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Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Holberg Suite; Norwegian Dances; Wedding Day At Troldhaugen

Utah Symphony Orchestra; Maurice Abravanel

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Format: CD

Cat No: VOX-NX-3039CD

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Release Date:  24 May 2024

Label:  Vox Classics / Vox

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  747313303984

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Edvard Grieg

  • Description

    Edvard Grieg already had the renowned Piano Concerto and Sigurd Jorsalfar behind him when he was commissioned to write incidental music for a staged version of Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt. This resulted in some of Grieg's most famous music, from the Norwegian trolls and hobgoblins of In the Hall of the Mountain King to the movingly simple Solveig's Song. The suite From Holberg's Time takes us back to Baroque style and traditions with irresistible melodic charm. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen was a wedding anniversary present for Nina, Grieg's wife, and the sprightly Norwegian Dances are a precursor to the larger-scale Symphonic Dances (available on VOX-NX-3038CD). These classic VOX recordings by Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony Orchestra were originally issued in 1976 and have been newly remastered from the original tapes. The Elite Recordings for VOX by legendary producers Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz are considered by audiophiles to be amongst the finest sounding examples of orchestral recordings.