Grieg
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist whose music became one of the defining sounds of Scandinavian Romanticism. Born in Bergen, he studied in Leipzig and later drew deeply on Norwegian folk melody, rhythm and landscape.
His works include the Piano Concerto in A minor, the incidental music to Peer Gynt, the Lyric Pieces for piano, songs, chamber music and orchestral dances. Many of these works...
GRIEG Violin Sonata No. 1
GRIEG Violin Sonata No. 2
GRIEG Violin Sonata No. 3
Stereo studio recordings, 1957
Total duration: 63:40
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Robert Levin, piano
GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
SIBELIUS Lemminkäinen Suite
Recorded 1947-1951
Total duration: 56:52
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
GRIEG Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
Short works by Bridge, Bruch, Glazunov, Grieg, Popper and Saint-Saëns
Studio recordings · 1926-29
Total duration: 79:25
Felix Salmond, cello
Simeon Rumschisky, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY, GLINKA, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, LIADOV
GLAZUNOV From the Middle Ages
DUBENSKY Stephen Foster – Theme, Variations and Finale
DUBENSKY Fugue for 18
Violins
CESANA Negro Heaven
GERSHWIN-BENNETT Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
KHATCHATURIAN Gayaneh – Ballet Suite ENESCU 2 Romanian Rhapsodies
DVOŘÁK 4 Slavonic Dances
BRAHMS 3 Hungarian Dances
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, 'Winter Dreams'
KALINNIKOV Symphony No. 1
HAYDN L’Isola Disabitata – Overture
HAYDN Symphony No. 73, “La Chasse”
GRIEG Sigurd Jorsalfar – Suite
GRIEG Peer Gynt – Suite No. 2
GRIEG Symphonic Dances
DELIBES Coppélia - Suite
DELIBES Sylvia - Suite
KHACHATURIAN Masquerade - Suite
music by Kreisler, Sgambati, Weber, J. Strauss II
Studio recordings, 1941-53
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Fabien Sevitzky
HAYDN L’Isola Disabitata – Overture
HAYDN Symphony No. 73, “La Chasse”
GRIEG Sigurd Jorsalfar – Suite
GRIEG Peer Gynt – Suite No. 2
GRIEG Symphonic Dances
Studio recordings, 1941-45
Total duration: 73:28
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Fabien Sevitzky
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
WAGNER Overture to 'Tannhäuser'
BRAHMS, GRIEG, MOZART, WEBER, BEETHOVEN
THOMAS, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, GOUNOD, LIADOV
Recorded 1917-1924
Total duration: 70:37
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
