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Grieg: Chasing the Butterfly Edvard Grieg, Sigurd Slåtterbrekk (pianists) 'Slåtterbrekk has fully absorbed Grieg's fresh and engaging style'
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‘Sigurd Slåtterbrekk has fully absorbed Grieg’s fresh and engaging style’ Erik Levi
Grieg
Piano Concerto; Piano Sonata; Ballade; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen; Butterfly, Op. 43/1; Remembrances, Op. 71/7; The Bridal Procession Passes, etc
Edvard Grieg, Sigurd Slåtterbrekk (pianists); Oslo PO/Michail Jurowski
Simax PSC 1299 108:03 mins (2 discs)
For a full review, take a look at the April issue of BBC Music Magazine
Audio clip: Lyric Pieces, Vol. V, Op. 54 No. 1 ‘Butterfly’
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Authors
Erik Levi is a journalist and critic for BBC Music Magazine and a visiting professor in music at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a leading authority on the music of the 20th century, and has written books on the topic of music in the Nazi era, including 'Music in the Third Reich' (1994) and 'Music and the Nazis' (2010). He is also a regular broadcaster for BBC Radio 3 and is on the reviewing roster for International Piano Magazine.