Peer Gynt, Suites Nos. 1 and 2 in Full Score

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, suites nº 1 y nº 2, para orquesta.

In 1874 Henrik Ibsen invited Edvard Gried to compose incidental music for a staged version of his Norwegian verse drama "Peer Gynt". The result of this collaboration between Norway's greatest dramatist and its greatest composer was a set of pieces that have become among the best known and best loved of the late 19th century.

Grieg's complete incidental music to "Peer Gynt" is comprised of 22 pieces; it is the two orchestral suites arranged from eight of these pieces that have become staples of the repertoire, with innumerable performances and dozens of reecordings. This authoritative edition contains both suites complete, including such concert hall favorites as "Morning Mood", "Anitra's Dance" and "In the Hall of the Mountain King".

Musicians and music lovers will appreciate having these favorite scores in one handy volume; students and scholars will want to have them on hand for the study of Grieg's melodic and harmonic style and orchestration, as well as for his influence on a wide range of composers, from Debussy to Sibelius.

Instrumentation:
Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in A, Bb, 2 bassoons
4 Horns in E, F, 2 trumpets in E, F, 3 trombones (2 tenori, basso)
Timpani, percussion (triangle, cymbals, tambourine, small drum, bass drum)
Harp
Violins I, II, violas, cellos, basses

CONTENIDO:

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (1888)
1. Morning Mood
2. Aase's Death
3. Anitra's Dance
4. In the Hall of the Mountain King

Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 (1891-92)
1. The Abduction of the Bride (Ingrid's Lament)
2. Arabian Dance
3. Peer Gynt's Journey Home
4. Solveig's Song