Wholesale Grieg – Peer Gynt – April Cantelo – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Gibson – Sound Archive of Culture

30 cm record, 33 rpm stereo, issued by La Phonothèque de la Culture (stereo ref. P. 3521). Soprano April Cantelo. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Gibson. Numbered copy No. 100018. Peer Gynt by Grieg, complete suite in twelve excerpts. Prelude. Wedding March and village dances. Ingrid's Lament. In the Hall of the Mountain King. Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter. Death of Åse. Morning Mood. Arabian Dance. Anitra's Dance. Solveig's Song. Peer Gynt's Return. Finale. The incidental music Grieg composed for Ibsen's play is one of the most beloved works of the Romantic repertoire. Morning Mood, the Death of Åse and Solveig's Song are among the most moving pages in all Nordic music. Alexander Gibson, a Scottish conductor, leads the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with a sensitivity and warmth that admirably serve this repertoire. April Cantelo, a British soprano, lends her clear voice to Solveig's Song. La Phonothèque de la Culture is a discreet French edition from the 1960s–1970s, produced in a limited, numbered run, intended for libraries and discerning enthusiasts. These records, distributed outside the usual commercial circuits, are now very rare on the market. The sleeve is an object of pure and extremely rare design. Both sides are covered with printed cardboard imitating light grained wood, with the typography printed directly on that background. No image, no color. A sober and atypical object, entirely singular in the world of classical records. Numbered copy No. 100018, in good condition.