Edvard Grieg first met Percy Grainger in London in 1906 and the two became good friends, Grieg inviting the ‘Young Apollo’ to spend the summer of 1907 with him at Troldhaugen where they revised the famous Piano Concerto in A minor in preparation for a European tour later that year. Their alterations, enhancing dynamic clarity, resulted in the last edition “sanctioned by Grieg himself”, as Grieg died a few months later. Edvard Grieg had plans for a second piano concerto and wrote several piano sketches for a concerto in B-minor in 1883. He never completed it, but Norwegian composer Helge Evju has taken up the challenge to compose a work based on the incomplete concerto fragments, creating a romantic and beautiful companion concerto, faithful to Grieg’s musical style and flair.
Tracklist Grieg, Edvard
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 (revised by P. Grainger) (1868) (00:27:00 ) 1 I. Allegro moderato (00:11:36) 2 II. Adagio (00:06:01) 3 III. Allegro marcato (00:09:34) 4 Piano Concerto in B Minor (fragments) (1883) (00:02:34) Evju, Helge
Piano Concerto in B Minor (on fragments by E. Grieg) () (00:22:04 ) 5 I. Moderato tranquillo * (00:05:41) 6 II. Scherzo * (00:04:10) 7 III. Adagio * (00:05:21) 8 IV Cadenza * (00:02:43) 9 V. Finale * (00:04:14) Grieg, Edvard 10 6 Poems, Op. 25: No. 4. Med en vandlilje (With a Water Lily) (arr. H. Evju for piano) (1876) * (00:02:11) 11 6 Songs, Op. 48: No. 6. En drom (A Dream) (arr. H. Evju for piano) (1888) * (00:02:33)
