Edvard Grieg

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) is especially known for his 'Peer Gynt Suite'. This remarkable Marche Funèbre however, is an almost unknown masterpiece, originally written for wind orchestra. Erik Mast, who...

The Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg is still popular because of his theatre music for Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' and his Piano Concerto opus 16. The suite 'Fra Holbergs Tid' (Holberg Suite) opus 40 was origi...

Grieg composed this funeral march for his friend, Norwegian composer Rikard Nordraak who died at the age of 23. Grieg took copies of this piece on all his travels as he wished that it would be played...

The funeral music from the melodrama Bergliot consists of two orchestral fragments illustrating dramatical events happening in the melodrama. The monologue is recited by Bergliot, the wife of Einar Ta...