Grieg: Peer Gynt - Paavo Järvi (2005)

"There are many discs which offer more than the two popular orchestral suites, but Paavo Järvi’s selection of 20 numbers is more generous than direct rivals. If overall Neeme Järvi is a degree cooler and more restrained, and captures the folk element more vividly, with the rustic violin parts more rasping, his son compensates in the extra warmth of his performances, helped by full, forward sound, recorded in a rather reverberant acoustic."

Edward Greenfield, Gramophone Magazine / August 2005

Tracklisting:

Peer Gynt, Op. 23

01 - At the Wedding
02 - Halling
03 - The Abduction of the Bride. Indrid's Lament
04 - Peer Gynt and the Woman in Green
05 - "You can tell great men by the style of their mounts!"
06 - Springar
07 - In the Hall of the Mountain King
08 - Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter
09 - The Death of Åse
10 - Morning Mood
11 - Arabian Dance
12 - Anitra's Dance
13 - Peer Gynt's Serenade
14 - Solveig's Song
15 - Peer Gynt at the statue of Memnon
16 - Peer Gynt's Homecoming. Stormy Evening on the Sea
17 - The Shipwreck
18 - Solveig sings in the hut
19 - "O Blessed Morning"
20 - Solveig's Cradle Song


Peer Gynt - Peter Mattei (baritone)
Solveig - Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Anitra - Charlotte Hellekant (mezzo-soprano)

Ellerhein Girls' Choir / Estonian National Male Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi