Resonanser
Swedish Choral Music - New Perspectives
Anders Widmark (piano)
Allmänna Sången, Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2009, Editor's Choice
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...
Resonanser
Swedish Choral Music - New Perspectives
Anders Widmark (piano)
Allmänna Sången, Cecilia Rydinger Alin
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Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, March 2009, Editor's Choice
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...
About
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’).
Contents and tracklist
Sandstrøm, J:
Biegga louthe
Work length4:49
- Erik Åstedt
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
Work length1:38
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
Work length5:56
- Rebecka Ohm, Annie von Heijne, Anders Widmark
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
Work length2:59
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
trad.:
Slängpolska efter Byss-Kalle (Arr. H. Gardemar)
Work length3:35
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
Work length11:03
- Anders Widmark
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
No. 1, September
Track length4:51
No. 2, I Seraillets Have
Track length3:15
No. 3, Havde jeg, o havde jeg en Dattersøn, o ja!
Track length2:57
Work length3:34
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
trad.:
Slåttervisa efter Knis Karl (Arr. S. Lindberg)
Work length4:31
- Per Wickström, Anders Widmark
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
Hillborg:
En midsommarnattsdröm
Work length5:22
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
Palm:
Under rönn och syren (Arr. A. Widmark)
Work length3:14
- Anders Widmark
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
- Anders Widmark
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
Work length3:37
- Anders Widmark
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
trad.:
Bröllopsvisa efter Kirsten Bråten Berg (Arr. L. Willemark)
Work length2:21
- Allmänna Sången
- Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Recorded: March 2008
- Recording Venue: University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineMarch 2009Editor's Choice
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.
