Niels W. Gade: Eight Symphonies [Box]

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Album Summary

Performers

• Anton Kontra (Violin)
• Roland Pöntinen (Piano)

Conductors

• Jarvi, Neeme
• Paavo, Jarvi
• Rasmussen, Frans

Ensembles

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• Canzone-Koret
• Da Camera
• Kor 72

Composer

• Niels Gade (1817 - 1890)

Notes & Reviews:

During the mid-19th century, the Danish composer Niels W. Gade was one of Europe's most well-known composers, conducting his own works all over the continent. Starting out as a protege of Mendelssohn's, he later became his successor as music director of the famous Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and made the acquaintance of Robert and Clara Schumann, and of Liszt and Wagner. Initially known as a composer of symphonies, Gade mastered the German musical idiom to perfection, while adding a Nordic accent to it, particularly noticeable in his best works. His eight symphonies were composed between 1841 and 1871, and although Gade remained active as a composer until his death in 1890, he wrote no more symphonies. When questioned, he is said to have stated that "there is but one Ninth Symphony!"

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Gade, Niels : Symphony no 1 in C minor "On Sjoland's Fair Plains" Op. 5

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 31 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1841-1842

Gade, Niels : Symphony no 8 in B Minor, Op.47

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 7 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1969-1970

Gade, Niels : Symphony no 2 in E major, Op.10

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 7 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Gade, Niels : Symphony no 7 in F, Op.45

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 10 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Gade, Niels : Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op.15

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 26 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Gade, Niels : Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op.20

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 7 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Gade, Niels : Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op.25

• Performer: Roland Pöntinen (Piano)
• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 26 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Gade, Niels : Symphony no 6 in G minor, Op.32

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 23 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Gade, Niels : Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 56

• Performer: Anton Kontra (Violin)
• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Running Time: 27 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1880

Gade, Niels : Korsfarerne (The Crusader), cantata for mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra, Op 50

• Conductor: Frans Rasmussen
• Ensemble: Canzone-Koret
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1866