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Yggdrasil is an entity in Norse cosmology, the sacred tree around which everything else exists. It may be surprising, at least to non-Norwegians, how much music Yggdrasil has inspired, although Wagner would probably have been comfortable with the concept. The Norwegian women's choir Cantus and director Tove Ramlo-Ystad here offer a sampling of that music, a cappella, with some but not all of it by composers associated with the group in the past. Part of the attraction with music issued by the 2L label is always the sound, and here, working in Trondheim's Lademoen Church, the engineers have outdone themselves; the list of recordings that capture choral voices in such depth as this one is short indeed. Those voices are likewise distinctive. Sample Anders Edenroth's Tree Song (in English, like several other pieces here) for an idea; the voices have a bit of grain rather than a cathedral-choir sound. The compositions fall into two groups. Some are straightforward, melodic, and tonal, while others are more complex both harmonically and texturally, sometimes including spoken or chant-like passages. Recordings from 2L are always intriguing, at the very least, and this one is no exception.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Cantus, MainArtist - Henning Sommerro, Composer - Morten Lindberg, Producer, MasteringEngineer, StudioProducer, BalanceEngineer - 2L, MusicPublisher - Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Conductor, MainArtist - Kristin Bugge Midthjell, MainArtist
(C) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway) (P) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway)
Cantus, MainArtist - Anders Edenroth, Composer - Morten Lindberg, Producer, MasteringEngineer, StudioProducer, BalanceEngineer - 2L, MusicPublisher - Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway) (P) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway)
Cantus, MainArtist - Halldis Moren Vesaas, Composer - Morten Lindberg, Producer, MasteringEngineer, StudioProducer, BalanceEngineer - Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen, Composer - 2L, MusicPublisher - Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway) (P) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway)
Cantus, MainArtist - Halldis Moren Vesaas, Composer - Morten Lindberg, Producer, MasteringEngineer, StudioProducer, BalanceEngineer - 2L, MusicPublisher - Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Conductor, MainArtist - Idunn Vindspoll, Composer - Ellrun Ystad, Composer
(C) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway) (P) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway)
Cantus, MainArtist - Morten Lindberg, Producer, MasteringEngineer, StudioProducer, BalanceEngineer - 2L, MusicPublisher - Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Conductor, MainArtist - Christine Donkin, Composer - Karen Johanna Kviseth, MainArtist
(C) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway) (P) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway)
Cantus, MainArtist - Eric William Barnum, Composer - Victor Rydberg, Composer - Morten Lindberg, Producer, MasteringEngineer, StudioProducer, BalanceEngineer - 2L, MusicPublisher - Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Conductor, MainArtist - Karen Johanna Kviseth, MainArtist
(C) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway) (P) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway)
Cantus, MainArtist - Morten Lindberg, Producer, MasteringEngineer, StudioProducer, BalanceEngineer - 2L, MusicPublisher - Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Conductor, MainArtist - Ragnar Rasmussen, Composer - Ingvild Winsnes Flølo, MainArtist
(C) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway) (P) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway)
Cantus, MainArtist - Trygve Brøske, Composer - Morten Lindberg, Producer, MasteringEngineer, StudioProducer, BalanceEngineer - 2L, MusicPublisher - Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Conductor, MainArtist - Siril Stette Uhlen, MainArtist - Alice Major, Composer
(C) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway) (P) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway)
Cantus, MainArtist - Ko Matsushita, Composer - Morten Lindberg, Producer, MasteringEngineer, StudioProducer, BalanceEngineer - 2L, MusicPublisher - Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway) (P) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway)
Mia Makaroff, Composer - Mahmoud Darwish, Composer - Cantus, MainArtist - Morten Lindberg, Producer, MasteringEngineer, StudioProducer, BalanceEngineer - 2L, MusicPublisher - Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Conductor, MainArtist - Ingvild Barstein, MainArtist
(C) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway) (P) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway)
Cantus, MainArtist - Eric William Barnum, Composer - Sara Teasdale, Composer - Morten Lindberg, Producer, MasteringEngineer, StudioProducer, BalanceEngineer - 2L, MusicPublisher - Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway) (P) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway)
Album review
Yggdrasil is an entity in Norse cosmology, the sacred tree around which everything else exists. It may be surprising, at least to non-Norwegians, how much music Yggdrasil has inspired, although Wagner would probably have been comfortable with the concept. The Norwegian women's choir Cantus and director Tove Ramlo-Ystad here offer a sampling of that music, a cappella, with some but not all of it by composers associated with the group in the past. Part of the attraction with music issued by the 2L label is always the sound, and here, working in Trondheim's Lademoen Church, the engineers have outdone themselves; the list of recordings that capture choral voices in such depth as this one is short indeed. Those voices are likewise distinctive. Sample Anders Edenroth's Tree Song (in English, like several other pieces here) for an idea; the voices have a bit of grain rather than a cathedral-choir sound. The compositions fall into two groups. Some are straightforward, melodic, and tonal, while others are more complex both harmonically and texturally, sometimes including spoken or chant-like passages. Recordings from 2L are always intriguing, at the very least, and this one is no exception.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:30
- Main artists: Cantus Tove Ramlo-Ystad
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: 2L
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway) (P) 2023 2L (Lindberg Lyd, Norway)
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