Grieg: Peer Gynt Op. 23 / Ruud, Hagegård, Et Al

$34.99
Label
BIS
Release Date
May 1, 2005
Format
Added to Cart! View cart or continue shopping.


    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GRIEG, EDVARD
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Torbjorn, Ha, Stale, Gulbrandsoy, Bjorn Willberg, Bjornhaug, Andersen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 01, 2005
    • UPC
      7318591441427
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-SACD-1441-42
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I: Prelude (I Bryllupsgarden) (At the Wedding)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    2. Act I Scene 1: Bukkerittet (The Buckride)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    3. Act I Scene 2: Bryllupsmarsj (Wedding March)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    4. Act I Scene 2: Pa vei til Hegstad (On the Way to Hegstad)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    5. Act I Scene 2: Halling

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    6. Act I Scene 3: Springar: Bryllupet pa Hegstad (Springar: The Wedding at Hegstad)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    7. Act II: Prelude (Bruderovet) (The Abduction of the Bride)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    8. Act II Scene 1: Peer Gynt og Ingrid (Peer Gynt and Ingrid)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    9. Act II Scene 3: Peer Gynt pa flukt (Peer Gynt on the Run)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    10. Act II Scene 3: Peer Gynt og Saeterjentene (Peer Gynt and the Herd-Girls)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    11. Act II Scene 5: Peer Gynt og Den Gronnkledde (Peer Gynt and the Woman in Green)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    12. Act II Scene 5: Peer Gynt og Den Gronnkledde, forts. (Peer Gynt and the Woman in Green, cont.)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    13. Act II Scene 5: Pa ridestellet skal storfolk kjennes (Great Folk may be Known by the Mounts…)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    14. Act II Scene 6: I Dovregubbens hall (In the Hall of the Mountain King)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    15. Act II Scene 6: Peer Gynts mote med Dovregubben (Peer Gynt Meets the Mountain King)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    16. Act II Scene 6: Dans av Dovregubbens datter (Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    17. Act II Scene 6: Ut av Dovregubbens hall (Out of the Mountain King's Hall)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    18. Act II Scene 6: Peer Gynt jages av troll (Peer Gynt Hunted by the Trolls)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    19. Act II Scene 7: Peer Gynt og Boygen (Peer Gynt and the Boyg)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    20. Act III Scene 3: Peer Gynt og Solveig (Peer Gynt and Solveig)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    21. Act III: Prelude (Forspill til Ases dod) (Prelude to the Death of Ase)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    22. Act III Scene 4: Ases dod (The Death of Ase)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    23. Act IV: Prelude (Morgenstemning) (Morning Mood)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    24. Act IV Scene 1: I Marokko (In Morocco)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    25. Act IV Scene 5: Tyven og heleren (The Thief and the Receiver)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    26. Act IV Scene 5: Peer Gynt blir profet (Peer Gynt Becomes a Prophet)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    27. Act IV Scene 6: Arabisk dans (Arabian Dance)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    28. Act IV Scene 6: Profet og hersker (Prophet and Ruler)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    29. Act IV Scene 6: Anitras dans (Anitra's Dance)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    30. Act IV Scene 6: Profetens juvel (The Prophet's Jewel)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    31. Act IV Scene 7: Peer Gynts Serenade (Peer Gynt's Serenade)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    32. Act IV Scene 9: Peer Gynt og Anitra (Peer Gynt and Anitra)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    33. Act IV Scene 9: Peer Gynt og Anitra, forts. (Peer Gynt and Anitra, cont.)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    34. Act IV Scene 9: Forlatt i okenen (Alone in the Desert)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    35. Act IV Scene 10: Solveigs sang (Solveig's Song)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    36. Act IV Scene 11: Peer Gynt i Egypt (Peer Gynt in Egypt)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    37. Act IV Scene 11: Peer Gynt ved Memnonstotten (Peer Gynt at the Statue of Memnon)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    38. Act IV Scene 12: Peer Gynt og Begriffenfeldt (Peer Gynt and Begriffenfeldt)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    39. Act V: Prelude (Peer Gynts hjemfart) (Peer Gynt's Homecoming)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    40. Act V Scene 1: Utenfor den norske kyst (Off the Norwegian Coast)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    41. Act V (Between Scene 1 & 2): Skipsforliset (Shipwreck)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    42. Act V Scene 2: Pa bathvelvet (On the Boat Hull)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    43. Act V Scene 5: Solveig synger i hytten (Solveig Sings in the Hut)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    44. Act V Scene 5: Peer Gynt ved hytten (Peer Gynt by the Hut)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    45. Act V Scene 6: Nattscene (Night Scene)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    46. Act V Scene 7 & 9: Peer Gynt og Knappestoperen (Peer Gynt and the Button Moulder)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    47. Act V Scene 10: Deilige sol og deilige jord (Lovely Sun and Lovely Earth)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    48. Act V Scene 10: Pinsesalme: Velsignede morgen (Whitsun Hymn: Oh Blessed Morning)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    49. Act V Scene 10: Utenfor hytten (Outside the Hut)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    50. Act V Scene 10: Peer Gynt og Solveig (Peer Gynt and Solveig)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

    51. Act V Scene 10: Solveigs vuggevise (Solveig's Cradle Song)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg


This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.


If you want Grieg's complete Peer Gynt with dialogue, this is the set to own. It really does represent a new standard, musically, dramatically, and technically. Let me say up front that ordinarily I'm not a fan of music with dialogue, but these actors are so involved, and their participation is so skillfully integrated into the acoustic framework and the musical flow, that the sound of idiomatically spoken Norwegian becomes a sort of quasi-musical counterpoint all on its own. Of course, it helps that the actual music, as realized by Ruud and his Bergen forces, also is outstandingly played and sung. His interpretation has all of the necessary freshness and energy that Grieg's score requires. It's theatrical and exciting but also sensitive; rustic without being crude.


High points are almost too numerous to list: there's Ruud's ebullient overture and his perfectly judged accelerando at In the Hall of the Mountain King; the rush of excitement when Peer Gynt is being hunted by the trolls; the characterfully grotesque Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter; the effortless flow of Morning Mood; Anitra's sexy little belly dance; a wonderfully urgent Peer Gynt's Homecoming; a terrifying shipwreck that happily avoids tacky sound effects; and it's all capped by the beautiful vocal contributions of Marita Solberg, who sings a particularly earthy, warm-toned Solveig. As with all the participants in this performance, she seems not just concerned with getting the notes right, but she's also fully involved with the text and in communicating what the music means, almost as if it were new. The chorus also characterizes its part with enthusiasm, avoiding that "churchy" feel that sometimes dogs performances with voices (except, of course, in the Whitsun Hymn, where it's called for).


It's also worth pointing out the extreme care that BIS has taken over production values. In SACD multichannel format, not only do you get enhanced three-dimensionality with respect to the basic soundstage, but sensitive use of the rear speakers creates atmosphere--for example, at such moments as the scene with the Boyg, or at various places requiring offstage voices--without ever drawing gratuitous attention to the technical side of things. The bottom line is that this production offers an unparalleled experience of Grieg's music in which the technology is placed entirely in the service of musical and theatrical values. The packaging and presentation are also exceptional: you get two booklets, one with notes and texts (Norwegian and English), the other with production stills from the actual play. Clearly everyone concerned with this release has pulled out all of the stops, and it has paid off handsomely. An exceptional achievement. [6/28/2005]
--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com