Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46

Since Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 was first performed in 1876, this work has become one of the most performed of the Romantic period. It was not long before the suite was arranged for other ensembles. The present arrangement of four movements for the woodwind quintet does justice to Grieg's sound world by bringing out the subtle nuances of the five very different instruments. Included, of course, are "Morning," "Aase's Death," "Anitra's Dance," and the suite's centrepiece, "In the Hall of the Mountain King."