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Ole Kristian Ruud - Grieg: Peer Gynt

Ole Kristian Ruud - Grieg: Peer Gynt

BIS Records

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In July 1875, in a letter to playwright Henrik Ibsen, Edvard Grieg announced the completion of his incidental music to the play Peer Gynt. Six months later, the premiere took place, and with it one of the world's most widely performed plays was launched. Without belittling Ibsen's genius, it is a fact that Grieg's contribution was decisive for Peer Gynt's immediate success: evocative music helping to transport the audience instantly from an icy fjord to the sands of Egypt, from voluptuous milkmaids at the summer farm to a mountain cave full of troublesome trolls. In The Hall of the Mountain King, Ase's Death, Solveig's Song and a Morning Mood belong to some of the most beloved of Grieg's works, either in concerts - in the shape of the two Peer Gynt suites - or in the theatre. The present production is unique in that it presents Peer Gynt viewed both through the music and through Ibsen's own verbal imagination. Based on a concert version by acclaimed Norwegian actor and director Svein Sturla Hungnes, this recording is in fact a two-hour mini-Peer Gynt, performed by leading Norwegian actors, as well as singers and Grieg's own Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud.

Disc One

Act I
Prelude - At the Wedding (I Bryllupsgården)
The Buckride (Bukkerittet)
Wedding March (Bryllupsmarsj)
On the way to Hegstad (På vei til Hegstad)
Halling
Springar

Act II
Prelude - The Abduction of the Bride (Bruderovet)
Peer Gynt and Ingrid
Peer Gynt on the run (Peer Gynt på flukt)
Peer Gynt and the Herd-Girls (Peer Gynt och Saeterjentene)
Peer Gynt and the Woman in Green (Peer Gynt og Den Grönnkledde)
Peer Gynt and the Woman in Green (Peer Gynt og Den Grönnkledde) cont.
Great folk may be known by the mounts... (På ridestellet skal storfolk kjennes)
In the Hall of the Mountain King (I Dovregubbens hall)
Peer Gynt meets the Mountain King (Peer Gynts möte med Dovregubben)
Dance of the Mountain King´s Daughter (Dans av Dovregubbens dotter)
Out of the Mountain King´s Hall (Ut av Dovregubbens hall)
Peer Gynt hunted by the trolls (Peer Gynt jages av troll)
Peer Gynt and the Boyg (Peer Gynt og Böygen)

Act III
Peer Gynt and Solveig (Peer Gynt og Solveig)
Prelude to The Death of Åse (Forspill til Åses Död)
The Death of Åse (Åses död)

Disc Two

Act IV
Prelude - Morning Mood (Morgonstemning)
In Marocco
The Thief and the Receiver (Tyven og heleren)
Peer Gynt becomes a Prophet (Peer Gynt blir profet)
Arabian Dance (Arabisk dans)
Prophet and Ruler (Profet og hersker)
Anita´s Dance (Anitras dans)
The Prophet´s Jewel (Profetens juvel)
Peer Gynt´s Serenade
Peer Gynt and Anitra
Peer Gynt and Anitra, cont.
Alone in the Desert (Fotlatt i ökenen)
Solveig´s Song
Peer Gynt in Egypt
Peer Gynt at the Statue of Memnon (Peer Gynt ved Memnonstötten)
Peer Gynt and Begriffenfeldt

Act V
Prelude - Peer Gynt´s Homecoming (Peer Gynts hjemfart)
Off the Norwegian Coast (Utenfor den norske kyst)
Shipwreck (Skipsforliset)
On the Boat Hull (På båthvelvet)
Solveig sings in the Hut (Solveig synger i hytten)
Peer Gynt by the Hut (Peer Gynt ved hytten)
Night Scene
Peer Gynt and the Button Moulder (Peer Gynt og Knappestöperen)
Lovely Sun and Lovely Earth (Deilige sol og deilige jord)
Whitsun Hymn (Pinsesalme)
Outside the Hut (Utenfor hytten)
Peer Gynt and Solveig
Solveig´s Cradle Song (Solveigs vuggevise)
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