Grieg's Lyric Pieces

[Mandryka]

I listened to a whole bunch of op 38/8 - a canon. Two caught my attention as a bit special. Richter in Hungary is one - I found  that first - it's very serious, but I thought it was fascinating. There's another recording of him playing it in Greece - and it's conception is similar.

Then I found Håkon Austbø. His performance is tense, nuanced and tense, I'd say dramatic in the sense of, full of ups and downs, twists and turns. I love it - it's hard to listen to anyone else now, even Richter.

[George]

[Florestan]

Then I found Håkon Austbø. His performance is tense, nuanced and tense, I'd say dramatic in the sense of, full of ups and downs, twists and turns. I love it - it's hard to listen to anyone else now, even Richter.

He recorded Grieg's complete piano music.



7-CD boxset.

Very good performances.

[George]

He recorded Grieg's complete piano music.



7-CD boxset.

Very good performances.

Interesting. I found this 5 CD set and assumed it was merely a reissue of the one you posted, but I guess not:

[Florestan]

Interesting. I found this set and thought it was merely a reissue of the one you posted, but I guess not:

If it has 7 CDs then it's the same as the one I posted.

[George]

If it has 7 CDs then it's the same as the one I posted.

No, it only has 5. Strange that they would omit 2. Same label too. 

[Florestan]

No, it only has 5. Strange that they would omit 2. Same label too. 

Here's the content of the 7-CD set:

https://www.discogs.com/es/release/28251541-Grieg-H%C3%A5kon-Austb%C3%B8-Piano-Works

Not quite complete-complete as it leaves out the Norwegian Melodies EG 108, which are split over 3 discs in the Einar-Steen Nokleberg series on Naxos which has 10 discs.

[George]

Here's the content of the 7-CD set:

https://www.discogs.com/es/release/28251541-Grieg-H%C3%A5kon-Austb%C3%B8-Piano-Works

Not quite complete-complete as it leaves out the Norwegian Melodies EG 108, which are split over 3 discs in the Einar-Steen Nokleberg series on Naxos which has 10 discs.

Thanks, the 5 disc simply omits the content on the 6th and 7th discs from the set you linked to.

[Brian]

the Einar-Steen Nokleberg series on Naxos which has 10 discs.

...but my copy has 14...



Naxos includes works with piano and chorus (like a piano reduction of Peer Gynt) and the unpublished sketches of Piano Concerto No. 2.

[Florestan]

...but my copy has 14...



Naxos includes works with piano and chorus (like a piano reduction of Peer Gynt) and the unpublished sketches of Piano Concerto No. 2.

I have the 10 individual discs featuring strictly the solo piano music. I thought that was the whole series but obviously I was wrong. Nevertheless, there's no way I can be induced to listen to a piano reduction of Peer Gynt and those unpublished sketches don't tempt me either, so I'm perfectly happy with only 10 discs. All the more so as I have 3 more complete sets: Gerhard Oppitz, Eva Knardahl and Geir Henning Braaten.

[Todd]

Eva Knardahl's complete set on BIS contains twelve discs and Gerhard Oppitz's complete set on RCA contains seven discs.  Which means the complete piano music is somewhere between five and fourteen discs.