Few symphonies can have been the subject of so many reservations as the 20-year-old Grieg�s �forbidden� Symphony in C minor of which the composer himself wrote, on the score, �must never be performed�. Though hardly typical of Grieg, with its links to Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann and the Danish composer Niels Gade, this is a remarkably assured work filled with positive, youthful energy, and many fresh musical ideas. The popular orchestral suite Three Orchestral Pieces from �Sigurd Jorsalfar�, Op. 56, derived from the incidental music of the same name, was often taken by Grieg on his concert tours abroad. The concluding Homage March, almost a symphonic poem in itself, develops into a brilliant, almost barbaric festive march.