Browse: SACD, Grieg (composer)
Offer, Grieg: Piano Concerto & Incidental Music to 'Peer Gynt'
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Lise Davidsen (soprano), Ann-Helen Moen (soprano), Victoria Nava (soprano), Johannes Weisser (baritone), Håkon Høgemo (Hardanger Fiddle)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs, Edward Gardner
Gardner and the splendid team tackle the whole work with all the verve and drama one could possible want…But perhaps most illuminating is the contribution of Håkon Høgemo on the Hardanger fiddle,... — More…
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…the engineering… is exemplary in every way, conveying the warm acoustics of Bergen's Grieg Hall with thrilling presence. …playing so enchantingly musical that occasionally one might have thought... — More…
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Grieg: Complete Symphonic Works Volume 1
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Eivind Aadland
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... — More…
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Grieg & Schumann: Piano Concertos
Janne Mertanen (piano)
Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Koivula
Mertanen's bravura is commanding, as, more importantly, are his tenderness and spontaneous poetic response...The Gavle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hannu Koivula also play gloriously...Everything... — More…
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Tchaikovsky & Grieg: Piano Concertos
Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vassily Sinaisky
Out of repertory that has been celebrated, picked over and just about played to death over the course of almost a century and a half, they create magic…of course, this could only be achieved... — More…
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Grieg: Complete Symphonic Works Volume 3
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Eivind Aadland
Aadland has the advantage of truly first-class orchestral playing: the Cologne WDR Sinfonieorchester is a fine orchestra indeed, and its account of the Lyric Suite is notable for its excellence... — More…
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Delius in Norway
Ann Helen Moen (soprano)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
A string of orchestral and vocal works inspired by the composer’s love for the landscape of the Scandinavian country — More…
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Grieg & Brahms: Introspective / Retrospective
Jörg Widmann (clarinet)
Hagen Quartett
any doubts as to the originality, vision and coherence of Grieg's turbulent score are immediately dispelled in this revelatory performance. The Hagen Quartet approach the music with no preconceptions,... — More…
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Grieg & Dvorak: Piano Concertos
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Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, Vaclav Smetacek
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Grieg & Grainger: Cello works
Andreas Brantelid (cello) & Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), Lars Bjornkjaer (violin)
Brantelid's feverish energy, tonal and textural range add something new. The Andante has a glistening innocence, while the sense of rough, spontaneous dance in the finale pulls the music closer... — More…