Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Complete Orchestral Works

Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Bjarte Engeset

Naxos 8.508015
8 CDs

CD 1

Concert Overture: In Autumn, Op. 11

1. In Autumn, Op. 11

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

2. I. Allegro molto moderato

3. II. Adagio

4. III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato

Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

5. No. 1

6. No. 2

7. No. 3

8. No. 4

CD 2

Slåtter – Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op. 72 (orchestral selections)

1. Wedding March after Myllarguten, Op. 72 No. 8

2. Halling (from The Fairy Hill), Op. 72 No. 4

3. John Væstafæ's Springdans, Op. 72 No. 2

Norwegian Dances, Op. 35

4. No. 1

5. No. 2

6. No. 3

7. No. 4

8. Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak

Lyric Pieces / orchestral arrangements

9. Norwegian Bridal Procession, Op. 19 No. 2

10. Ballade in G minor, Op. 24

11. Lyric Pieces, Op. 54: Bell-Ringing

CD 3

Symphony in C minor

1. I. Allegro molto moderato

2. II. Adagio espressivo

3. III. Intermezzo: Allegro molto marcato

4. IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco

Old Norwegian Romance with Variations, Op. 51

5. Old Norwegian Romance with Variations

Sigurd Jorsalfar – Three Orchestral Pieces, Op. 56

6. Introduction

7. Intermezzo

8. Homage March

CD 4

Peer Gynt Suites

1. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46

   • Morning Mood

   • The Death of Åse

   • Anitra's Dance

   • In the Hall of the Mountain King

2. Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55

   • The Abduction of the Bride / Ingrid’s Lament

   • Arabian Dance

   • Peer Gynt’s Homecoming

   • Solveig’s Song

Other orchestral works

3. The First Meeting, Op. 21 No. 1

4. The Mountain Thrall (Den Bergtekne), Op. 32

Six Songs for voice and orchestra

5–10. Six Orchestral Songs

CD 5

Peer Gynt – Complete Incidental Music, Op. 23

1–13. Peer Gynt, incidental music (Part I)

CD 6

Peer Gynt – Complete Incidental Music, Op. 23

1–14. Peer Gynt, incidental music (Part II)

CD 7

Foran sydens kloster (Before a Southern Convent), Op. 20

1. Before a Southern Convent

Bergliot, Op. 42

2. Bergliot

Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

3. The Wounded Heart

4. The Last Spring

Two Melodies, Op. 53

5. Norwegian

6. First Meeting

From Holberg’s Time (Holberg Suite), Op. 40

7. Prelude

8. Sarabande

9. Gavotte

10. Air

11. Rigaudon

Lyric Pieces – orchestral arrangements

12. Lyric Pieces, Op. 68 No. 4

13. Lyric Pieces, Op. 68 No. 5

Two Nordic Melodies, Op. 63

14. In Folk Style

15. Cow-Call and Peasant Dance

CD 8

Lyric Suite (selections from Lyric Pieces, Op. 54)

1. Shepherd Boy (Gjetergutt)

2. Gangar

3. Notturno

4. March of the Trolls

Landkjenning, Op. 31

5. Landkjenning

Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 22 – Incidental Music

6–9. Incidental music excerpts

Olav Trygvason, Op. 50

10. Dramatic scene

Study after Edmund Neupert

11. Resignation (from Studies, Op. 26)

Total Playing Time: approx. 8 hours 55 minutes