Edward Grieg's pieces

[krich_k]

I've been in this forum for while but didn't find any discussion on this composer's pieces. Think he's a great one and I plan to add some pieces of him to my rep... but have no idea which ones to select.  Probably his lyric pieces are interesting and not very difficult to manage. I got some midi sound samples but it's not sound very real.....it's midi anyway!!!

 Thanks for you guys support)

[Nipoch]

Hldberg suite (prelude!!) and Weddingday at Troldhougen

[rlefebvr]

Thanks to this Forum, he is now one of my favorite composers.
His Lyric pieces are out of this world. I am now working on one of his pieces Melody Op47 No3

So that being said there is stuff about him, but I think it's meshed with other stuff. Problably why you found nothing.

Peif Ove Andsnes has a great CD with some of the Lyric pieces on it. It's called Grieg Lyric Pieces. (go figure)

Anyway, that's all I listlen to these days, check it out if you want a taste.

[rlefebvr]

These grades are subjective, but as you can see, some of his stuff is very advanced.

Grades 4-5:

Op. 12/1 (Arietta)
Op. 12/2 (Waltz)
Op. 12/3 (Watchman's song)
Op. 12/5 (Folksong)
Op. 12/7 (Album leaf)
Op. 12/8 (National song)
Op. 38/2 (Folk song)
Op. 38/7 (Waltz)
Op. 43/2 (Solitary traveller)
Op. 43/3 (In my native country)
Op. 47/3 (melody)
Op. 47/7 (Elegy)
Op. 54/6 (Bell ringing)
Op. 65/5 (Ballad)
Op. 68/2 (Grandmother's menuet)
Op. 71/6 (gone)
Op. 71/7 (remembrance)

Grade 6:

Op. 12/4 (Fairy dance)
Op. 12/6 (norwegian dance)
Op. 38/3 (Melody)
Op. 38/4 (Halling)
Op. 38/6 (Elegy)
Op. 47/1 (Valse-Impromptu)
Op. 47/4 (Halling)
Op. 47/5 (Melancholy)
Op. 57/3 (Illusion)
Op. 57/4 (Secret)
Op. 62/2 (Gratitude)
Op. 62/3 (French Serenade)
Op. 62/5 (Phantom)
Op. 65/2 (Peasant's song)
Op. 68/3 (At your feet)
Op. 68/4 (Evening in the mountain)
Op. 68/5 (At the cradle)
Op. 71/3 (Puck)
Op. 71/4 (Peace of the Woods).

Grade 7:

Op. 38/1 (Berceuse)
Op. 38/5 (Springdans)
Op. 38/8 (Canon)
Op. 43/1 (Butterfly)
Op. 43/4 (Little bird)
Op. 43/5 (Erotykon)
Op. 54/1 (Shepherd's boy)
Op. 54/4 (Notturno)
Op. 54/5 (Scherzo)
Op. 57/2 (Gade)
Op. 57/6 (Home sickness)
Op. 62/1 (Sylphe)
Op. 65/3 (Melancholy)
Op. 65/4 (Salon)
Op. 68/1 (Sailor's song)
Op. 68/6 (Valse Melancholique)
Op. 71/1 (Once upon a time)
Op. 71/2 (Summer's eve)

Grade 8:

Op. 43/6 (To Spring)
Op. 47/2 (Album leaf)
Op. 47/6 (Springdans)
Op. 54/2 (Gangar)
Op. 57/1 (Vanished days)
Op. 57/5 (She dances)
Op. 62/4 (Brooklet)
Op. 62/6 (Homeward)
Op. 65/1 (From early years)
Op. 65/6 (Wedding day at Troldhaugen)

Advanced:

Op. 32 (March of the dwarfs)
Op. 71/5 (Halling)

[bernhard]

Grieg’s piano concerto has been mentioned ad nauseum in the forum.

For more discussions on Grieg, have a look here:

https://www.pianoforum.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=teac;action=display;num=1061212155

and here:

https://www.pianoforum.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=repo;action=display;num=1075342060

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[DarkWind]

I couldn't help but notice that Bernhard's Posts Number is 1337 . Also, Grieg is underrated, except for his piano concerto, but too many people think its common. It might be common, but dammit, I think its beautiful.

[Spatula]

I couldn't help but notice that Bernhard's Posts Number is 1337 . Also, Grieg is underrated, except for his piano concerto, but too many people think its common. It might be common, but dammit, I think its beautiful.

Hell yeah.  It's probably one of the most catchy concertos even for non-classical music afficiendos.  It'll be the first PC I'll work on after my exam stuff.

[DarkWind]

Hell yeah.  It's probably one of the most catchy concertos even for non-classical music afficiendos.  It'll be the first PC I'll work on after my exam stuff.

I'll be working on the Ravel Concerto in G before the Grieg whenever I have the possibility to play with an orchestra, which might be soon .