Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" comes from his Peer Gynt
suite. Whilst I'm not in a position to offer a personal
recommendation, there is a BBC Radio 3 programme that surveys
available recordings of particular works and recommends the best. A
1998 review of this piece suggested a recording by the San Francisco
SO under Herbert Blomstedt (Decca E 425 448-2). This is (or was at
the time) a full price release in the UK.

The programme I referred to is called "Building a Library". You can
search a database of all it's recommendations up to November 2000 at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/building/firstpage.shtml

Regards,
David


<kelsie_j_jackson@y...> wrote:
> Does anyone have a suggestion for a GOOD recording (i.e. DDD or
ADD)
> recording of Grieg's "In the Hall..." and Berlioz' "Grand Messe de
> Mortes"?