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Orphei Drangar: Highlights

Song Name   Composer   Arranger
Hej dunkom   Vilhelm Svedbom
Uti voar hage   Hugo Alfven
Pa fjallet i sol    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Ett bondbrollop: 4 I brollopsgarden   August Soderman
Kung Liljekonvalje    David Wikander
Four Old Hungarian Songs   Bela Bartok
The Songs of Hamlet    Veijo Tormis
Three Slovakian Folksongs   Eugen Suchon
Wir zogen in das Feld   J.N. David
Traumlicht   Richard Strauss
An das meer   Max Reger
A Stopwatch    Samuel Barber
Il brivido   Enrico Bossi
Psaume 121    Darius Milhaud
Saltarelle    Camille Saint-Saens
Il trovatore: Coro di zingari -   Giuseppe Verdi
Faust: Choeur des soldats   Charles Gounod

Directed by Eric Ericson

This disc presents an international selection of music from Orphei Drangar's concert repertoire as well as two opera choruses in collaboration with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Folk songs from Sweden open the recording followed by many twentieth century works for men's voice chorus. From Eastern Europe there are 'Four Old Folk Songs' by Bela Bartok and two of 'The Songs of Hamlet' by Estonian composer Veijo Tormis. From America, 'A Stopwatch' by Samuel Barber captures a scene from the Spanish Civil War in which he and poet Stephen Spender volunteered. Two of the most beloved opera choruses end the program: the chorus of Gypsy's (Anvil Chorus) from Verdi's Il Trovatore and the chorus of Soldiers from Gounod's Faust. This inspired recording of Highlights comes from the choir's work with the incomparable Eric Ericson.

7302 00 1 CD $15.98   Male | Chorus | Sweden | A Cappella | Swedish Choral Music