Brtish pianist Alexander Ullman, presents a program of Edvard Grieg’s Moods, Songs and Lyric Pieces. The prize of the album, Alexander’s own transcriptions of music from the Peer Gynt Suite No.1, which draws out the color of the orchestra from the piano, perhaps more than the composer’s own. Like Chopin, Grieg was more comfortable creating exquisite miniatures rather than large scale orchestral works. Both produced concertos for the piano, and Grieg’s example is one of the most popular in the repertoire, but it is in his small-scale solo works that his poetic musical expression had free reign. Alexander Ullman plays Book 10, Moods, and seven pieces from 1907, probably the last music Grieg composed. The program also includes a selection of songs arranged by the composer for solo piano.

Tracklist:

1. Piano Transcriptions of Songs Op. 41~I. Vuggesang (Lullaby)
2. Piano Transcriptions of Songs Op. 41~II. Lille Haakon (Little Haakon)
3. Piano Transcriptions of Songs Op. 41~III. Jeg elsker dig (I Love Thee)
4. Piano Transcriptions of Songs Op. 41~IV. Hun er s hvid (My Love She Was So Pure)
5. Piano Transcriptions of Songs Op. 41~V. Prinsessen (The Princess)
6. Piano Transcriptions of Songs Op. 41~VI. Til vren (To Spring)
7. Stemninger Moods Op. 73~I. Resignasjon (Resignation)
8. Stemninger Moods Op. 73~II. Scherzo-Impromptu
9. Stemninger Moods Op. 73~III. Nattling ritt (A Ride at Night)
10. Stemninger Moods Op. 73~IV. Folketone (Folk Tune)
11. Stemninger Moods Op. 73~V. Studie (Hommage Chopin) (Study (Hommage Chopin))
12. Stemninger Moods Op. 73~VI. Studenternes Serenade (Students’ Serenade)
13. Stemninger Moods Op. 73~VII. Lualt (The Mountaineer’s Song)
14. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46~I. Morgenstemning (Morning Mood)
15. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46~II. ses dod (Death of se)
16. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46~III. Antiras dans (Anitra’s Dance)
17. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46~IV. I Dovregubbens hall (In the Hall of the Mountain King)
18. Lyric Pieces, Book 10 Op. 71~I. Det var engang (Once Upon a Time)
19. Lyric Pieces, Book 10 Op. 71~II. Sommeraften (Summer’s Eve)
20. Lyric Pieces, Book 10 Op. 71~III. Smtroll (Puck)
21. Lyric Pieces, Book 10 Op. 71~IV. Skogstillhet (Peace of the Woods)
22. Lyric Pieces, Book 10 Op. 71~V. Halling (Norwegian Dance)
23. Lyric Pieces, Book 10 Op. 71~VI. Forbi (Gone)
24. Lyric Pieces, Book 10 Op. 71~VII. Efterklang (Remembrances)

UPC: 5065002228918
Label: Rubicon
Release Date: 11.28.25
Format: CD