Yesterday I heard for the first time an awesome overture, from the Danish Composer Niels Gade. I was looking for this for some time since I heard that Mendelssohn and Schumann loved this overture and his 1st symphony very much, actually they were even friends of Gade in Leipzig.
Gade was not at first recognized as a serious composer in his home country of Denmark, and it was only after Mendelssohn championed his works that he became more well-known in the 19th century.
Ouverture "Echoes of Ossian", op. 1 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TInni-4oCe0
Does anyone know other recommendable works from him?
Gade was not at first recognized as a serious composer in his home country of Denmark, and it was only after Mendelssohn championed his works that he became more well-known in the 19th century.
Ouverture "Echoes of Ossian", op. 1 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TInni-4oCe0
Does anyone know other recommendable works from him?
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