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GRIEG, E.: Music for String Orchestra / Lyric Suite |
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Composer: |
Edvard Grieg |
Artist: |
Jeno Jando, Takako Nishizaki, Lars Anders Tomter, Angele Dubeau, Anne Britt Saevig, Terje Tonnesen, Geir Inge Lotsberg |
Conductor: |
Bela Banfalvi, Richard Tognetti, Neville Marriner, Frederik IX (King of Denmark), Sergey Koussevitzky, Adrian Leaper, Alfred Walter, Terje Tonnesen, Stephan Barratt-Due, Magnus Ericsson, Richard Edlinger, Bjarte Engeset, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Andrew Penny, Richard Studt, Oyvind Gimse, Eivind Aadland |
Ensemble: |
Pieta, La, Budapest Strings |
Orchestra: |
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Camerata Cassovia, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Oslo Camerata, West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Strings, Orchestra of the Mill, CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
Label: |
Naxos |
Catalogue No.: |
8.572403 |
Format: |
CD |
Barcode: |
0747313240371 |
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Grieg’s beautiful works for string orchestra often owe their origin to poetic inspiration or to mountain vistas. Some were based on piano originals, including the Holberg Suite, a masterpiece of invention. All of these pieces show Grieg’s assimilation of Norwegian folk culture and his lyrical mastery, through which he sought to ‘give expression to the hidden harmonies in our folk melodies’. Volume 4 in this series (8.570236) was described as containing ‘performances as fine as any in the catalogue. These are gorgeous, perfectly paced and thrillingly recorded’. (ClassicsToday.com)
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