Peer Gynt

Album by Edvard Grieg

Peer Gynt is a suite of incidental music composed by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg for Henrik Ibsen's play, written in 1875. The music blends Romantic orchestral writing with piano passages and motifs drawn from Norwegian folk music, and it represents an important example of Grieg's mature style and his role in the development of Norwegian musical nationalism in the late 19th century.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: Morgenstimmung
    4:17
  2. 2.
    Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: Aases Tod (Death Of Aase)
    5:11
  3. 3.
    Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: Anitra's Tanz (Dance Of Anitra)
    3:27
  4. 4.
    Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: In The Hall Of The Mountain King
    2:25
  5. 5.
    Peer Gynt Suite no. 2 op. 55: Ingrid's Lament
    4:56
  6. 6.
    Peer Gynt Suite no. 2 op. 55: Arabian Dance
    4:35
  7. 7.
    Peer Gynt Suite no. 2 op. 55: Peer Gynt's Homecoming
    2:48
  8. 8.
    Peer Gynt Suite no. 2 op. 55: Solveig's Song
    4:59
  9. 9.
    Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: Allegro Moderato
    12:49
  10. 10.
    Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: Adagio
    6:15
  11. 11.
    Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: Allegro Marcato
    10:39

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 64: Allegro Moderato e Marcato
    6:23
  2. 3.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 64: Allegretto Grazioso
    4:48
  3. 4.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 64: Allegro Giocoso
    5:26
  4. 5.
    Symphonic Dances, op. 64: Andante - Allegro Molto e Risoluto
    11:09
  5. 6.
    Sigurd Jorsalfar, Suite, op. 56: Prelude - In The King's Hall
    5:00
  6. 7.
    Sigurd Jorsalfar, Suite, op. 56: Intermezzo - Borghild's Dream
    4:00
  7. 8.
    Sigurd Jorsalfar, Suite, op. 56: Homage March
    9:02
  8. 9.
    Lyric Suite, op. 54: Shepherd's Boy
    4:30
  9. 10.
    Lyric Suite, op. 54: Norwegian Rustic Dance
    2:37
  10. 11.
    Lyric Suite, op. 54: Nocturne
    4:27
  11. 12.
    Lyric Suite, op. 54: March of the Dwarfs
    3:48

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