Peer Gynt Suites (Grieg)

Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46 and Peer Gynt, Suite No. 2, Op. 55 are two orchestral suites of extracted incidental music by romantic composer Edvard Grieg for Peer Gynt, a play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Written in 1875, and premiered along with the play on February 24, 1876, the score to the play had a total of twenty-three movements, and later, in 1888 and 1891, Grieg extracted eight movements to make two four-movement suites.

Suite No. 1, Op. 46

1. Morgenstemning (Morning)
2. Ases dod (The Death of Ase)
3. Anitras Dans (Anitra's Dance)
4. I Dovregubbens hall (In the Hall of the Mountain King)

Suite No. 2, Op. 55

1. Bruderovet. Ingrids klage. (The Abduction of the Bride. Ingrid's Lament)
2. Arabisk Dans (Arabic Dance)
3. Peer Gynts hjemfart (Stormful aften pa havet) (Peer Gynt's Homecoming (Stormy Evening on the Sea))
4. Solveigs Sang (Solveig's Song)