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The choir featured on this disc, Allmänna Sången, is a student choir with a history going back for more than 175 years. A collaboration with Swedish jazz pianist Anders Widmark lends unusual colours to settings of ancient folk chorales (I Himmelen) and traditional harvest songs (Slåttervisa), as well as to classics from the treasure of Swedish choral music such as Stenhammar’s Three Choral Songs and Alfvén’s Evening (‘Aftonen’).
Jan Sandstrom: Biegga louthe (Song to the Mountain Wind)
Biegga louthe (Song to the Mountain Wind)
Karin Rehnqvist: Ljusfalten (Fields of light)
Ljusfalten (Fields of light)
Karin Rehnqvist: I Himmelen (In Heaven's Hall)
I Himmelen (In Heaven's Hall)
Ale Moller: Glaspolskan
Glaspolskan
Hans Gardemar: Slangpolska efter Byss-Kalle
Slangpolska efter Byss-Kalle
Wilhelm Stenhammar: 3 Korvisor till dikter av J.P. Jacobsen
No. 1. September, "Alle de voksende Skygger"
No. 2. I seraillets have (In the Seraglio Garden)
No. 3. Havde jeg, o havde jeg en datterson, o ja! (If Only I Had a Grandson, Oh!)
David Wikander: Kung Liljekonvalje (King Lily of the Valley)
Kung Liljekonvalje (King Lily of the Valley)
Staffan Lindberg: Slattervisa efter Knis Karl
Slattervisa efter Knis Karl
Anders Hillborg: En midsommarnattsdrom (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
En midsommarnattsdrom (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Herman Palm: Under ronn och syren
Under ronn och syren
Hugo Alfven: Aftonen (Evenings)
Aftonen (Evenings)
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad: Med en barnbon pa sin mun (With a Child's Prayer on his Lips)
Med en barnbon pa sin mun (With a Child's Prayer on his Lips)
Lena Willemark: Brollopsvisa (Wedding Song)
Brollopsvisa (Wedding Song)
March 2009
“At first glance this might seem a curious concept, Swedish folksongs as sung - exceptionally so, let me say straightaway - mostly unaccompanied by a modest chorus through some of which jazz improvisations weave a separate counterpoint. … a fine and varied programme, beautifully recorded in a spacious but not over-resonant acoustic. As a programme - and this is definitely a disc to be played through in one sitting - the total effect is greater than the sum of its parts.”
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Biegga louthe (Song to the Mountain Wind)