Oslo Camerata, Stephan Barratt-Due - GRIEG: Music for String Orchestra (2006)

Tracklist

01. Holberg Suite, Op. 40: I. Praludium: Allegro Vivace
02. Holberg Suite, Op. 40: II. Sarabande: Andante
03. Holberg Suite, Op. 40: III. Gavotte: Allegretto - Musette: Poco piu mosso
04. Holberg Suite, Op. 40: IV. Air: Andante religioso
05. Holberg Suite, Op. 40: V. Rigaudon: Allegro con brio - Poco meno mosso
06. Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34: No. 2: Varen (Last Spring)
07. Two Melodies, Op. 53: No. 1: Norsk (Norwegian)
08. Two Melodies, Op. 53: Det forste Mode (The First Meeting)
09. Two Lyric Pieces, Op. 68: No. 2: Badnlat (At the Cradle)
10. Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34: No. 1: Hjertesar (The Wounded Heart)
11. Two Nordic Melodies, Op. 63: No. 1: I Folketonestil (In Folk Style)
12. Two Nordic Melodies, Op. 63: No. 2a: Kulokk (Cow Call)
13. Two Nordic Melodies, Op. 63: No. 2b: Stabbelaten (Peasant Dance)
14. Peer Gynt, Op. 46: No. 1b: Ases dod (The Death of Ase)

Grieg was a master of the miniature, an aspect of his genius shown in this collection of works for string orchestra. The popular Holberg Suite translates a set of baroque dances into contemporary idiom. The other works are derived by the composer from earlier songs or piano pieces, of which Grieg wrote a very large number. The Two Elegiac Melodies, Last Spring and The Wounded Heart, are among Grieg’s most popular works. Established in 1998, the internationally renowned Oslo Camerata has its own concert series at the Old Masonic Lodge in Oslo, which dates from Grieg’s time.

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