Mats Normann responds to Steve Schwartz:

>>I've never heard any orchestral work by Gade, including the op. 1.
>>I've heard a bit of chamber music, however.  It dind't do very much
>>for me, I'm afraid.  I found it "nice," but that was it.
>
>Isn't it a little picky to make such a statement with having heard
>so little?  I suggest take a listen to "Elverskud" and
>"Fruehlingsphantasie".

Steve probably shouldn't give much consideration to my strong
recommendation for Elverskud, since I also very much like Gade's string
quartets.  But I find Elverskud, a cantata for voices, orchestra, and
chorus, a powerful and imagery packed work.  I have the Kitaienko recording
on Chandos, play it fairly frequently, and would never part with it.  It's
Gade at his best.

Don Satz
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