GRIEG & SIBELIUS: FAVORITES FROM FJORD & FOREST (PEER GYNT; FINLANDIA) - MACKERRAS, ROYAL PHILHARMONIC

Grieg & Sibelius Favourites ‘From Fjord & Forest’

New Sym. Orchestra
of London /
Charles Mackerras
RPO/ Mackerras
RPO/ Schmidt & Ermler

‘I enjoyed this (Mackerras) record very much indeed, for its excellent performances, and for its variety, sensibly arranged to afford the greatest enjoyment -a good blend of the very familiar and the less well known….Mackerras is as sympathetic to such things as the Grieg Elegiac Melodies as he is effective with Finlandia. Sibelius’ beautiful Elegy gets a particularly lovely performance. A highly enjoyable miscellany’ (Gramophone)

[1] Grieg orch Huppertz: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen* 5:51
Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies Op.34*
[2] The Heart Wounds 2:54 [3] Last Spring 4:41
Grieg: Norwegian Melodies Op.63 No.2*
[4] Cow-Keeper’s Tune 3:17 [5] Country Dance 2:11
[6] Sibelius: Valse Triste* Op.44 5:06
Sibelius: from King Christian Suite*
[7] Elegie 5:27 [8] Musette 2:21
Sibelius: from Pelleas and Melisande Suite* Op.46
[9] Entr’acte 2:29 [10] At the Castle Gate 3:19
[11] Grieg: Holberg Suite – 1st movement (RPO/Simonov) 2:48
Grieg: from Peer Gynt Suite (RPO/Ermler)
[12] Morning 4:20
[13] Anitra’s Dance 3:30
[14] Hall of the Mountain King 2:30
[15] Sibelius: Intermezzo from Karelia Suite (RPO/Mackerras) 3:44
[16] Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela Op.22/3 (RPO/Schmidt) 8:17
(Cor angais solo: Geoffrey Browne)
[17] Sibelius: Finlandia (RPO/Mackerras) 8:29