Mats Norrman replies to me replying to him:
>>>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".
>>
>>Of course it's picky, but nobody likes everything.
>
>How can you know you don't like "Elverskud" if you have never heard it?
Indeed, I don't know. But your statement seemed to be about Gade in
general. All the Gade I've heard - all chamber music, including the Octet
(pace, Deryk) - has made so little impression on me, I've not been inclined
to seek out anything else, which may be wonderful but I won't know any time
soon. In short, the Gade I've heard has been coupled with other music I
really wanted to hear.
Steve Schwartz