Peer Gynt Suites Nᵒˢ 1 & 2

Album by Edvard Grieg & Ferenc Palinko & Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie & Wilhelm Schüchter

Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 are orchestral suites by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, arranged from his 1875 incidental music for Henrik Ibsen's play and published as suites in 1888 and 1893. The music exemplifies Romantic-era orchestral writing with folkloric melodies, colourful instrumentation and programme-like character pieces that reflect dramatic scenes from the play, and the suites occupy a prominent place in Grieg's output and the development of Norwegian national Romantic music.