Gade: Erlkönigs Tochter & 5 Gesänge

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Label
Dacapo Classical
Release Date
March 15, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GADE, NIELS W.
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Danish National Vocal Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Junker, Fuchs, Weisser, Concerto Copenhagen, Mortensen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 15, 2019
    • UPC
      636943603529
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8226035
    • LABEL
      Dacapo Classical
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prologue: Herr Oluf Abends hielt an sein Ross (Chorus)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet, Concerto Copenhagen

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    2. Part I: In's blaue Meer die Sonne sinkt (Chorus, Oluf, Mother)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet, Concerto Copenhagen

      Performer: Ivonne Fuchs, Johannes Weisser

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    3. Part I: So oft mein Auge die Fluren schaut (Oluf)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen

      Performer: Johannes Weisser

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    4. Part I: Zäum' auf mein Ross mit gold'ner Kett (Oluf, Mother, Chorus)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet, Concerto Copenhagen

      Performer: Ivonne Fuchs, Johannes Weisser

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    5. Part II: Nacht, o wie stille! (Oluf)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen

      Performer: Johannes Weisser

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    6. Part II: Leicht nun schwebt der Tanz durch die Haine! (Elf-Maidens, Oluf)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet, Concerto Copenhagen

      Performer: Johannes Weisser

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    7. Part II: Willkommen, Herr Oluf (Elf-King's Daughter, Elf-Maidens, Oluf)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet, Concerto Copenhagen

      Performer: Sophie Junker, Johannes Weisser

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    8. Part III: Morgengesang: Im Osten geht die Sonne auf (Chorus)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet, Concerto Copenhagen

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    9. Part III: Ich wartet' an des Hauses Thür (Mother, Chorus)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet, Concerto Copenhagen

      Performer: Ivonne Fuchs

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    10. Part III: Hör' du, Herr Oluf, sag' an mir gleich! (Mother, Oluf, Chorus)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet, Concerto Copenhagen

      Performer: Ivonne Fuchs, Johannes Weisser

    11. Epilogue: Drum rath' ich jedem Jüngling an (Chorus)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet, Concerto Copenhagen

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    12. No. 1. Ritter Frühling

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    13. No. 2. Die Wasserrose

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    14. No. 3. Morgenwanderung

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    15. No. 4. Herbstlied

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    16. No. 5. Im Wald

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen


Elverskud (The Elf-King's Daughter) is a dramatic cantata from 1854, based on Danish medieval ballads. It became one of Niels W. Gade's greatest successes, not only in his native Denmark but throughout Europe, where Elverskud was performed several hundred times, often conducted by Gade himself. Gade was especially admired in Germany, and on this album, Elverskud is not only played on period instruments for the first time but is also sung for the first time with the German text that brought the work international fame. Here the cantata is put together with Gade's breakthrough as an a capella composer, Funf Gesange from 1846, also in German. Perhaps this danish national composer isn't so danish after all. These works are beautifully performed by soloists Sophie Junker, Ivonne Fuchs, and Johannes Weisser, alongside the Danish National Vocal Ensemble.