Grieg / Kraggerud / Tromso Chamber Orchestra Three Violin Sonatas CD

Grieg is one of the world's best known composers, but the three Violin Sonatas are a relatively unfamiliar part of his output, despite being among his own favorite pieces. Grieg never wrote a violin concerto, and the foremost Norwegian violinist of his generation, Henning Kraggerud, assisted by Bernt Simen Lund, a member of the Tromso Chamber Orchestra, has taken up the challenge of creating three new concertos from the sonatas. In these arrangements the solo violin is set against a string orchestra augmented by wind instruments in order to retain the feel of chamber music.

1. Violin Concerto No. 1 in F Major, Op 8 - Henning Kraggerud/Tromso Chamber Orchestra 2. Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op 13 - Henning Kraggerud/Tromso Chamber Orchestra 3. Violin Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op 45 - Henning Kraggerud/Tromso Chamber Orchestra