Niels Gade - Erlkönigs Tochter (Lars UIrik Mortensen)

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Composer: Niels Gade

• Erlkönigs Tochter, Ballad founded on Danish legends, Op. 30

Sophie Junker, soprano
Ivonne Fuchs, alto
Johannes Weisser, baritone

Danish National Vocal Ensemble
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars UIrik Mortensen, conductor

Date: 2018
Label: Dacapo
https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/gade-erlkonigs-tochter-elverskud-the-elf-kings-daughter

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Niels Gade (22 February 1817 – 21 December 1890) was a Danish composer and teacher. Gade began his career as a violinist with the Royal Danish Orchestra. After his 1st symphony was positively received and conducted by Felix Mendelssohn, Gade himself moved to Leipzig and befriending Mendelssohn, who had an important influence on his music. He returned to Copenhagen in 1848 and became director of the Copenhagen Musical Society and Copenhagen Conservatory. Among Gade's works are 8 symphonies, a violin concerto, chamber music and a number of large-scale cantatas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Gade

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Lars Ulrik Mortensen is a Danish harpsichordist and conductor largely in Baroque solo and chamber music and Early music repertory. He studied with Karen Englund (harpsichord) and Jesper Bøje Christensen (figured bass) at The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen and with Trevor Pinnock in London. Mortensen has a career as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe, North and South America and Japan, and is currently artistic director of Concerto Copenhagen, appearing regularly at the Royal Theatre. He was a professor of harpsichord and performance practice in Munich in 1996-99.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Ulrik_Mortensen

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