"The last volume of [the CPO] series of Gade recordings based on the new critical edition of his complete oeuvre, once again includes chamber works with a long and complicated history of composition inasmuch as Gade often submitted his earlier works to later revisions - as was the case with his String Quartet No. 1 and String Quintet op. 8 ... The results clearly show that he wrote the quintet at a time when he had not yet abandoned the national Romantic ideas of his young years, even though he was already in Leipzig ... His Fantasy Pieces op. 43 and elegant character pieces are all more or less designed in a complex song form - however, with a texture that in almost all cases consists of a leading melody part in the clarinet and an accompaniment in the piano".
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MusicWeb international

2020 December

Stuart Sillitoe

2020 December

"The Ensemble MidtVest's survey of Niels Gade's chamber music has proven to be a most valuable series, and this disc is no different ... A real winner for all devotees of Gade's music, the disc will appeal to anyone with a liking for 19th-century romantic chamber music. The recorded sound is excellent, better than the other Gade recordings I mentioned ... This is a most enjoyable and pleasing release".
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Kristeligt dagblad

d. 2. nov. 2020

Peter Dürrfeld

d. 2. nov. 2020

"[En] ny cd fra CPO kaster atter lys over, hvor fin en komponist Gade var. Ensemble MidtVest ... består af fem strygere, en blæserkvintet og en pianist, opfører tre meget attraktive værker af den største danske komponist i midten af 1800-tallet ... Der indledes med de fire fantasistykker for klarinet og klaver, som Gade komponerede i Danmarks skæbneår 1864. De bliver spillet med stor indlevelse af Tommaso Lonquich og Martin Qvist Hansen ... Den righoldige skive slutter med et uhyre spændende værk ..., en strygekvintet i e-mol, der fik opusnummeret 8. Her er det den unge Gade, der i bedste sturm und drangstil byder på, hvad jeg ikke tøver med at kalde en kammermusikalsk juvel".
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Klassisk

2021, nr. 60

Jeppe Rönnow

2021, nr. 60

"Femte cd-udgivelse i Ensemble MidtVest og pladeselskabet CPO's projekt med at indspille alle Niels W. Gades kammermusikalske værker giver mening ... CD'ens to første værker ... byder på flot lyd og bedre dramatik på klarinettens tone end i andre indspilninger ... Det er dog cd'ens tredje værk, der er mest interessant: Strygekvintetten i e-mol, op. 8 ... Her skabes kontraster og drama ... og giver lige netop Gade den kant, hans musik trænger til".

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2020

Musik (cd)Niels W. GadeClassic Produktion Osnabrück