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The music of Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo ("YAY-lo" comes close enough for government work) lands in a space between minimalism, New Age music, and film composition. It's obviously not something for Milton Babbitt fans, but the elements are cleverly fused together, and Gjeilo, resident in New York, has found success both in the U.S. and in Britain (probably more so than in Norway). Those layers here interact with three others: Gjeilo's own piano, the instrumental group 12 Ensemble, and the Choir of Royal Holloway under its conductor, Rupert Gough. The program delivers the promised focus on winter with a original settings of texts by Christina Rossetti, Emily Brontë, Hildegard of Bingen, and more, but most of the pieces are arrangements of familiar carols. These are entirely fresh. They're not sentimental beyond the basic nature of the material; they place the tune in unusual ways; they hold the interest with variations in register and texture. Sample a piece as familiar as Silent Night for a taste. Likely one of the most successful holiday releases of 2017, and rightly so.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christina Rossetti, Author - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - The Choir of Royal Holloway, Choir, MainArtist - 12 Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - The Choir of Royal Holloway, Choir, MainArtist - 12 Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Arranger, Work Arranger - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - The Choir of Royal Holloway, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - The Choir of Royal Holloway, Choir, MainArtist - 12 Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - 12 Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Anthony Silvestri, Author - Ola Gjeilo, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - The Choir of Royal Holloway, Choir, MainArtist - 12 Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hildegard Von Bingen, Author - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Composer - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - The Choir of Royal Holloway, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - 12 Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Arranger, Work Arranger - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - The Choir of Royal Holloway, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - William J. Kirkpatrick, ComposerLyricist - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Arranger, Work Arranger - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - The Choir of Royal Holloway, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - Max Ruisi, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - 12 Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Arranger, Work Arranger - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - The Choir of Royal Holloway, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Franz Xaver Gruber, ComposerLyricist - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Arranger, Piano, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anonymous, Composer - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Anthony Silvestri, Author - Ola Gjeilo, Arranger, Work Arranger - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - The Choir of Royal Holloway, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Barrett, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Bennett, Producer, Recording Producer - Max Ruisi, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - 12 Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
Albumbeschreibung
The music of Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo ("YAY-lo" comes close enough for government work) lands in a space between minimalism, New Age music, and film composition. It's obviously not something for Milton Babbitt fans, but the elements are cleverly fused together, and Gjeilo, resident in New York, has found success both in the U.S. and in Britain (probably more so than in Norway). Those layers here interact with three others: Gjeilo's own piano, the instrumental group 12 Ensemble, and the Choir of Royal Holloway under its conductor, Rupert Gough. The program delivers the promised focus on winter with a original settings of texts by Christina Rossetti, Emily Brontë, Hildegard of Bingen, and more, but most of the pieces are arrangements of familiar carols. These are entirely fresh. They're not sentimental beyond the basic nature of the material; they place the tune in unusual ways; they hold the interest with variations in register and texture. Sample a piece as familiar as Silent Night for a taste. Likely one of the most successful holiday releases of 2017, and rightly so.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:34
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ola Gjeilo The Choir of Royal Holloway 12 Ensemble
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2017 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc ℗ 2017 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc
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