Eric Ericson Chamber Choir/Treasures

Britten, Edlund, Mahler, Jennefelt …

The Chamber Choir’s treasure chest has been checked for unique live recordings with Eric Ericson from the 1970s up to 2008. The gems include Benjamin Britten’s Sacred and Profane, which, based on medieval texts from the 12th and 13th centuries, was his last choral composition for a professional ensemble. Lars Edlund’s Two Poems to texts by Östen Sjöstrand for mixed choir and piano sets a contrast, and Gustav Mahler’s spiritual 16-voice Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen is recorded as recently as the spring of 2008. Daniel-Lesur’s seven-part Cantique des Cantiques demonstrates Ericson’s interest in and associations with the French tonal idiom. Finally, the Chamber Choir is joined by Eric Ericson’s other favorite choirs – the Swedish Radio Choir and the Chamber Choir of the Royal University College of Music – for a performance of Arnold Schönberg’s powerful Friede auf Erden for eight-voice mixed choir.

The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir started life as the “7.30 Choir”, an informal ensemble of a few fellow singers who took to singing madrigals in the home of Eric Ericson and his brother Olle. It grew and n 1945 it was renamed the Chamber Choir – later the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir – since which time it has occupied a central place in the Swedish and international music world. It has received numerous awards, including the 2007 Nordic Council’s Music Prize.

Through his work with his Chamber Choir, the Swedish Radio Choir and Orphei Drängar, his collaborations with the greatest composers of our time, his many studio and radio recordings and countless tours and guest performances around the world, Eric Ericson has made Sweden a major landmark on the world choral map. With his unflagging curiosity, he continues to develop the choral instrument and to push the limits of what a choir can achieve. He has also trained and inspired generations of choir conductors.

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    • Sacred and Profane Music: Benjamin Britten Text: Trad.
      • 1.
        St. Godric's Hymn
        1'42
      • 2.
        I mon waxe wod
        0'48
      • 3.
        Lenten is come
        2'42
      • 4.
        The long night
        1'28
      • 5.
        Yif ic of love can
        2'17
      • 6.
        Carol
        1'30
      • 7.
        Ye that pasen by
        1'39
      • 8.
        A death
        3'09
    • Två dikter Music: Lars Edlund Text: Östen Sjöstrand
      • 9.
        Förvandlignar i vintervatten
        2'38
      • 10.
        Metamorfoser vid Siljan
        5'51
    • 11.
      Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Music: Gustav Mahler Text: Friedrich Rückert
      5'56
    • 12.
      Den enda stunden Music: Thomas Jennefelt & Sven-David Sandström Text: Johan Ludvig Runeberg
      7'36
    • Le Cantatique des Cantiques Music: Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur Text: Song of Songs/Old Testament
      • 13.
        Dialogue
        2'42
      • 14.
        La voix du bien-aimé
        2'55
      • 15.
        Le songe
        1'24
      • 16.
        Le roi Salomon
        1'27
      • 17.
        Le jardin clos
        3'36
      • 18.
        La Sulamite
        3'41
      • 19.
        Épithalame
        2'47
    • 20.
      Friede auf Erden Music: Arnold Schönberg Text: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
      9'14
  • Total playtime 65'02

Compact Disc // CAP 21813 // Choir // Releasedate: 29 October, 2008