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If not the most adventurous of composers, and in his later years over-conservative, Gade in his youth certainly had his moments. his inventiveness is evident in all four symphonies presented... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 1st Jan 2003
Catalogue No: CHAN10026
Label: Chandos
Length: 58 minutes

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Gade, N: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 5, "Paa Sjølunds fagre Sletter"

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Christopher Hogwood, Danish National Symphony Orchestra

I. Moderato con moto

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II. Scherzo. Allegro risoluto quasi presto

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III. Andantino grazioso

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IV. Finale. Molto allegro ma con fuoco

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Gade, N: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 25

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Christopher Hogwood, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Brautigam

I. Allegro con fuoco

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II. Andante sostenuto

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III. Scherzo. Allegro molto vivace

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IV. Finale. Andante con moto

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2010

If not the most adventurous of composers, and in his later years over-conservative, Gade in his youth certainly had his moments. his inventiveness is evident in all four symphonies presented here, albeit in very different ways. The Sixth (1856-7) is perhaps the most perfect, Classical in design although with a minatory feel suggestive at times of middle-period Haydn. If it stays within its own clearly defined harmonic and stylistic limits, the First, Third and Fifth do not.
No 1 (1842), based on an old ballad and incorporating his own earlier setting of it, is bright and full of life: no wonder Mendelssohn and the Leipzig audience were enchanted.
The Third (1846-7) is a different proposition, more Romantic in tone, its first movement too much so causing the composer to replace it with a less radical opening span (the Presto tempo marking of which must still have raised a few eyebrows). The original Andante – Allegro energico is included here in its first recording, proving a fine if turbulent sonata Allegro.
The Fifth (1852) has a Mendelssohnian poise and grace plus one startling – if ultimately stillborn – innovation: the piano as an orchestral instrument. The Fifth is definitely not a concerto, but a true symphony with an extended keyboard part, sometimes as soloist, sometimes as colouristic device. The performances are all very nicely drawn, the First and Fifth particularly so.

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