Herbert von Karajan - Grieg : Peer Gynt Suites, Sibelius: Pelleas et Mélisande (1982) [2015 SACD]

On this release, Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker for a performance of Grieg's Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 and Sibelius' Pelleas et Melisande.
Peer Gynt, Op. 23 is the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play of the same name, written by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in 1875. It premiered along with the play on February 24, 1876 in Christiania (now Oslo). Later, in 1888 and 1891, Grieg extracted eight movements to make two four-movement suites: Suite No. 1, Op. 46, and Suite No. 2, Op. 55. Some of these movements have received coverage in popular culture.
Pelléas et Mélisande, is incidental music in ten parts written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius, for Maurice Maeterlinck's 1892 drama Pelléas et Mélisande. Sibelius later on slightly rearranged the music into a nine movement suite, published as Op. 46, which became one of his most popular concert works.


Tracks:

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46
1. Morning Mood
2. Ase's Death
3. Anitra's Dance
4. In The Hall of the Mountain King
Peer Gynt Suite No.2, Op.55
5. The Abduction of the Bride - Ingrid's Lament
6. Arabian Dance
7. Peer Gynt's Homecoming
8. Solveig's Song

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Pelleas et Melisande, Op.46
9. At the Castle-Gate
10. Melisande
11. At the Seashore
12. A Spring in the Park
13. The Three Blind Sisters
14. Pastorale
15. Melisande at the Spinning Wheel
16. Entr'acte
17. The Death of Melisande

Personnel:

Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan