Lyric Pieces

The collection includes several of his best known pieces, such as Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen), To Spring (Til våren), March of the Trolls (Trolltog), and Butterfly (Sommerfugl).

The theme of the first piece in the set, Arietta, was one of the composer's favorite melodies.

He used it to complete the cycle in his last lyric piece, Remembrances (Efterklang) — this time as a waltz.

In 2002, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes recorded a CD with 24 of the lyric pieces on Grieg's own 1892 Steinway grand piano at Troldhaugen, the composer's residence.

Among other notable pianists to have made recordings of the collection are Daniel Gortler, Håkon Austbø, Aldo Ciccolini, Andrei Gavrilov, Walter Gieseking, Emil Gilels, Stephen Hough, Eva Knardahl, Juhani Lagerspetz, Daniel Levy, Irina Mejoueva, Isabel Mourão, Gerhard Oppitz, Javier Perianes, Sviatoslav Richter and Einar Steen-Nøkleberg.

1–4 later orchestrated as Lyric Suite): Book VI, Op.