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Label:
  BIS - http://www.bis.se/
Serial:
  BIS-SACD-1877
Title:
  Grieg: Music for String Orchestra - Tognetti
Description:
  Grieg: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 27 (arr. Tognetti), Two Elegiac Melodies for string orchestra Op. 34, Erotikk Op. 43 No. 5 (from Lyric Pieces, Book III) (arr. Tognetti), Fra Holbergs tid (Holberg Suite) Op. 40

Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti (artistic director, lead violin)
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Genre:
  Classical
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  Stereo/Multichannel
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  Hybrid
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Review by hanser May 7, 2012 (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
Performance:   Sonics:  
The Grieg String quartet is IMO an overlook gem; it can easily compete with the much better known works by Dvorak or Brahms. It is a "orchestral" sounding piece with a lot of doublestops which makes it a natural candidate for a string orchestra version. The Australien Chamber ORchestra plays it wonderfully and with gusto; tempi are sometimes astonishing fast, but playing never suffers.
The additional pieces are welcome additions with less weight, also played excellent. Sound quality is very good; but I wish, BIS would mike less directly and use less spotmiking (at least the solo violin, especially in Erotikk, sounds quite prominent), as they did in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Works: 4  

Edvard Grieg - 2 Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
Edvard Grieg - Fra Holbergs tid (Holberg Suite), Op. 40
Edvard Grieg - Lyriske stykker (Lyric Pieces) III, Op. 43
Edvard Grieg - String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27