GRIEG: PEER GYNT SUITES 1 & 2; PIANO CONCERTO; 7 LYRIC PIECES - O'HORA, ERMLER, JUDD, ROYAL PHILHARMONIC

GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, Piano Concerto, 7 Lyric Pieces

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Ronan O’Hora (pno)
Mark Ermler (cond)
James Judd (cond)

“in imagination and delicacy of feeling, combined with natural authoritative brilliance, this … performance is unsurpassed….moment of magic…natural spontaneous flow…consistently disarming…one of the great bargains of the catalogue” (Penguin Rosette 1998 re Concerto/Lyric Pieces) “I urge you to buy it,….. for the concerto is very special and will certainly be a candidate for my “Critics’ choice” in December.” (Gramophone)

Peer Gynt Suite No.1
[1] Morning 4:21
[2] Death of Aase 5:15
[3] Anitra’s Dance 3:32
[4] In the Hall of the Mountain King 2:26

Peer Gynt Suite No.2
[5] Ingrid’s Lament 4:52
[6] Arabian Dance 4:37
[7] Peer Gynt’s Homecoming 2:50
[8] Solveig’s Song 5:03

Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
[9] Allegro molto moderato 13:44
[10] Adagio 6:30
[11] Allegro moderato molto e marcato 10:22

(Seven selected) Lyric Pieces
[12] Arietta (Op.12, No.1) 1:50
[13] Elves’ Dance (Op.12, No.4) 0:44
[14] Butterfly (Op.43, No.1) 1:58
[15] To Spring (Op.43, No.6) 2:44
[16] Notturno (Op.54, No.4) 3:58
[17] Sylph (Opus 62, No.1) 1:50
[18] Summer Evening (Opus 71, No.2) 2:42