Readers who have discovered previous releases of the Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt’s music will need no recommendation to acquire this splendidly played new addition to his discography. These two suites are large collections of short movements (15 apiece)‚ brilliantly scored‚ of folk­like tunes and dances from Tveitt’s native region‚ although‚ as David Gallagher points out in his excellent accompanying essay‚ it is a highly moot point precisely where real folksong ended and Tveitt’s own invention began. Several numbers appear in Marco Polo’s earlier piano discs of the 50 Folk Tunes from Hardanger; 3/98‚ 8/98)‚ but in these bolder guises they take on quite different characters. Several movements in the First Suite seem to share motivic connections (Tveitt‚ like Bartók and Szymanowski‚ wrote his own folk melodies at times‚ which bear family resemblances). The overall effect is of a set of variations‚ but on the concept of folk music rather than a single‚ picturesque tune. In the Fourth‚ Wedding‚ Suite (also known as ‘Nuptials’)‚ cross­connection‚ indeed integration‚ extends to the subject matter‚ the music describing a lively rustic courtship and wedding from the initial wooing to the wedding guests’ drunken jabberings (and some shattered crockery). Engeset’s new account is a delight from start to finish‚ revealing Tveitt’s delicate yet robust invention without a hint of the twee‚ though with a suggestion of Khachaturian in the finale. The RSNO (remember Norway is as much their neighbour as Sassenach England) are on top form‚ and Naxos’s recording‚ engineered by Tim Handley‚ is excellent. Great fun‚ warmly recommended.