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Grieg: Complete Music for Piano 4-Hands; Peer Gynt Suites / Plano, Del Negro
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Grieg: Complete Music for Piano 4-Hands; Peer Gynt Suites / Plano, Del Negro

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Details

Composer
Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Artist
Roberto Plano, Paola Del Negro
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
May 26, 2023
Catalog #
BRI96284
UPC
5028421962849

About

During the years leading up to the beginning of the 20th century, Edvard Grieg was the most significant Scandinavian composer. His 4 Norwegian dances Op. 35 are arrangements for piano four-hands of old folk tunes. The Symphony in C minor was composed in 1863–64. The melodies of its second and third movements later came to be known in the present arrangement for piano duet known as 2 Symphonic Pieces Op. 14. Grieg composed a score for Peer Gynt of some 90 minutes of incidental music, from which he selected the most beautiful numbers for two orchestral suites which he arranged in versions for piano solo and piano four-hands.

Grieg wrote the 2 Walzer-Capricen Op.37 for piano four hands in 1883. The 2 Nordic Melodies, Op. 63 were originally written for string orchestra in 1895. The work is dedicated to the Norwegian and Swedish ambassador to Paris Frederik Due. Due sent Grieg some compositions for violin and piano, and one of his melodies appears in the first piece: ‘In Folk Style’. The second piece, comprising the ‘Cow-Call’ and ‘Peasant Dance’, is a reworking of two pieces (Nos. 18 and 22) from Grieg’s Op. 17 (25 Norwegian Folk Ballads and Dances).

REVIEW:

Grieg had a mastery of the two-piano idiom that is well represented here by Plano and Del Negro. I am very pleased to have this excellent release in my library. It has great piano sound and some of my favorites along with a few rare pieces.

-- American Record Guide

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro marcato 05:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro marcato
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  2. 2 II. Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso 02:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  3. 3 III. Allegro moderato alla marcia 02:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro moderato alla marcia
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  4. 4 IV. Allegro molto 05:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  5. 5 I. Adagio cantabile 06:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  6. 6 II. Allegro energico 04:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro energico
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  7. 7 I. Morning Mood 04:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Morning Mood
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  8. 8 II. The Death of Aase 03:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. The Death of Aase
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  9. 9 III. Anitra's Dance 03:18
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Anitra's Dance
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  10. 10 IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King 02:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  11. 11 I. Ingrid's Lament 03:13
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Ingrid's Lament
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  12. 12 II. Arabian Dance 04:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Arabian Dance
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  13. 13 III. Peer Gynt's Homecoming 02:50
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Peer Gynt's Homecoming
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  14. 14 IV. Solveig's Song 05:20
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Solveig's Song
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  15. 15 V. Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter 01:45
    Track
    15
    Title
    V. Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  16. 16 I. Tempo di valse moderato 05:16
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Tempo di valse moderato
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  17. 17 II. Tempo di valse 03:59
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Tempo di valse
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  18. 18 No. 1. In folk style 07:46
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 1. In folk style
    Duration
    07:46
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  19. 19 No. 2. Cow-Call 02:19
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 2. Cow-Call
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano
  20. 20 No. 2. Peasant Dance 02:03
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 2. Peasant Dance
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Paola Del Negro, Roberto Plano