Peer Gynt suites

"Bjarte Engeset and the Malmö Symphony may be out-gunned by some bigger named conductor-orchestra combinations, but their performances here are still strong, energetic, and colorful. More importantly, the performances of the eight songs by Inger Dam-Jensen and Palle Knudsen are nearly as good as it gets in these much less familiar works".

"Still, if you want just the two canonical suites, you can't go wrong with this excellent release. Ole Kristian Ruud knows the music about as well as anyone alive, and it goes without saying that the orchestra does too. ... Given the volume of available competition it's impossible to say, but in most respects you'll find these interpretations to be as fine as anything out there, and if you've been collecting this series there's no conceivable reason to hesitate".

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"Let, men med nerve og fin sans også for andet end bare melodistemmen dirigerer Bjarte Engeset, mens målet fyldes af Inger Dam-Jensen, der – på klingende norsk – synger sange fra scenemusikken suppleret med andre Griegsager ... mens Palle Knudsens maskuline baryton på to track leverer virkelig flotte dramatiske præstationer ... Grieg og de medvirkende kan være stolte over resultatet".

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