Dagen Är Kommen

Olle Persson (Performer), John Francis Wade (Composer), Christmas Traditional (Composer), Alice Tegner (Composer), Emmy Kochler (Composer), Franz Xaver Gruber (Composer), Carl Nielsen (Composer), Peter Cornelius (Composer), Adolphe Adam (Composer), Henry John Gauntlett (Composer), Gustaf Nordqvist (Composer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer), John Linton Gardner (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Simon Phipps (Conductor), Magnus Kjellson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Olle Persson, Magnus Kjellson
• Conductor: Simon Phipps
• Composer: John Francis Wade, Christmas Traditional, Alice Tegner, Emmy Kochler, Franz Xaver Gruber, et al.
• Audio CD (October 6, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B0000014FV
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,187 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely well recorded and executed, connected my wife with her Swedish ancestry, January 20, 2012

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M. Hirsch (Seattle,wa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dagen Är Kommen (Audio CD)

Bought this for my wife for Christmas to try and get her into my listening room more (I'm an audiophile), she's of Swedish descent and loves Christmas music so I figured this would be a good fit. It met my first goal, she loved listening to it on my system, and I wound up enjoying listening to it myself much more than I would have expected (I don't typically listen to this type of music), the recording quality and choral performance is so fabulous. It's inspired me to start listening to other choral music, but none of the CD's I've listened to since have the same sound quality. The choir washes over you like a warm wave of sound, the pipe organ is understated and appropriate to the pieces, and the soloists are very good. Mostly in Swedish, with one or two tracks in English.

tl;dr - I loved it even though I wouldn't have expected to. It sounds amazing.

5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious Sound, November 28, 2011

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Daniel C Bakken (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dagen Är Kommen (Audio CD)

Superb recording of classic Swedish Christmas carols. The choir of men and boys is backed by an organ, which never drowns out the singing but sustains it. The baritone soloist does a wonderful job on Stilla Natt and soars on O Helga Natt. Highly recommended.