The Best of Grieg
including the Piano Concerto in A minor

Zoltán Kocsis
Stephen Kovacevich

BBC Symphony Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra

Sir Colin Davis
Raymond Leppard

1993: Philips Classics/Duo 438 380-2


    CD 1

    Peer Gynt

    Suite No. 1, Op. 46
    English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

  1. 1.  Morning Mood
  2. 2.  Åse’s Death
  3. 3.  Anitra’s Dance
  4. 4.  In the Hall of the Mountain King


    Suite No. 2, Op. 55
    English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

  5. 1.  The Abduction (Ingrid’s Lament)
  6. 2.  Arabian Dance
  7. 3.  Peer Gynt’s Return
  8. 4.  Solveig’s Song


    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

    BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (featuring Stephen Kovacevich, piano)

  9. 1.  Allegro molto moderato
  10. 2.  Adagio
  11. 3.  Allegro moderato molto e marcato — Quasi presto — Andante maestoso


    Lyric Suite, Op. 54

    English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

  12. 1.  Shepherd’s Boy
  13. 2.  Norwegian Rustic March
  14. 3.  Notturno
  15. 4.  March of the Dwarfs

    CD 2

    From Holberg’s Time, Op. 40

    Suite in the Olden Style for string orchestra
    English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard (*featuring José Luis Garcia, violin, and Quintin Ballardie, viola)

  1. 1.  Präludium (Allegro vivace)
  2. 2.  Sarabande (Andante)
  3. 3.  Gavotte (Allegretto) — Musette (Poco più mosso) — Gavotte
  4. 4.  Air (Andante religioso)
  5. 5.  Rigaudon (Allegro con brio)*


    Lyric Pieces, Op. 12

    Zoltán Kocsis, piano

  6. 1.  Arietta
  7. 2.  Waltz
  8. 3.  Watchman’s Song
  9. 4.  Fairy-dance
  10. 5.  Popular Melody
  11. 6.  Norwegian Melody
  12. 7.  Album-leaf
  13. 8.  National Song


    Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

    Zoltán Kocsis, piano

  14. 1.  Butterfly
  15. 2.  Solitary Traveller
  16. 3.  In My Native COuntry
  17. 4.  Little Bird
  18. 5.  Erotikon
  19. 6.  To Spring


    Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

    Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

  20. No. 1 in G
  21. No. 2 in A
  22. No. 3 in D
  23. No. 4 in A minor

Includes “A Life of Untiring Activity (Edvard Grieg),” an article by Christopher Fifield.

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