SACD, Alfvén (composer)
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It’s hard to imagine a more unlikely orchestral pairing. It works mightily well, however, with the Gothenburg Symphony hugely atmospheric in Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus then warmly, playfully... —
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Traditional Swedish folksongs are interwoven with newer choral works —
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Like to the Lark
Jennifer Pike (violin), Maria Forsström (mezzo-soprano)
The Swedish Chamber Choir, Simon Phipps
Listening to Simon Philipps’s immaculately accomplished Swedish Chamber Choir is rather like sinking gently into a warm bath bubbling over with your favourite scented lotions…This album combin[es]... —
Awards:
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Record Review, 16th November 2019, Disc of the Week
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Elin Rombo’s voice has a warmly natural tone and she sings here with delightful clarity and, where necessary, power. —
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Camilla Tilling uses her light lyric soprano to trace the echoes and glints of folksong in the melodic shape and harmonic underpinning of many of these songs of the North. Minimal vibrato and... —
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Kroumata - Encores
Ziya Aytekin (kaval, mey, darabucka & zurna), Håkan Hagegård (baritone), Kerstin Frödin (recorder)
Kroumata Percussion Ensemble
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