The Golden Age

Review: MusicWebInternational1 Review: MusicWebInternational2 Review: PianoNews Niels W. Gade Nordiske Tonebilleder Op. 4 (Nordic Tone Pictures) 1. I. Allegro risoluto 2. II. Allegretto quasi Andantino 3. III. Allegro comodo Robert Schumann Bilder aus Osten Op. 66 (Pictures from the East) 4. I. Lebhaft 5. II. Nicht schnell und sehr gesangvoll zu spielen 6. III. Im Volkston 7. IV. Nicht schnell 8. V. Lebhaft 9. VI. Reuig, andächtig Niels W. Gade Tre Karakterstykker Op. 18 (Three Character Pieces) 10. I. Allegro vivace 11. II. Allegro maestoso 12. III. Allegro vivace 13. Brude-Vals (arr.Grandjean) (Bridal Waltz) 14. Fødselsdag- Polonaise (Birthday Polonaise) 15. Brude- og Sølvbryllupsvals (Bridal and Silver Wedding Anniversary Waltz) Franz Schubert 16. Fantasie in f-mol Op. 103/D 940 1. Allegro molto moderato 2. Largo 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace 4. Finale. Allegro molto moderato Niels W. Gade – Piano Music © This CD presents Gade’s complete works for piano duet: Opus 4, Opus 18, the two miniature compositions Birthday Polonaise (”Fødselsdagpolonaise”, unknown for whom and when it’s written) and Bridal – and Silver anniversary Waltz, (“Brude- og Sølvbryllupsvals”, written over a fragment of the popular Bridal Waltz and including his musical signature, for the silver anniversary on June 26th 1889 of tobacconist and art collector Heinrich Hirschsprung) as well as the Bridal Waltz in an arrangement by Axel Grandjean, who was a student of Gade. RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 2017 CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 786 EAN: 5709499786000 Download BOOKLET (PDF) Related