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On sale -50%Norwegian composer Kim André Arnesen has cultivated an accessible, tonal idiom that has earned him a strong following in his native Trondheim, and also in the U.S., where his attractive choral writing suits his music to the growing group of strong regional vocal ensembles. The Denver choir Kantorei is one of those, and Naxos supports them well with warm, clear sound captured at Denver's First Plymouth Congregational Church. One of the works here, the Cradle Hymn, was even performed at the White House for President Barack Obama. You could sample that for an instance of Arnesen's calm idiom and also for his effortless way of moving between different kinds of texts and inflecting his musical language slightly for each. The Cradle Hymn is set to a text by the 18th century hymn composer Isaac Watts, and Arnesen hits just the right sober yet personal note in his setting, impressive in that his first language is not English. He also uses simple contemporary poetry, other English poets, traditional Latin texts, and more, sometimes with piano or in one case, an effective soprano saxophone. From his female soloists he calls forth an almost boy soprano voice. Arnesen does not break any new ground, and his music is definitely for fans of the positive tonal sacred style; just as definitely, that style is well handled here.
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Even When He Is Silent (Live) (Kim André Arnesen)
John Newton, Engineer - Blanton Alspaugh, Producer - Kantorei, Choir, MainArtist - Kim André Arnesen, Composer - Joel Rinsema, Conductor
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Flight Song (Live) (Kim André Arnesen)
John Newton, Engineer - Blanton Alspaugh, Producer - Kantorei, Choir, MainArtist - Kim André Arnesen, Composer - Joel Rinsema, Conductor - Alicia Rigsby, Artist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
O Sacrum Convivium (Kim André Arnesen)
John Newton, Engineer - Blanton Alspaugh, Producer - Kantorei, Choir, MainArtist - Kim André Arnesen, Composer - Joel Rinsema, Conductor
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Child of Song (Kim André Arnesen)
John Newton, Engineer - Blanton Alspaugh, Producer - Kantorei, Choir - Kim André Arnesen, Composer - Joel Rinsema, Conductor - Beryl Fanslow, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
The gift I'll leave you (Kim André Arnesen)
John Newton, Engineer - Blanton Alspaugh, Producer - Kantorei, Choir - Kim André Arnesen, Composer - Joel Rinsema, Conductor - Alicia Rigsby, Artist - Sara Michael, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Dormi, Jesu (Kim André Arnesen)
John Newton, Engineer - Blanton Alspaugh, Producer - Kantorei, Choir - Kim André Arnesen, Composer - Joel Rinsema, Conductor - Sara Michael, Artist, MainArtist - Juliane Dowell, Artist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Making or Breaking (Kim André Arnesen)
John Newton, Engineer - John Gunther, Artist - Blanton Alspaugh, Producer - Kantorei, Choir - Kim André Arnesen, Composer - Joel Rinsema, Conductor - Wendi Sue Grover, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Cradle Hymn (Live) (Kim André Arnesen)
John Newton, Engineer - Blanton Alspaugh, Producer - Kantorei, Choir, MainArtist - Kim André Arnesen, Composer - Joel Rinsema, Conductor - Alicia Rigsby, Artist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
The Lamb (Kim André Arnesen)
John Newton, Engineer - Blanton Alspaugh, Producer - Kantorei, Choir, MainArtist - Kim André Arnesen, Composer - Joel Rinsema, Conductor
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Pie Jesu (Kim André Arnesen)
John Newton, Engineer - Blanton Alspaugh, Producer - Kantorei, Choir - Kim André Arnesen, Composer - Joel Rinsema, Conductor - Alicia Rigsby, Artist - Christianna Sullins, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Infinity (Kim André Arnesen)
John Newton, Engineer - Blanton Alspaugh, Producer - Kantorei, Choir - Kim André Arnesen, Composer - Joel Rinsema, Conductor - Alicia Rigsby, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
There We Shall Rest (Kim André Arnesen)
John Newton, Engineer - Blanton Alspaugh, Producer - Kantorei, Choir, MainArtist - Kim André Arnesen, Composer - Joel Rinsema, Conductor
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
Album review
Norwegian composer Kim André Arnesen has cultivated an accessible, tonal idiom that has earned him a strong following in his native Trondheim, and also in the U.S., where his attractive choral writing suits his music to the growing group of strong regional vocal ensembles. The Denver choir Kantorei is one of those, and Naxos supports them well with warm, clear sound captured at Denver's First Plymouth Congregational Church. One of the works here, the Cradle Hymn, was even performed at the White House for President Barack Obama. You could sample that for an instance of Arnesen's calm idiom and also for his effortless way of moving between different kinds of texts and inflecting his musical language slightly for each. The Cradle Hymn is set to a text by the 18th century hymn composer Isaac Watts, and Arnesen hits just the right sober yet personal note in his setting, impressive in that his first language is not English. He also uses simple contemporary poetry, other English poets, traditional Latin texts, and more, sometimes with piano or in one case, an effective soprano saxophone. From his female soloists he calls forth an almost boy soprano voice. Arnesen does not break any new ground, and his music is definitely for fans of the positive tonal sacred style; just as definitely, that style is well handled here.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:26
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Kantorei
- Composer: Kim André Arnesen
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) Choral Music (Choirs)
(C) 2018 Naxos (P) 2018 Naxos
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