Grieg: Peer Gynt

There are many positive reasons for getting the complete Peer Gynt music, as opposed to just the two suites. In the first place, if you like singing, you get the vocal parts. There’s also a lot of really fine and exciting music that’s not included in the suites. On the other hand, if dialogue in Norwegian makes you crazy (there isn’t really that much of it), you might want to stick with the more traditional excerpts. This performance of the complete score is excitingly detailed, and extremely well played and sung by all the participants. I enjoy hearing the music in both forms, depending on my mood; perhaps you will too. –David Hurwitz