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Nordic Sounds 2

Nordic Sounds 2


Alfvén:

Och jungfrun hon går i ringen (Text: Swedish Dance)

Jersild:

Min Yndlingsda

Sandstrøm, J:

Sloabbme-njunnje

Biegga Njunnjí

Biegga Luothe

trad.:

Gjendines Bådnlåt

Kristallen den fina

Wikander:

Kung Liljekonvalje (text: Gustav Fröding)

Förvårskväll (text: Ragnar Jändel)


The CD features a.o. arrangements by Jan Sandström of improvised folk songs of the Sami people - whose singing is among the earliest continuing vocal traditions of Europe - but also recent works like the sixteen-part Kosijat (The Suitors; 2001) by one of the best-known contemporary composers in Finland, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi. The final piece on the cd, Muoayiayaoum is a phonetic formula, a sequence of vowels which open and close.

This is the purpose of the twelve-minute piece, as the composer Anders Hillborg ventures in search of the greatest possible precision in terms of timbre, pulse and dynamics. The level of vocal virtuosity that Peter Dijkstra elicits from his singers of The Swedish Radio Choir, collectively, is breathtaking and his cd ‘Nordic Sounds 1’ with music of Sandström as well as his most recent Poulenc recording ‘Figure Humaine’, received great critical acclaim and important awards!

“Traditional Swedish folksongs are interwoven with newer choral works” BBC Music Magazine, December 2012 ****

“This is such a choral feast that one can only shake one's head in wonderment that such lovely music is so little known outside Scandinavia. The Swedish Radio Choir's reputation for flawless singing is as solid as ever and, under Peter Dijkstra's direction, it has become a powerful though flexible instrument capable of tremendously warm and gilded singing.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2012

“The timbral and rhythmic precision of their performances does not prevent the singing from projecting a genuinely human warmth. The choir is responsive to the wide variety of styles represented here; one senses the singers' enjoyment.” International Record Review, December 2012

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Valossa: From Darkness to Light

Valossa: From Darkness to Light


Heiniö:

Folk Songs (3) for Double Mixed Choir, Op. 28

Jersild:

Min Yndlingsda

Komulainen:

Vinternatten (One Winter’s Night)

Kuula:

Venelaulu (The Boat Song Barcarolle), Op. 21 No. 2

Madetoja:

Onnelliset (Happiness), Op. 13 No. 2

Mahler:

Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz (No. 4 from Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)

arr. Gottwald

Monteverdi:

O Primavera

Palmgren:

Juhannus (Midsummer)

Poulenc:

Un soir de neige

Rautavaara:

Och glädjen den dansar

Schoenberg:

Schein uns, du liebe Sonne


Kaamos Chamber Choir, Dani Juris

The Finnish Kaamos Chamber Choir has recorded on this new disc, Valossa - From darkness to light, a cappella repertoire from its varied performance programme. The items range from folk song arrangements, to classical, and from Renaissance, to present day. The emotions and stories portrayed in the songs trace a thematic transition from dark winter days to light summer nights. The present disc is the culmination of a journey lasting nearly five years. The choir is conducted by talented Dani Juris.

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