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Eminent men's chorus Orphei Drängar's BIS release Christmas Songs should not be confused with the 1991 issue Christmas Music, on which it was led by longtime director Robert Sund. In 2008, Sund passed Orphei Drängar's baton -- rather surprisingly -- to a woman, Cecilia Rydinger Alin. Likewise, BIS' Christmas Songs manages to find a significant place in the mix for another female participant, soprano soloist Ida Falk Winland. Unfortunately, she isn't a very transparent singer and has difficulties with the language in at least the English and American carols programmed here. The listener can barely understand the text in Handel's "He Shall Feed His Flock" from the Messiah, presented as a solo piece for Winland against the bright backdrop of other guests, the Linné Brass Quintet, at a rather brisk tempo; it's not very Christmas-y. That's a pity, as some of the other pieces in the collection certainly are, such as the luscious Lux aurumque of composer Eric Whitacre or the grand rendition of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, heard in as traditional a setting as one might like, buttressed with the brass quintet and a small complement of instruments from the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra. While one is pained to say that Christmas Songs is simply better when the guest soloist is not singing, that's what it amounts to. One must chalk it up to the new director finding her footing with an old ensemble, and as Christmas collections tend to be more forgiving in regard to such experimentation, perhaps this was the right place for it. BIS' Christmas Songs, however, in no way endangers the preeminence of the earlier Christmas Music under Sund, which remains one of the staples of Orphei Drängar's recorded catalog, and listeners programming Christmas Songs as background music for the holidays might want to cherry pick the track selection, as certain pieces are definitely stronger than others.
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Py Bäckman, Lyricist - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Sund, Arranger - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peterik Moraeus, Composer - Ida Falk Windland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Hymns and Sacred Songs, FS 83 (Carl Nielsen)
Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Lyricist - Carl Nielsen, Composer - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Sund, Arranger - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Gustaf Nordqvist, Composer - Edward Evers, Lyricist - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Gustaf Fröding, Lyricist - Selim Palmgren, Composer - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Ingvar LIDHOLM, Composer - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Carl August Hagberg, Lyricist - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Per-Henning Olsson, Arranger - Ida Falk Windland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Staffan Lindberg, Arranger - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Staffan Lindberg, Arranger - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Bible, Lyricist - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Composer - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Channing Lefebvre, Arranger - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Anders Hogstedt, Arranger - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ida Falk Windland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Edward Esch, Lyricist - Eric Whitacre, Composer - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Franz Xaver Gruber, Composer - Josef Mohr, Lyricist - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Sund, Arranger - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ida Falk Windland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Nikolai Semyonovich Golovanov, Composer - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Lyricist - Michael Praetorius, Composer - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Per-Henning Olsson, Arranger - Ida Falk Windland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Lowell Mason, Composer - Anders Hogstedt, Arranger - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Hugh Martin, Composer, Lyricist - Ralph Blane, Lyricist - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Sund, Arranger - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ida Falk Windland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Mel TORME, Composer, Lyricist - Robert Wells, Lyricist - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Anders Hogstedt, Arranger - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ida Falk Windland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Charles Wesley, Composer, Lyricist - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Anders Hogstedt, Arranger - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Per-Henning Olsson, Arranger
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Traditional, Lyricist - John Gardner, Composer - Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Conductor, MainArtist - Orphei Drangar, Choir, MainArtist - Karin Oldgren, Arranger - Linne Quintet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andreas Hanson, Arranger - Uppsala Kammarorkester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2009 BIS 2009 (P) BIS
Album review
Eminent men's chorus Orphei Drängar's BIS release Christmas Songs should not be confused with the 1991 issue Christmas Music, on which it was led by longtime director Robert Sund. In 2008, Sund passed Orphei Drängar's baton -- rather surprisingly -- to a woman, Cecilia Rydinger Alin. Likewise, BIS' Christmas Songs manages to find a significant place in the mix for another female participant, soprano soloist Ida Falk Winland. Unfortunately, she isn't a very transparent singer and has difficulties with the language in at least the English and American carols programmed here. The listener can barely understand the text in Handel's "He Shall Feed His Flock" from the Messiah, presented as a solo piece for Winland against the bright backdrop of other guests, the Linné Brass Quintet, at a rather brisk tempo; it's not very Christmas-y. That's a pity, as some of the other pieces in the collection certainly are, such as the luscious Lux aurumque of composer Eric Whitacre or the grand rendition of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, heard in as traditional a setting as one might like, buttressed with the brass quintet and a small complement of instruments from the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra. While one is pained to say that Christmas Songs is simply better when the guest soloist is not singing, that's what it amounts to. One must chalk it up to the new director finding her footing with an old ensemble, and as Christmas collections tend to be more forgiving in regard to such experimentation, perhaps this was the right place for it. BIS' Christmas Songs, however, in no way endangers the preeminence of the earlier Christmas Music under Sund, which remains one of the staples of Orphei Drängar's recorded catalog, and listeners programming Christmas Songs as background music for the holidays might want to cherry pick the track selection, as certain pieces are definitely stronger than others.
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Orphei Drangar Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
2009 BIS 2009 BIS
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