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, More…

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

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Excerpt, Grieg: Peer Gynt, incidental music, Op. 23

7:00

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West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland
Recorded: 25 February 2014
Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany

Act I: Prelude (I Bryllupsgarden) (At the Wedding)

5:08

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Act II Scene 6: Dans av Dovregubbens datter (Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter)

1:52

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Grieg: Songs with Orchestra

27:07

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West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland
Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Recorded: 3-4 November 2014
Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany

No. 1. Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV: Solveigs sang (Solveig's Song)

5:10

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No. 2. Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V: Solveigs vuggevise (Solveig's Cradle Song)

4:12

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No. 3. Romances, Op. 39: No. 1. Fra Monte Pincio (From Monte Pincio)

5:12

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No. 4. 6 Dirges, Op. 25: No. 2. En svane (A Swan)

2:41

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No. 5. 12 Melodies, Op. 33: No. 2. Varen (Last Spring)

5:41

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No. 6. Norge, Op. 58: No. 3. Henrik Wergeland

4:11

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Excerpt, Grieg: Lyric Pieces IX (6), Op. 68

8:04

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West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland
Recorded: 1-6 October 2012
Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany

No. 1. Aften pa hoyfjellet (Evening in the Mountains)

3:52

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No. 2. Badnlat (At the Cradle)

4:12

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Grieg: Den bergtekne in G Minor, Op. 32 (The Mountain Thrall)

6:04

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West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland
Tom Erik Lie (baritone)
Recorded: 1-6 October 2012
Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany

Den bergtekne (The Mountain Thrall), Op. 32

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Grieg: Norwegian Dances, Op. 35 (arr. H. Sitt for orchestra)

18:01

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West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland
Recorded: 9-13 December 2013
Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany

I. Allegro marcato - Animato

6:35

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II. Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso - Allegro

2:27

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III. Allegro moderato alla marcia - Tranquillo - A tempo

3:14

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IV. Allegro molto

5:45

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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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