Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 / Four Norwegian Dances

Album by Edvard Grieg & English Chamber Orchestra & Raymond Leppard

Peer Gynt Suites Nos 1 and 2 and the Four Norwegian Dances are orchestral works by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, with the Peer Gynt incidental music composed in 1875 and later arranged into orchestral suites in the late 19th century. They exemplify Grieg's national romantic style, combining lyrical orchestral colour with folk-inspired melodies, modal harmonies and dance rhythms, and are representative works in his output and of late 19th-century Scandinavian music.