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Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 : Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV. Solveig's Song (Recorded 1982) by Berliner Philharmoniker album cover

Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 : Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV. Solveig's Song (Recorded 1982)

by Berliner Philharmoniker

About This Song

About "Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 : Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV. Solveig's Song (Recorded 1982)" by Berliner Philharmoniker

Solveig’s Song is a thread of grief in a snowbound cabin. Karajan’s 1982 Berliner Philharmoniker performance is achingly still—strings like falling dusk, a melody that waits and waits. The calm is unbearable; hope and resignation share the same breath.