Grieg: Peer Gynt (Selections)

Edvard Grieg (Composer), Jeffrey Tate (Conductor), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
• Composer: Edvard Grieg
• Audio CD (April 20, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B00000IOMB
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,680 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cheap but Good, July 24, 2004

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This review is from: Grieg: Peer Gynt (Selections) (Audio CD)

For 6 bucks you can't beat it. Here's a chance to hear more than the usual Peer Gynt suite, which frankly, was getting boring to my ears. This is what Peer Gynt was 'spozed to sound like, with the operatic elements adding to the fullness and interest of the orchestral parts. Unlike another reviewer, I didn't find the recording particularly unmusical, and I liked the shouting Trolls. I guess Trolls shout, that's what they do, and it added to the power and humor of that piece. I'd buy this one again.

3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Terrible Recording, please look elsewhere..., October 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Grieg: Peer Gynt (Selections) (Audio CD)

Although Sylvia McNair sings beautifully as Anitra and Sloveig, Tate doesn't conduct well, and the Berlin Philharmonic sounds very emotionally detached from this piece. The Hall of the Mountain King sounds terrible. The recording also suffers from poor editing, you hear the trolls yelling after the big closing notes at the end of inside the Hall of the Mountain King when they should have left out that annoying part. In any case, any recording with the choral parts is better than the watered down orchestral only Peer Gynt suites. I love Grieg's music, but this is just a poor performance. You get what you pay for!

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY WELL THOUGH OUT, July 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Grieg: Peer Gynt (Selections) (Audio CD)

I HAVE HEARD THIS AND IN MY WAY OF THINGING IT WAS & STILL A GREAT PEICE OF MUSIC.]