Wonderland - Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto, Lyric Pieces
9/9/2016, 15 Tracks, 1:06:20
Featuring
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Alice Sara Ott
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Edvard Grieg
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Composition History
Franz Liszt sight-read Grieg's entire Piano Concerto, including the orchestral part, and enthusiastically congratulated Grieg on a 'stroke of genius' in the third movement.
Composer Biography
In 1870, Edvard Grieg traveled to Rome with his Piano Concerto after receiving a letter of recommendation from Franz Liszt, who had praised Grieg's First Violin Sonata.
Compositional Technique
Grieg's Lyric Pieces often use only two musical ideas, preferring to fade away rather than build to a noisy climax, leading the album's performer to describe Grieg as 'almost a minimalist'.
Composition History
Edvard Grieg made changes to his Piano Concerto over several decades, with the work reaching its definitive form in 1907.
Recording & Production
This album features two live concert recordings from January 2015, performed with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich's Herkulessaal.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Grieg's Lyric Pieces create a fantasy world inspired by Nordic legend, with the composer imagining trolls and elves in the woodland near his home, which he called 'Troldhaugen' (Troll Hill).
