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The second release in the Naxos Geirr Tveitt survey comprises […]
Geirr Tveitt composed five orchestral sets of Hardanger tunes, each
Choices, choices! Ole Kristian Ruud’s superb Grieg box on BIS
This CD presents more than an hour’s worth of rarely-heard music. The three main works here were inspired by Edvard Grieg and his librettist Bjørnstjerne
Ludvig Irgens-Jensen’s Passacaglia of 1928, music of unaffected grandeur and nobility, is one of the monuments of the Scandinavian orchestral repertoire. It receives a powerful
The excellence of Bjarte Engeset’s Grieg recordings speaks for itself. This disc contains all of Grieg’s music for string orchestra, plus the Lyric Suite. As
Johan Svendsen’s four Norwegian Rhapsodies represent his best orchestral work, probably because they used borrowed tunes. He was not a particularly interesting melodist, or orchestrator,
If you enjoyed Bjarte Engeset’s excellent disc of the Peer Gynt Suites, then you’ll certainly like this version of the complete incidental music as much
Here is more fine Grieg from Bjarte Engeset and Naxos. The symphony isn’t terribly interesting or important, but this is a very charming performance featuring
Naxos’ ongoing series of Grieg orchestral music has been offering performances basically as fine as any in the catalog. These performances of the two canonical
