Grieg: Peer Gynt (Complete Play and Complete Incidental Music) Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester & Ole Kristian Ruud

• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907): Act 1:
• 1 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act I: Prelude (I Bryllupsgarden) [At the Wedding] 04:57
• 2 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act I Scene 1: Bukkerittet (the Buckride) 02:10
• 3 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act I Scene 2: Bryllupsmarsj (Wedding March) 03:18
• 4 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act I Scene 2: Pa vei til Hegstad (On the Way to Hegstad) 00:52
• 5 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act I Scene 2: Halling 00:47
• 6 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act I Scene 3: Springar: Bryllupet pa Hegstad (Springar: The Wedding at Hegstad) 02:31
• Act 2:
• 7 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II: Prelude (Bruderovet) [the Abduction of the Bride] 04:01
• 8 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II Scene 1: Peer Gynt og Ingrid (Peer Gynt and Ingrid) 00:56
• 9 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II Scene 3: Peer Gynt pa flukt (Peer Gynt on the Run) 00:24
• 10 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II Scene 3: Peer Gynt og Saeterjentene (Peer Gynt and the Herd-Girls) 03:34
• 11 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II Scene 5: Peer Gynt og Den Gronnkledde (Peer Gynt and the Woman in Green) 02:23
• 12 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II Scene 5: Peer Gynt og Den Gronnkledde, forts. (Peer Gynt and the Woman in Green, cont.) 01:34
• 13 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II Scene 5: Pa ridestellet skal storfolk kjennes (Great Folk may be Known by the Mounts…) 00:18
• 14 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II Scene 6: I Dovregubbens hall (In the Hall of the Mountain King) 02:43
• 15 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II Scene 6: Peer Gynts mote med Dovregubben (Peer Gynt Meets the Mountain King) 01:24
• 16 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II Scene 6: Dans av Dovregubbens datter (Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter) 01:40
• 17 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II Scene 6: Ut av Dovregubbens hall (Out of the Mountain King's Hall) 00:55
• 18 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II Scene 6: Peer Gynt jages av troll (Peer Gynt Hunted by the Trolls) 03:18
• 19 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II Scene 7: Peer Gynt og Boygen (Peer Gynt and the Boyg) 04:17
• Act 3:
• 20 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act III Scene 3: Peer Gynt og Solveig (Peer Gynt and Solveig) 00:36
• 21 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act III: Prelude (Forspill til Ases dod) [Prelude to the Death of Ase] 04:28
• 22 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act III Scene 4: Ases dod (the Death of Ase) 05:50
• Act 4:
• 23 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV: Prelude (Morgenstemning) [Morning Mood] 03:50
• 24 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 1: I Marokko (In Morocco) 01:23
• 25 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 5: Tyven og heleren (the Thief and the Receiver) 01:26
• 26 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 5: Peer Gynt blir profet (Peer Gynt Becomes a Prophet) 00:34
• 27 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 6: Arabisk dans (Arabian Dance) 04:47
• 28 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 6: Profet og hersker (Prophet and Ruler) 00:14
• 29 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 6: Anitras dans (Anitra's Dance) 03:29
• 30 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 6: Profetens juvel (the Prophet's Jewel) 00:51
• 31 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 7: Peer Gynts Serenade (Peer Gynt's Serenade) 02:44
• 32 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 9: Peer Gynt og Anitra (Peer Gynt and Anitra) 00:14
• 33 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 9: Peer Gynt og Anitra, forts. (Peer Gynt and Anitra, cont.) 02:00
• 34 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 9: Forlatt i okenen (Alone in the Desert) 00:42
• 35 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 10: Solveigs sang (Solveig's Song) 05:28
• 36 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 11: Peer Gynt i Egypt (Peer Gynt in Egypt) 00:17
• 37 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 11: Peer Gynt ved Memnonstotten (Peer Gynt at the Statue of Memnon) 02:10
• 38 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV Scene 12: Peer Gynt og Begriffenfeldt (Peer Gynt and Begriffenfeldt) 01:30
• Act 5:
• 39 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V: Prelude (Peer Gynts hjemfart) [Peer Gynt's Homecoming] 02:23
• 40 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V Scene 1: Utenfor den norske kyst (Off the Norwegian Coast) 01:27
• 41 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V (Between Scene 1 & 2): Skipsforliset [Shipwreck] 01:15
• 42 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V Scene 2: Pa bathvelvet (On the Boat Hull) 00:35
• 43 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V Scene 5: Solveig synger i hytten (Solveig Sings in the Hut) 01:42
• 44 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V Scene 5: Peer Gynt ved hytten (Peer Gynt by the Hut) 00:19
• 45 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V Scene 6: Nattscene (Night Scene) 07:04
• 46 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V Scene 7 & 9: Peer Gynt og Knappestoperen (Peer Gynt and the Button Moulder) 02:08
• 47 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V Scene 10: Deilige sol og deilige jord (Lovely Sun and Lovely Earth) 01:33
• 48 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V Scene 10: Pinsesalme: Velsignede morgen (Whitsun Hymn: Oh Blessed Morning) 01:14
• 49 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V Scene 10: Utenfor hytten (Outside the Hut) 01:02
• 50 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V Scene 10: Peer Gynt og Solveig (Peer Gynt and Solveig) 01:09
• 51 Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act V Scene 10: Solveigs vuggevise (Solveig's Cradle Song) 05:57
• Total Runtime 01:52:23

Info for Grieg: Peer Gynt (Complete Play and Complete Incidental Music)

As early as 1870 an attempt was made to realize a stage performance of this work (which had not originally been intended for theatrical production). In 1874 Ibsen tried again, this time at the suggestion of Ludvig Josephson, the Swedish director of the Christiania Theatre. On Josephson’s advice, Ibsen reworked the text of the drama into a stage version. Whilst he had not developed a close friendship with Grieg since first meeting him in Rome in 1866, Ibsen regarded him as the most suitable composer to provide Peer Gynt with appropriate music.

Grieg immediately accepted the offer. Financially it was very attractive, and he relished the opportunity of working with such a major and significant work for the stage. It did not satisfy his long-held wish to compose an opera but, after the incidental music for Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s drama Sigurd Jorsalfar (1872, rev. 1892) and the opera fragment Olav Trygvason (1873, rev. 1888, based on an incomplete drama by Bjørnson), it did offer Grieg a further chance to compose for the theatre. ...

Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

Ole Kristian Ruud
After many years performing as a musician, and subsequent conducting studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Sibelius Academy, Ole Kristian Ruud made his conducting debut with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in 1985. He quickly established himself as a guest conductor with all the Norwegian symphony orchestras.

Ole Kristian Ruud was Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Trondheim Symphony Orchestra from 1987-1995. He was Chief Conductor of Norrköping Symphony Orchestra from 1996-1999, and Artistic Director of Norwegian repertoire for Stavanger Symphony Orchestra from 2000-2003. In 2006-2012 he was in the post of Artistic Director of the the Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces.

In Scandinavia Ole Kristian Ruud regularly conducts the Oslo- and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras, Trondheim- and Stavanger Symphony Orchestras, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Swedish Radio, Norrköping Symphony, Lahti Symphony and Stockholm Chamber Orchestras. He has also guested orchestras in France, Spain, England, USA and Japan.

Ruud has regularly guested the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra since his debut in Tokyo in 1990. He has also on numerous occasions toured with orchestras in Japan and Europe. With Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra and Jeunnes Musicales World Youth Orchestra, he has guested such cities as Vienna, Berlin, Praha, Budapest, Madrid, Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

Ole Kristian Ruud has made several CD-recordings with Oslo- and Bergen-Philharmonic, Trondheim-, Stavanger- and Norrköping-Symphony Orchestras. He has made a series of recordings of Norwegian composers for BIS recording company, which have received fantastic reviews in the international music press. These include recordings of Geirr Tveitt and Harald Saeverud with Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, and Edvard Grieg with Bergen Philharmonic.

Since 1999 has Ruud has been Professor of Conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Many of his students have started a professional conducting career, and are doing important work in the Scandinavian music scene. Since 2003 Mr. Ruud has been Artistic Director of the Norwegian National Youth Orchestra (Ungdomssymfonikerne).

Ruud has won a variety of music awards. He received the Edvard Grieg Prize in 1992 and 2007, the Norwegian Critic Prize in 1993, the Lindeman Prize in 1994, the Johan Halvorsen Prize in 1996 and the Stiklestad Prize in 2004. In 2004, 2005 and 2007 he received the Record of the Year award from the Grieg Society in London along with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.

Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
One of the world’s oldest orchestras, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester dates back to 1765 and is celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2015. Edvard Grieg had a close relationship with the orchestra, and served as its artistic director during the years 1880-1882.

Andrew Litton has led the orchestra since 2003, attracting international attention to the ensemble not only through acclaimed tours to Concertgebouw, London Proms, Carnegie Hall, Berliner Philharmonie and Vienna’s Musikverein, but also through award-winning recordings on the BIS and Hyperion labels.

Edward Gardner, the acclaimed outgoing Music Director of the English National Opera, has been appointed Chief Conductor for a three-year tenure starting in October 2015.

The orchestra has an active recording schedule, and recent recording projects include Messiaen’s TurangalîlaSymphony under the direction of Juanjo Mena, Stravinsky and Prokofiev cycles with Andrew Litton, as well as Tchaikovsky, Halvorsen and Svendsen series with Neeme Järvi.

The orchestra’s recording of the complete orchestral music of Edvard Grieg conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud remains the reference point in a competitive field. The first collaboration on disc between Edward Gardner and the orchestra was a recording of orchestral realisations by Luciano Berio, and together they have just completed a 3-volume series of Janacek recordings. A string of new and exciting recording projects will follow.

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