Grieg: Peer Gynt / Sigurd Jorsalfar, Opp. 22,23

Grieg: Peer Gynt / Sigurd Jorsalfar, Opp. 22,23

Grieg: Peer Gynt / Sigurd Jorsalfar, Opp. 22,23
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Composer: Edvard Grieg
Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Performer: Gosta Ohlins Vocal Ensemble
Performer: Pro Musica Chamber Choir
Edition: Music CD
Published: 1990
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Polygram Records / Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.1 At The Wedding - Paul Cortese
  2. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.2 Halling - Knut Buen
  3. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.3 Springar - Knut Buen
  4. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.4 The Abduction Of The Bride: Ingrid's Lamet - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  5. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.5 Peer Gynt And The Herd-Girls - Maria Andersson/Monica Einarson/Charlotte Forsberg/Toralv Maurstad
  6. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.6 Peer Gynt And The Woman In Green - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  7. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.7 'Great Folk May Be Known By The Mounts That They Ride' - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  8. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.8 In The Hall Of The Mountain King - Gosta Ohlin's Vocal Ens/Pro Musica Cham Chor/Gosta Ohlin
  9. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.9 Dance Of The Mountain King's Daughter - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  10. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.10 Peer Gynt Hunted By The Trolls - Toralv Maurstad/Gosta Ohlin's Vocal Ens/Pro Musica Cham Chor/Gosta Ohlin
  11. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.11 Peer Gynt And The Boyg - Toralv Maurstad/Tor Stokke/Gosta Ohlin's Vocal Ens/Pro Musica Cham Chor/Gosta Ohlin
  12. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.12 The Death Of Ase: Prld To Act III - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  13. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.12 Act III Scene 4 - Toralv Maurstad/Wenche Foss
  14. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.13 Morning Mood - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  15. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.14 The Thief And The Receiver - Urban Malmberg/Carl Gustaf Holmgren
  16. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.15 Arabian Dance - Gosta Ohlin's Vocal Ens/Pro Musica Cham Chor/Gosta Ohlin/Marianne Eklof
  17. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.16 Anitra's Dance - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  18. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.17 Peer Gynt's Ser - Urban Malmberg
  19. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.18 Peer Gynt And Anitra - Wenche Foss/Toralv Maurstad
Music CD 2
  1. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.19 Solveig's Song - Barbara Bonney
  2. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.20 Peer Gynt At The Statue Of Memnon - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  3. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.21 Peer Gynt's Homecoming: Stormy Evening On The Sea - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  4. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.22 Shipwreck - Toralv Maurstad
  5. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.23 Solveig Sings In The Hut - Barbara Bonney
  6. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.24 Night Scene - Toralv Maurstad/Gosta Ohlin's Vocal Ens/Pro Musica Cham Chor/Gosta Ohlin/Wenche Foss
  7. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.25 Whitsun Hymn: 'Blessed Morn' - Gosta Ohlin's Vocal Ens/Pro Musica Cham Chor/Gosta Ohlin
  8. Peer Gynt Op.23: No.26 Solveig's Cradle Song - Tor Stokke/Barbara Bonney/Gosta Ohlin's Vocal Ens/Pro Musica Cham Chor/Gosta Ohlin
  9. Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22: Fanfares - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  10. Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22: No.1 Prld To Act I - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  11. Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22: No.2 Borghild's Dream - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  12. Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22: No.3 The Matching Game - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  13. Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22: No.4 The Northland Folk - Kjell Magnus Sandve/Gosta Ohlin's Vocal Ens/Pro Musica Cham Chor/Gosta Ohlin
  14. Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22: No.5 Homage March - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  15. Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22: No.6 Interlude I - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  16. Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22: No.7 Interlude I - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
  17. Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.22: No.8 The King's Song - Kjell Magnus Sandve/Gosta Ohlin's Vocal Ens/Pro Musica Cham Chor/Gosta Ohlin

Music reviews of Grieg: Peer Gynt / Sigurd Jorsalfar, Opp. 22,23

Music Review: If you thought the familiar Suite version was awesome...
Rating: 5 Stars

... think again! You're missing more than half of what Mr. Grieg has to offer of the story of the Norwegian Faust, Peer Gynt. Much of the music in this complete version is not to be ignored. Seriously folks, some of the musical scenes not present in the Suite version will knock your socks off!

Here are some stuff you're missing:

1) The official music that introduces us to the play, known as the overture. It is a lively opener, carefree as the young Peer Gynt, but also has a somber Solveig theme in the middle section, fortelling his ultimate fate. Peer's leitmotif in the beginning will be used again later on, but this time in a minor key, in the Abduction scene (which would become the first movement in the second suite).

2) Two brief pieces written for the Hardanger fiddle to give you a taste of Norway.

3) Singing is involved in some of the familiar movements you hear in the Suite version; Solveig's song, Arabian Dance, and most strikingly, the infamous Hall of the Mountain King, which the trolls violently chant "Kill Him! Kill Him!"

4) The curious Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter. The melody is in a major key, but the sharp fourth (think the intro for "Maria", and "The Simpsons" Theme) discomforts the listeners (in Modal terms, it sounds like Lydian). This sharp fourth and a tonic played together would produce a tritone (or also known as the Devil's interval, and Grieg must have purposely done that to represent the trolls' evil nature).

5) The scene following the troll's capture of Peer Gynt. Musically, it is a more skippy version of the Mountain King theme, in 6/8, reminiscent of Berlioz's "Sabbath Night" from Symphonie Fantastique. There is a whole barrage of brass and percussion in the crumbling scene, when the trolls retreat after hearing church bells from the distance.

6) The turning point of the play - the aging Peer Gynt's entry to a devastated forest. There he witnesses voices (sung in unison) coming from different inanimate objects such as leaves, dews, and winds, telling all his wrongdoings. As each object scorns him, the music becomes higher and more menacing. Later, you hear the voice of Peer Gynt's mother, along with the reprise of her theme.

6) How the play began with D major, it ends with the same key, this time touching, as the old Solveig, Peer Gynt's destined love and symbol of ultimate redemption, sings him a lulluby. The man's mortal, and moral, journey is finally over...
More Grieg: Peer Gynt / Sigurd Jorsalfar, Opp. 22,23 free music reviews:
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Description of Grieg: Peer Gynt / Sigurd Jorsalfar, Opp. 22,23

Neeme Järvi's complete recording is marked by a good feel for pacing and color and excellent contributions from its soloists--including, in Knut Buen, a real Hardanger fiddler for the right folkloric touch. This account is melodramatic in the good sense, particularly in the confrontation with the Boyg. The sound is excellent; the only drawback is that the recording takes up two discs. --Ted Libbey

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