The Peer Gynt Suites

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 by Edvard Grieg

Grieg originally conceived the music to his adaptation of Peer Gynt as a collection of incidental pieces, but later group a selection of these pieces into the Peer Gynt suite in 1888. The music is based on the play by Henrik Ibsen of the same name.

Suite No. 1 contains the following sections from the incidental music collection:
I. Morning Mood 00:09
II. The Death of Ase 04:19
III. Anitra’s Dance 08:50
IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King 12:17

Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 by Edvard Grieg

Grieg originally conceived the music to his adaptation of Peer Gynt as a collection of incidental pieces, but later group a selection of these pieces into the Peer Gynt suites in 1888. The music is based on the play by Henrik Ibsen of the same name. Suite No. 2 contains the following sections from the incidental music collection:
• The Abduction of the bride. Ingrid’s Lament
• Arabian Dance
• Peer Gynt’s Homecoming
• Solveig’s Song