The complete recording of Edvard Grieg’s symphonic works with the WDR Symphony Orchestra under Eivind Aadland is now available as large digital edition (71 tracks). This edition is especially convincing thanks to the authentic approach of the Norwegian Eivind Aadland and the first-class soloists Herbert Schuch, Camilla Tilling and Tom Erik Lie. "Grieg: Complete Symphonic Works" contains Grieg’s original orchestral works and the transcriptions of works that Grieg had originally composed for the piano. He then orchestrated them, having become a popular composer and conductor, in order to have more symphonic material at his disposal. Not infrequently, the transcriptions surpass the originals in terms of fullness and richness of colour. On the edition you will find Grieg’s most popular work and his least known piece: whilst the Piano Concerto in A minor was the 25-year-old composer’s breakthrough to international fame, he had decided to withdraw his symphony, written only a few years previously. Yet every page of the score – despite overt influences of Schumann, Gade and Mendelssohn – convinces, thanks to Grieg’s youthful inspiration and superb invention. The complete recording of Edvard Grieg’s orchestral works reveals a less familiar side of the Norwegian national composer, too: as arranger of his own lyrical and patriotic songs, surrounded by elegiac and dance-like melodies.