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GRIEG
Music for String Orchestra
From Holberg’s Time
Lyric Suite
Malmö Symphony
Bjarte Engeset
2 Elegiac Melodies, Op 34
2 Melodies, Op 53
From Holberg’s Time: Suite in Olden Style, Op 40
2 Lyric Pieces, Op 68
2 Nordic Melodies, Op 63
Lyric Suite, Op 54
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
(8570236) was described as containing ‘performances as fine as any in the catalogue. These are gorgeous, perfectly paced and thrillingly recorded’. (ClassicsToday.com)
This series has garnered tremendous reviews so far.
Concentrating in this volume on the folk-inspired works adds focus. BIS recorded a similar sort of programme back in 1995 with the Bergen Philharmonic, as did DG with the Gothenburg Orchestra and Järvi back in 1992, but neither is as extensive as this Naxos disc, nor do they offer the kind of comprehensive look that our disc does.
Since 2007, Bjarte Engeset has been artistic director of DalaSinfoniettan symphony orchestra in Sweden. His recordings of Norwegian orchestral music by Grieg and Tveitt have been widely acclaimed.
Naxos 8572403
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