Neeme Järvi, Stockholm Sinfonietta - Niels W. Gade: The Complete Symphonies, Vol.4 (1987)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 237 Mb | Total time: 50:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-356 CD | Recorded: 1986
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 237 Mb | Total time: 50:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-356 CD | Recorded: 1986
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 protégé 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!'