Orphei Drangar, Cecilia Rydinger Alin - Christmas Songs (2009) [Hi-Res]

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Artist: Orphei Drangar, Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Title: Christmas Songs
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: BIS - BIS-CD-1833
Genre: Classical, Holiday
Quality: FLAC (tracks) 24/44,1, FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:05:24
Total Size: 570 / 246 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester, Ida Falk Windland - Koppången (5:24)
02. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester - No. 1, Forunderligt och markligt (Wonderful and Strange) (2:37)
03. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester - Jul, jul, strålande jul (2:41)
04. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester - Hosiannah! (3:12)
05. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester, Ida Falk Windland - Madonnans Vaggvisa (2:32)
06. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester - Vittskövlevisan (5:38)
07. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester - Staffansvisa från Orust (2:53)
08. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester - Hodie Christus natus est (3:11)
09. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester, Ida Falk Windland - He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (4:42)
10. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester - Lux Aurumque (4:07)
11. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester, Ida Falk Windland - Silent Night (3:10)
12. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester - Dostóyno yest (2:42)
13. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester, Ida Falk Windland - Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (5:21)
14. Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester - Joy to the World (1:30)
15. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester, Ida Falk Windland - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (4:14)
16. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester, Ida Falk Windland - The Christmas Song (3:15)
17. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (3:16)
18. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester - God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (2:39)
19. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Orphei Drangar, Linne Quintet, Uppsala Kammarorkester - Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (2:20)

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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Orphei Drangar, Cecilia Rydinger Alin - Christmas Songs (2009) [Hi-Res]

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