Folketoner

by Det Norske Jentekor, Anne Karin Sundal-Ask

Overview

Det Norske Jentekor, the Norwegian Girls Choir, made several recordings prior to the release of Folketoner in 2018. But this one marks a strong step forward. It's not so much the quality of the singing, although that has consistently improved under the direction of Anne Karin Sundal-Ask. It's the nexus between choir and engineering, the latter here accomplished at the talented hands of the Norwegian label 2L, a fixture of Grammy award nominations in the U.S. Here, working in a small Norwegian church, each soaring descant, each splash of chromatic harmony, comes through in almost preternatural detail. The music, as the title suggests, consists mostly of folk songs, with a few hymns and lullabies and some choral songs of Edvard Grieg. Many are well known to Norwegian audiences, but they lose no impact for those hearing them fresh. The folk songs are taken from a variety of arrangers, with the result that a different facet of the choir's talents is displayed with each new work although the overall textures are similar (the 45-minute length of the program is right). Sample the folk song Eg veit i himmerik ei borg for a good dose of the sopranos' pearly sound, and of the engineering in general. Is this choir the next big star of female group singing? Vaerttinae and the Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares haven't been heard consistently in the 2010s, so there's a real chance the answer is yes. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	02/16/2018
Label:	2L
UPC:	7041888523529

Tracks

1. Velkomne med ¿¿ra
2. Å leva
3. Eg veit i himmerik ei borg
4. Tor¿¿
5. Neslandskyrkja
6. Jeg lagde meg s¿¿ sildig
7. Fola, fola Blakken (kveldssang for Blakken)
8. Ved Rondane
9. V¿¿ren
10. Gjendines b¿¿dnl¿¿t
11. So ro godt barn
12. So ro stubberusken min
13. Springdans
14. Det lisle b¿¿net
15. Lokkerop og laling

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Det Norske Jentekor   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus
Anne Karin Sundal-Ask   Primary Artist,Director

Technical Credits

Sparre Olsen   Composer
Sean Kjartan Iversen   Text Translation
Morten Lindberg   Mixing,Mastering,Photography,Graphic Design,Balance Engineer,Executive Producer,Recording Producer
Jorn Simenstad   Editing,Executive Producer
Linn Andrea Fuglseth   Arranger
Gunnar Eriksson   Arranger
Carl-Bertil Agnestig   Arranger
Geirr Tveitt   Composer
Nordahl Rolfsen   Text
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje   Text
Magnus Brostrup Landstad   Text
Bernt Stoylen   Text
Knut Nystedt   Arranger,Composer
Anders Vassbotn   Text
Beatrice Johannessen   Recording Technician
Per Mathisson Offvid   Text
Anne Karin Sundal-Ask   Liner Notes
Richard Hugh Peel   Text Translation,Liner Note Translation
Else Berntsen Aas   Arranger
Steinar Eielsen   Arranger
Gjermund Skog   Recording Technician
Andrew Smith   Text Translation
Edvard Grieg   Composer
Tone Krohn   Arranger