Sven-David Sandström - Nordic Sounds (2010)

Posted By: Piterets
Date: Oct. 27, 2012

Sven-David Sandström - Nordic Sounds (2010)
Contemporary Classical, Choral | Channel Classics | 2010 | 63:50 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log) | Booklet | Various File Hosts | 216 MB
Swedish Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra, conductor

Channel Classics has taken a turn into new territory with this release of sacred choral works by contemporary Swedish composer Sven-David Sandström (b. 1942) – and it turns out to be one of the label’s most engaging, enlightening – and exciting – discs of the year. ...it challenges our traditional expectations of what a choral concert is about. Here we’re confronted with music that doesn’t fit any regular form, yet faithfully follows time-honored biblical texts, from the Psalms to the Mass to the Song of Songs. ... Sandstrom writes with an assured understanding of voices, ...and while his works are for the most part extremely challenging, both for listeners and performers, the musical language is fresh and vital and perfectly suited to the medium.
http://www.classicstoday.com


The use of canonical works as musical inspiration or as a starting-point ...is one of eight special characteristics of Sandström's choral writing. These occur repeatedly throughout the works on this disc - without ever detracting from the general attractiveness and memorableness of Sandström's music. The other seven are: non-language sounds, such as humming - sometimes giving the impression of accompaniment by double-basses and tremolo; theatrical interaction of vocal groupings; extended vocal groups, often employing six voices instead of the more usual four; "layered repetition of rhythmic and melodic cells, creating a minimalist-sounding texture"; the use of extreme tempi or radical rallentandos or accelerandi; and extreme tessitura...
http://www.arkivmusic.com


Unimaginative album name notwithstanding, this is a marvelous record - I particularly like an eclectic nature of his compositions and different vocal techniques that are called for - non-linguistic utterances, unique voicings, music that borrows from drama/theater-like voice interactions, extremes of expression and so on. Definately a composer to keep an eye for.

Tracklist:

1. Lobet den Herrn : 2003 (7:41)
2. Ave Maria : 1994 (8:39)
3. Hear my prayer, O Lord : 1986 (5:31)
4. Es ist genug : 1986 (9:05)
5. A new song of love : 2009 (5:53)
6. Laudamus te : 1993 (7:42)
7. Agnus Dei : 1981 (6:32)
8. Singet dem Herrn: I : 2003 (03:53)
9. Singet dem Herrn: II : 2003 (07:12)
10. Singet dem Herrn: III : 2003 (02:40)

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Read more about Sven-David Sandström here.

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Kammerchor I Vocalisti - Domine Deus (2011) Link
Musica Sacra - Monk and the Abbess (1996) Link
Musica Sacra - Of Eternal Light (1993) Link
Chanticleer 4 CD: How Sweet the Sound (2004), Our American Journey (2002), Mysteria (1995), Colors of Love (1999) Link

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