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Mixed themed programmes can be hit and miss, but this lovely set by the fearless Grete Pedersen explores nocturnal and oneiric modes with logic and confidence — Choir & Organ, February 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Oct 2016
Catalogue No: BIS2139
Label: BIS
Length: 61 minutes

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December 2016

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Nørgård: Drømmesange

Work length13:23

$2.05

$3.85

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Ditte Marie Braein
The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Oslo Sinfonietta
Grete Pedersen

Lachenmann: Consolation II (Wessobrunner Gebet)

Work length6:30

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$1.30

$1.75

The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
Grete Pedersen

Janson, A: Nocturne

Work length9:14

$1.50

$2.60

$3.50

The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Oslo Sinfonietta
Grete Pedersen

Saariaho: Überzeugung

Work length1:52

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$1.30

$1.75

Ditte Marie Braein, Mari Askvik, Eva B. Landro
The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Oslo Sinfonietta
Grete Pedersen

Nørgård: Singe die Gärten mein Herz, die du nicht kennst

Work length11:07

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The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Oslo Sinfonietta
Grete Pedersen

Xenakis: Nuits

Work length8:46

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The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
Grete Pedersen

Saariaho: Nuits, adieux

Work length10:12

$1.50

$2.60

$3.50

Ditte Marie Braein, Olle Holmgren, Øystein Stensheim, Astrid Sandvand Dahlen
The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
Grete Pedersen

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Night, dreams, and farewells with an outstanding choir. Although different in many respects – compositional approach, geographical origin, language – the works that make up this adventurous programme from the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir and its artistic director Grete Pedersen are all, to quote Shakespeare, ‘such stuff as dreams are made on’. In various ways they refer to night and dreams, to the distant past or to an uncertain future. With composers from Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany and Greece, and texts ranging from fragments of ancient Assyrian and Sumerian (in Xenakis’s Nuits) and the 8th-century Wessobrunner Prayer (Lachenmann) to poems by Balzac (Saariaho), Nietzsche (Janson) and Rilke (Nørgård), the concept of ‘here and now’ becomes blurred and, indeed, dreamlike. The choir and Grete Pedersen released their first disc for BIS in 2007 – an all-Grieg programme awarded a Diapason d’or and with interpretations described in Le Monde de la Musique as ‘so beautiful as to make you lose your breath’. The five titles that have followed since then range from the folk-inspired ‘White Night’ (‘some of the most striking and moving singing put down on disc for years’, Gramophone) and most recently a programme combining works by the Norwegian composer Knut Nystedt (1915 – 2014) with motets by Bach (BIS2184). Meeting the different challenges posed by such varied repertoire with flawless and always idiomatic performances, the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir is a wonderful instrument in the hands of Grete Pedersen. On the present disc musicians from Oslo Sinfonietta join the team in the accompanied works, which include Nørgård’s Singe die Gärten for eight-part choir and 8 instruments and Janson’s Nocturne for double choir, 2 cellos, harp and 2 percussionists.

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February 2017

Mixed themed programmes can be hit and miss, but this lovely set by the fearless Grete Pedersen explores nocturnal and oneiric modes with logic and confidence

December 2016

There is delicacy, sensitivity, richness and detail in each performance here (no prizes for guessing the disc’s theme) and excellent sound that gets to the many corners of each score. Add to that extraordinary imagination in the singing, individually and collectively.

16th November 2016

A stunning achievement by all concerned. Difficult, challenging music, performed with brilliance and dedication.

The Classical Reviewer January 2017

There is much beauty here, often clothed in the most adventurous harmonies and vocal ideas. The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir under their Music Director, Grete Pedersen achieve the most wonderful results, taking choral singing to a new level.

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