Et Folkesagn (A Folk Tale - Complete Ballet)

Album by Niels Wilhelm Gade & Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann & Randers Kammerorkester & Harry Damgaard

Et Folkesagn (A Folk Tale — Complete Ballet) is the complete ballet score by Danish composer Niels W. Gade, composed in 1854. The work employs Romantic-era orchestral colours and folk-inspired thematic material in a programme-driven structure, reflecting Gade's engagement with national musical themes and his place within mid-19th-century Danish Romanticism.
First released: 1997

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    A Folk Tale: Introduction
    2:26
  2. 2.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 1: Pastorale
    1:49
  3. 3.
    A Folk Tale: Act I: The Hunt
    3:18
  4. 4.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 1: Hilda and the Peasants
    4:59
  5. 5.
    A Folk Tale: Act I: Peasant Dance
    4:11
  6. 6.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 1: The happiness dies down as Ove
    5:34
  7. 7.
    A Folk Tale: Act I: Dance of Knights: Minuet
    2:02
  8. 8.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 1: Viderik's Teasing
    1:35
  9. 9.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 2: The servants lay out the young mistress's clothes
    9:35
  10. 10.
    A Folk Tale: Act I: Reel
    4:48
  11. 11.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 3: The trolls, who have now lost their dearest treasure, want to go away
    2:10
  12. 12.
    A Folk Tale: Act I: At the Elf-Hill
    6:16
  13. 13.
    A Folk Tale: Act I: The Elf-Girls
    2:35
  14. 14.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 3: Mogens ans the peasants arrive, and Viderik puts a spell on them. Birthe come upon to wed Birthe
    2:49
  15. 15.
    A Folk Tale: Act II: In the Troll Barrow
    5:26
  16. 16.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 3: The troll family arrives.
    3:10
  17. 17.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 4: Finale
    2:45
  18. 18.
    A Folk Tale: Act II: Diderik's Courtship
    4:14
  19. 19.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 4: Polonaise: Pas de Sept: Allegro maestoso
    3:16
  20. 20.
    A Folk Tale: Act II: The Dream
    3:36
  21. 21.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 4: Gentlemen's solo: Moderato
    0:44
  22. 22.
    A Folk Tale: Act II: Hilda wakes up confused, and remembers the dream
    1:16
  23. 23.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 4: Interpolated music: Allegro non troppo
    2:24
  24. 24.
    A Folk Tale: Act II: Arrival of the Trolls
    3:30
  25. 25.
    A Folk Tale: Act II: Bolero. Hilda's solo
    3:14
  26. 26.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 4: Coda: Polonaise: Animato
    2:00
  27. 27.
    A Folk Tale: Act III Scene 4: Bridal Waltz: Tempo di valse
    2:56
  28. 28.
    A Folk Tale: Act II: Dance of the Trolls
    4:01