 7. Maestoso
08. 8. Allegro scherzando e leggiero
09. 9. Andante
10. 10. Andante molto tranquillo
11. 11. Presto
12. 12. Tempo di Menuetto
13. 13. Allegro marcato
14. 14. Tempo di Valse
15. 15. Adagio molto espressivo
16. 16. Allegro molto marcato
17. 17. Pomposo
18. 18. Prestissimo
19. 19. Andante molto tranquillo
Songs with Orchestra
20. The First Meeting
21. From Mount Pincio
22. A Swan
23. Spring
24. Henrik Wergeland
25. Den Bergtekne Op.32
26. Foran Sydens Kloster Op.20
27. Bergliot Op.42



Performers:

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, Op.16
Lilya Zilberstein, piano

Peer Gynt, Op.23, incidental music to the play by Henrik Ibsen
Barbara Bonney : Soprano (Solveig)
Urban Malmberg : Baritone (Peer Gynt)
Marianne Eklof : Mezzo-Soprano (Anitra)
Carl Gustaf Holmgren : Baritone (Receiver)
Maria Andersson, Monica Einarson, Charlotte Forsberg : Sopranos (Herd-Girls)
Gosta Ohlin's Vocal Ensemble
Pro Musica Chamber Choir
Costa Ohlin

Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op.22, incidental music to the play by Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Kjell Magnus Sandve, tenor
Gosta Ohlin's Vocal Ensemble
Pro Musica Chamber Choir
Costa Ohlin

Landkjenning, Op.31
Hakan Hagegard, baritone
Men's Voices of the Gothenburg Symphony Chorus

Olav Trygvason, Op.50, scenes from an unfinished drama by Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Randi Steve, mezzo-Soprano (A Woman)
Anne Gjevang, contralto ( The Sibyl)
Hakan Hagegard, baritone (A High Priest)

Songs with Orchestra
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Hakan Hagegard, baritone

Den Bergtekne, Op.32, for baritone solo, string orchestra and two horns
Hakan Hagegard, baritone

Foran Sydens Kloster, Op.20, for soprano, contralto, female chorus and orchestra
Barbara Bonney, soprano,
Randi Stene, mezzo-soprano
Women's Voices if the Gothenburg Symphony Chorus

Bergliot, Op.42, melodrama for orchestra
Rut Tellefsen, narrator

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi