The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir – Grieg: Choir Music (2007)
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Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | BIS Records # BIS-SACD-1661
This disc is a delight – and produced with typical BIS thoroughness. Det Norske Solistkor (The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir) has been in existence since 1950, and Grete Pedersen is only its second director, having assumed that position in 1990. The 26 singers are all professionals, and they sound it. The solo and ensemble work heard on this disc is exemplary.
The BIS programme is mainly of slow, contemplative pieces, often mostly quiet. With its resonant acoustic halo, it conjures up visions of multicoloured light from stained glass moving slowly over the dark church interior. However quiet and slow, the performances are also deeply considered and have great inner tension; they never drag and one’s attention is held until the end of the programme. The often piquant harmonies in these scores are allowed their full effect, climaxes of great emotion often being born of dissonance, with easeful resolutions to calm and peace. 2L’s programme, in contrast, varies considerably in pace and mood, encompassing folksy fun-making, deep religious fervour, pure joy and heartfelt sadness. Landkjenning is styled as a cantata for male chorus, baritone solo and harmonium. It portrays an incident in the life of King Olaf Trygvason who helped bring Christianity to Norway. The male voices of Det Norske Solistkor begin in fine manly archaic story-telling mode, the soloist Audun Iversen entering to quote the King’s words directly, making an impassioned statement of his faith in the new ‘White Christ’. At this point, the harmonium joins in to amplify the drama (and signal a religious tone). This is a substantial piece of Grieg, and may also be heard on BIS’ volumes of his orchestral works (Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar, Landkjenning – Ruud). Våren (Last Spring)is one of Grieg’s best and most enduring melodies, expressing the Norwegian’s deep concern for the arrival of Spring after Winter’s long darkness and chill. Here it is sung in arrangements by Greta Pederson, the choir’s conductor (first verse), and Janne Berglund (second verse). In the latter, soloist Siljer Marie Aker Johnsen soars aloft with a stratospheric descant, ethereal and as pure as a harmonic. The sheer beauty of the singing in this verse makes hairs stand up on the back of the neck, and is alone worth buying this BIS disc for!
Tracklist:
01. Ved Rondane
02. Jeg lagde mig så sildig
03. Blegnet, segnet
04. Ave, Maris Stella
05. Margrethes vuggesang
06. Kveldssang for Blakken
07. Landkjenning
08. Våren
09. I Folketone
10. I Himmelen
11. Jesus Kristus er opfaren
12. Guds Søn har gjort meg fri
13. Hvad est du dog skjøn
Note:
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir – Conducted by Grete Pedersen.
Produced & Engineered by Hans Kipfer.
Recorded in November 2006 at Ris Kirke, Oslo, Norway.
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