Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Catalog Number: BIS619
A fresh perspective on a beloved Romantic masterpiece, revealing the youthful vitality of Grieg’s Piano Concerto in its original form. Alongside early piano miniatures, the recording traces the composer’s emerging voice and the roots of his distinctive Nordic lyricism.
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Gramophone: outstanding; Penguin Guide 3 stars.
This recording invites listeners to rediscover a cornerstone of the Romantic repertoire through the lens of its earliest conception. Presented in the original 1868/1872 version, Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor reveals subtle differences in orchestration, colour and balance, offering a glimpse into the composer’s youthful imagination before later revisions reshaped the score. The familiar sweep of melody and dramatic gesture remains unmistakable, yet the textures often feel leaner and more transparent, illuminating the concerto’s lyrical impulse and its close relationship to the Romantic tradition that inspired it.
Alongside the concerto appear some of Grieg’s earliest surviving piano works, written while he was still a teenager. These brief pieces already hint at the stylistic path he would later follow: a sensitivity to harmony, a gift for concise melodic expression, and the formative influence of classical and German Romantic models. Together, the works trace the beginnings of a musical language that would later blossom into the distinctive blend of lyricism, folk inspiration and harmonic colour that defines Grieg’s mature piano music.
Published date
1993-06-30
Number of discs
1
Channels
stereo:16:2.0
Made in Sweden since 1999. In collaboration with Textalk.
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