ANDANTE, the Italian word for repose, has created the peaceful and serene moments in classical music, From the extensive Naxos catalogue of compact discs, thirteen tracks have been selected to transport you to those precious moments of tranquility... The slow awakening of dawn has been so beautifully pictured in Edvard Grieg's Morning. Norwegian by birth, young Edvard took his formal studies in Leipzig. International recognition came with his Piano Concerto and the incidental music to Ibsen's play, Peer Gynt. At first he thought that he only had to supply background music, but soon found he was expected to provide a score of substance. He later extracted two orchestral suites, and from the first, he completed in 1888, comes this misty view of Morning.
