Gade: The Symphonies / Jarvi, Stockholm Sinfonietta, Malmo Symphony Orchestra

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January 1, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GADE, NIELS WILHELM
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Canzone Choir, Aarhus Music Students Chamber Choir, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Camera Choir
    • PERFORMER
      The, Ch
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2010
    • UPC
      7318591835363
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-CD-1835-36
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      5
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Moderato con moto - Allegro egergico

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    2. II. Scherzo: Allegro risoluto quasi Presto

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    3. III. Andantino grazioso

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    4. IV. Finale: Molto allegro ma con fuoco

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    5. I. Allegro molto e con fuoco

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    6. II. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    7. III. Andantino

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    8. IV. Finale: Allegro non troppo e marcato

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    9. I. Andantino quasi allegretto

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    10. II. Andante con moto

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    11. III. Scherzo: Molto allegro

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    12. IV. Finale: Allegro energico

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    13. I. Allegro risoluto

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    14. II. Andante

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    15. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    16. IV. Finale: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    17. I. Presto

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    18. II. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    19. III. Allegretto, assai moderato

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    20. IV. Finale: Allegro molto e con fuoco

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    21. I. Andantino - Allegro vivace e grazioso

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    22. II. Andante con moto

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    23. III. Scherzo: Allegro, ma non troppo e tranquillamente

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    24. IV. Finale: Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    25. I. Allegro con fuoco

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Performer: Roland Pöntinen

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    26. II. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Performer: Roland Pöntinen

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    27. III. Scherzo: Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Performer: Roland Pöntinen

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    28. IV. Finale: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Performer: Roland Pöntinen

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    29. I. Andantino - Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    30. II. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    31. III. Allegro moderato ed energico

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    32. IV. Finale: Andantino quasi allegretto - Allegro vivace e animato

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    33. I. Allegro con fuoco

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anton Kontra

      Conductor: Paavo Järvi

    34. II. Romanze: Andantino espressivo

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anton Kontra

      Conductor: Paavo Järvi

    35. III. Rondo scherzando: Allegro, ma non troppo

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anton Kontra

      Conductor: Paavo Järvi

    36. I. I Orkene (In the Desert): Chorus of Pilgrims and Women

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Canzone Choir, The Camera Choir, Choir 72, Aarhus Music Students Chamber Choir, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Frans Rasmussen

    37. I. I Orkene (In the Desert): Scene (Bass, Tenor)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Kurt Westi, Ulrik Cold

      Conductor: Frans Rasmussen

    38. I. I Orkene (In the Desert): Crusaders' Song (Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Canzone Choir, The Camera Choir, Choir 72, Aarhus Music Students Chamber Choir, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Kurt Westi, Ulrik Cold

      Conductor: Frans Rasmussen

    39. I. I Orkene (In the Desert): Prayer (Bass, Chorus)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Canzone Choir, The Camera Choir, Choir 72, Aarhus Music Students Chamber Choir, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Ulrik Cold

      Conductor: Frans Rasmussen

    40. II. Armida: Chorus of the Spirits of Darkness

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Canzone Choir, The Camera Choir, Choir 72, Aarhus Music Students Chamber Choir, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Frans Rasmussen

    41. II. Armida: Recitative and Aria (Mezzo-soprano)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marianne Rørholm

      Conductor: Frans Rasmussen

    42. II. Armida: Sirens' Chorus (Chorus, Tenor)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Canzone Choir, The Camera Choir, Choir 72, Aarhus Music Students Chamber Choir, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Kurt Westi

      Conductor: Frans Rasmussen

    43. II. Armida: Scene (Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Chorus)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Canzone Choir, The Camera Choir, Choir 72, Aarhus Music Students Chamber Choir, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marianne Rørholm, Kurt Westi

      Conductor: Frans Rasmussen

    44. III. Mod Jerusalem (Towards Jerusalem): Crusaders' Chorus: Morning Song

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Canzone Choir, The Camera Choir, Choir 72, Aarhus Music Students Chamber Choir, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Frans Rasmussen

    45. III. Mod Jerusalem (Towards Jerusalem): Aria (Tenor)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Kurt Westi

      Conductor: Frans Rasmussen

    46. III. Mod Jerusalem (Towards Jerusalem): Pilgrims' March (Chorus, Tenor)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Canzone Choir, The Camera Choir, Choir 72, Aarhus Music Students Chamber Choir, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Kurt Westi

      Conductor: Frans Rasmussen

    47. III. Mod Jerusalem (Towards Jerusalem): Final Scene (Bass, Chorus, Tenor)

      Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade

      Ensemble: Canzone Choir, The Camera Choir, Choir 72, Aarhus Music Students Chamber Choir, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Kurt Westi, Ulrik Cold

      Conductor: Frans Rasmussen


REVIEW:

Niels Gade was a musical conservative, very much of the Mendelssohn school, but he had a distinctive personality and...he knew how to make his music move. These symphonies have good tunes, almost no dead spots, and the Fifth, which has an important concertante part for solo piano, really is an entertaining and original piece by any standard.

At five discs for the price of two, this set is a steal. Neeme Järvi's versions of the eight symphonies are as fine as any available, certainly as good as Hogwood's excellent Chandos set which now costs several times as much. Niels Gade was a musical conservative, very much of the Mendelssohn school, but he had a distinctive personality and, more to the point, he knew how to make his music move. These symphonies have good tunes, almost no dead spots, and the Fifth, which has an important concertante part for solo piano, really is an entertaining and original piece by any standard. Järvi secures crisp, lively playing from the Stockholm Sinfonietta; there isn't a weak performance in the lot.

The Violin Concerto is also a fine, unaccountably neglected piece, very well played by Anton Kontra (of the eponymous quartet fame). Its central Andantino espressive really is a gem, but then the entire piece has a formal compactness and confidence typical of Gade. The Crusaders (featuring the Aarhus Symphony under Frans Rasmussen) is an hour-long cantata for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, and it makes a considerable bonus. Of course in today's world it's kind of hard to sympathize with the crusades, or with any piece in which Peter the Hermit is the good guy, but give Gade credit: he gets through the entire Armida/Rinaldo love story in 23 minutes, and it's the best part of the work. Enough talk: just get this box, and your Gade collection will be pretty much complete.

--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com