GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, Piano Concerto, 7 Lyric Pieces
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Ronan O’Hora (pno)
Mark Ermler (cond)
James Judd (cond)
“in imagination and delicacy of feeling, combined with natural authoritative brilliance, this … performance is unsurpassed….moment of magic…natural spontaneous flow…consistently disarming…one of the great bargains of the catalogue” (Penguin Rosette 1998 re Concerto/Lyric Pieces) “I urge you to buy it,….. for the concerto is very special and will certainly be a candidate for my “Critics’ choice” in December.” (Gramophone)
Peer Gynt Suite No.1[1] Morning 4:21[2] Death of Aase 5:15[3] Anitra’s Dance 3:32[4] In the Hall of the Mountain King 2:26
Peer Gynt Suite No.2[5] Ingrid’s Lament 4:52[6] Arabian Dance 4:37[7] Peer Gynt’s Homecoming 2:50[8] Solveig’s Song 5:03
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16[9] Allegro molto moderato 13:44[10] Adagio 6:30[11] Allegro moderato molto e marcato 10:22
(Seven selected) Lyric Pieces[12] Arietta (Op.12, No.1) 1:50[13] Elves’ Dance (Op.12, No.4) 0:44[14] Butterfly (Op.43, No.1) 1:58[15] To Spring (Op.43, No.6) 2:44[16] Notturno (Op.54, No.4) 3:58[17] Sylph (Opus 62, No.1) 1:50[18] Summer Evening (Opus 71, No.2) 2:42