Niels Wilhelm Gade : ELVERSKUD (1854)
Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890)
Elverskud (The Elf King's Daughter)
Ballade efter danske Folkesagn for Soli, Kor og Orkeste, op. 30 (1851-54)
Med tekst af Christina Kf. Moelbech, Carl Andersen & Gottlieb Siesbye.
First performance : København, Musikforeningen, 30 marts 1854
00:00 - Prologue
03:16 - Part I On The Eve Of Oluf's Wedding
16:43 - Part II A Moonlit Night At The Fairy Hill
28:44 - Part III In The Morning At Oluf's Castle
42:50 - Epilogue
Elverkongens Datter : Lisbeth Balslev, Soprano
Moderen : Edith Guillaume, Mezzosoprano
Oluf : Mikael Melbye, Baritono
Canzone Choir & Collegium Musicum
Frans Rasmussen, conductor
LP. EMI. DMA 083 Recorded in Odd-Fellow Palaet, Copenhagen, March 1985
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