Prelude from Holberg Suite, Op. 40 arranged by Maarten Jense
A miniature masterpiece of musical historicism, the Holberg Suite by Edvard Grieg is a tribute to the Baroque suite genre and its enduring vitality. Composed in 1884, it celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ludvig Holberg, a Danish-Norwegian playwright, thus invoking the lifespan of three prominent baroque composers born a year after Holberg in 1685: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Domenico Scarlatti. None of these particular composers’ styles are used as a model, for this is not a work of pastiche; rather, Grieg uses the Baroque forms of Prelude, Sarabande, Gavotte, Air and Rigaudon for a sound world very much his own. The suite was originally composed for piano solo but is most often performed by string orchestra. Notes by Symphony in C
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Edvard Grieg
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Prelude from Holberg Suite, Op. 40 arranged by Maarten Jense
A miniature masterpiece of musical historicism, the Holberg Suite by Edvard Grieg is a tribute to the Baroque suite genre and its enduring vitality. Composed in 1884, it celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ludvig Holberg, a Danish-Norwegian playwright, thus invoking the lifespan of three prominent baroque composers born a year after Holberg in 1685: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Domenico Scarlatti. None of these particular composers’ styles are used as a model, for this is not a work of pastiche; rather, Grieg uses the Baroque forms of Prelude, Sarabande, Gavotte, Air and Rigaudon for a sound world very much his own. The suite was originally composed for piano solo but is most often performed by string orchestra. Notes by Symphony in C
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 8
Solveigs Sang, Op. 23, No. 19
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String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27
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