Peer Gynt is the story of the wanderings of a fantasist and dreamer, a dandy, a drunkard, a liar, and a Don Juan figure. From the heights of the Norwegian mountains to the underground kingdom of the Trolls, to a lunatic asylum in Cairo, Peer chases his dream but never finds it. Finally, worn out with advancing age and broken in spirit, he returns to Norway, where he encounters both ominous warnings regarding the path he chose and redemptive love.
Peer Gynt, Op. 23 / Edvard Grieg ; Henrik Ibsen (Hakan Hagegard, baritone ; Ingebjorg Kosmo, mezzo-soprano ; Svein Sturla Hungnes, actor ; Marita Solberg, actor ; Marita Solberg, soprano ; Kari Simonsen, actor ; Andrea Braein Hovig, actor ; Bjorn Willberg Andersen, actor ; Stale Bjornhaug, actor ; Kari Postma, soprano ; Hilde Haraldsen Sveen, soprano ; Ilkka Leppanen, bass-baritone ; Torbjorn Gulbrandsoy, baritone ; Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor ; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra) -- Peer Gynt, Op. 23 / Edvard Grieg ; Henrik Ibsen (Hakan Hagegard, baritone ; Ingebjorg Kosmo, mezzo-soprano ; Svein Sturla Hungnes, actor ; Marita Solberg, actor ; Marita Solberg, soprano ; Kari Simonsen, actor ; Andrea Braein Hovig, actor ; Bjorn Willberg Andersen, actor ; Stale Bjornhaug, actor ; Kari Postma, soprano ; Hilde Haraldsen Sveen, soprano ; Ilkka Leppanen, bass-baritone ; Torbjorn Gulbrandsoy, baritone ; Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor ; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra) -- Peer Gynt, Op. 23 / Edvard Grieg ; Henrik Ibsen (Hakan Hagegard, baritone ; Ingebjorg Kosmo, mezzo-soprano ; Svein Sturla Hungnes, actor ; Marita Solberg, actor ; Marita Solberg, soprano ; Kari Simonsen, actor ; Andrea Braein Hovig, actor ; Bjorn Willberg Andersen, actor ; Stale Bjornhaug, actor ; Kari Postma, soprano ; Hilde Haraldsen Sveen, soprano ; Ilkka Leppanen, bass-baritone ; Torbjorn Gulbrandsoy, baritone ; Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor ; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra) -- Peer Gynt, Op. 23 / Edvard Grieg ; Henrik Ibsen (Hakan Hagegard, baritone ; Ingebjorg Kosmo, mezzo-soprano ; Svein Sturla Hungnes, actor ; Marita Solberg, actor ; Marita Solberg, soprano ; Kari Simonsen, actor ; Andrea Braein Hovig, actor ; Bjorn Willberg Andersen, actor ; Stale Bjornhaug, actor ; Kari Postma, soprano ; Hilde Haraldsen Sveen, soprano ; Ilkka Leppanen, bass-baritone ; Torbjorn Gulbrandsoy, baritone ; Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor ; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra) -- Peer Gynt, Op. 23 / Edvard Grieg ; Henrik Ibsen (Hakan Hagegard, baritone ; Ingebjorg Kosmo, mezzo-soprano ; Svein Sturla Hungnes, actor ; Marita Solberg, actor ; Marita Solberg, soprano ; Kari Simonsen, actor ; Andrea Braein Hovig, actor ; Bjorn Willberg Andersen, actor ; Stale Bjornhaug, actor ; Kari Postma, soprano ; Hilde Haraldsen Sveen, soprano ; Ilkka Leppanen, bass-baritone ; Torbjorn Gulbrandsoy, baritone ; Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor ; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra).
Note
"This studio recording follows the semi-staged [and abridged] concert version [of Ibsen's play] by Svein Sturla Hungnes presented in Bergen in 2003. Includes the complete incidental music"--Container.