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The Nordic Sound by Lindberg Lyd in stereo and surround with Pure Audio Blu-ray and HiRes music files. 32 American GRAMMY-nominations. www.2L.no The music captured by 2L features Norwegian composers and performers and an international repertoire reflected in the Nordic atmosphere. The surround sound recordings of Lindberg Lyd not only transform the entire listening experience, but also - more radically - these innovative recordings overturn some very basic concepts regarding how music is played and even composed. 2L emphasize surround sound with Pure Audio Blu-ray and HiRes file distribution, and have garnered no less than 32 American GRAMMY nominations since 2006, 24 of these in categories Best Engineered Album, Best Surround Sound Album and Producer of the Year
2L record in spacious acoustic venues: large concert halls, churches and cathedrals. This is actually where we can make the most intimate recordings. The qualities we seek in large rooms are not necessarily a big reverb, but openness due to the absence of close reflecting walls. Making an ambient and beautiful recording is the way of least resistance. Searching the fine edge between direct contact and openness - that’s the real challenge! A really good recording should be able to bodily move the listener. This core quality of audio production is made by choosing the right venue for the repertoire, and by balancing the image in the placement of microphones and musicians relative to each other in that venue.
There is no method available today to reproduce the exact perception of attending a live performance. That leaves us with the art of illusion when it comes to recording music. As recording engineers and producers we need to do exactly the same as any good musician: interpret the music and the composer’s intentions and adapt to the media where we perform. Surround sound is a completely new conception of the musical experience. Recorded music is no longer a matter of a fixed two-dimensional setting, but rather a three-dimensional enveloping situation. Stereo can be described as a flat canvas, while surround sound is a sculpture that you can literally move around and relate to spatially; surrounded by music you can move about in the aural space and choose angles, vantage points and positions.
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facebook.comSchola Cantorum, Trachea | The Vinyl Anachronist | Part-Time Audiophile
Part-Time Audiophile: «Trachea, from the Norwegian choral group Schola Cantorum and their conductor Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl, seems like the latest “voices-in-a-church” release from 2L Recordings, something very much in line without other recent titles such as Veneliti and Himmelborgen. A few minutes in, you’ll start to notice some fundamental differences. First of all, you’ll notice unusual accompaniment to these otherwise ethereal voices, something that leans heavily into the secular. Trachea, which obviously refers to the windpipe as a “source of transformation where the breath of a human being can be refined into the most beautiful, powerful, tender art,” is all about singing for the joy of it, the joy of making one monumental and moving sound. These voices in a church, something Morten Lindberg of 2L captures better than almost anyone else, are indeed pure and mystical and gorgeously rendered, but Trachea is about the juxtapositions of these sounds against sometimes contradictory musical instruments–the violin in Bjørn Kåre Odde‘s Snilla Patea, and the four sinister horns in Martin Ødegaard’s title track, for example. These instruments are what leads the Schola Cantorum away from the inspirational hymns from those other releases, suggesting that there’s more to witness in the world–even from the warm, comforting space of a Norwegian church. That’s not to say the Schola Cantorum is focused on the horizon beyond the grounds of the church. For every piece that’s devoted to earthy endeavors–Bjorn Morten Christophersen’s Oak and Mayfly, for instance, is based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale–there is something more fitting in the program such as Frøy Aagre’s Gloria. Trachea is less concerned, however, with the source of the celebration of the human voice than with the sound itself, sweeping and exciting and impressive for anyone lucky enough to be in the vicinity at the time. As usual, you can ignore the richer subtexts as you see fit so that you can enjoy that incredible, expansive presence of Schola Cantorum. If you’ve delved into the 2L catalog, you know that a big church with open beam ceiling made from timber results in the kind of musical experience that’s not often captured elsewhere. The mood in Trachea is sometimes less optimistic than with the releases that focus on the heavens, but that’s the thrill. A choir in a church is something that has persevered for many centuries because it is a source of transformation, and Tracheacaptures that perfectly.» — September 2, 2019 by Marc Phillips in The Vinyl Anachronist and Part-Time Audiophile Album details: www.2L.no/pages/album/154.html Pure Audio Blu-ray and Hybrid SACD on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RM4LDJM Listen on streaming services, including MQA: https://orcd.co/trachea DXD stereo and surround sound 2L Native DSD Music https://2l.nativedsd.com/albums/2L154-trachea
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Nettavisen «Det er vel ikke akkurat et møte mellom Nidarosdomens Jentekor, TrondheimSolistene, Trygve Seim og Ståle Storløkken de fleste av oss så komme. Uansett har det blitt et både vakkert og spennende musikalsk treff. Med to verk av Ståle Kleiberg, «Hymn to Love» og «The Light», og Andrew Smiths «Requiem», får vi bli med på unike møter med representanter for ulike sjangre som åpenbart synes det er spennende å utfordre og bli utfordra. Utgangspunktet for denne innspillinga var at koret ønska å markere sitt 25 års jubileum. Dirigenten Anita Brevik har vært med fra starten og har hatt en klar ambisjon og retning med og for koret. To av korets «nære venner», komponistene Kleiberg og Smith, fikk i oppdrag å skrive musikk i anledning jubileet og innspillinga og Kleibergs to verk «pakker» inn Smiths «Requiem». Smiths dødsmesse blei skrevet til minne om ungdommene som mista livet på Utøya. Flere av sangerne i koret måtte følge sine venner til grava den gangen og for dem var det nok en helt spesiell opplevelse å synge denne messa. Koret, med den flotte klangen som Brevik har jobba i 25 år for å utvikle, i samhandling med de unike stemmene til tenor- og sopransaksofonist Trygve Seim og organist Ståle Storløkken - to jazzmusikanter henta fra øverste hylle - som nok en gang forteller oss at de kan gå inn i hvilken som helst setting og tilføre noe helt unikt, viser oss hvor langt de har kommet i løpet av sin karriere. Sterkt, vakkert og inderlig. Kleibergs to verk er møter mellom koret og det eminente ensemblet TrondheimSolistene - «Hymn to Love» - pluss domkantor Petra Bjørkhaug på «The Light». Verkene, med sine visjoner om tro, håp og kjærlighet, kler inn «Requiem» på et sterkt vis der lyset er et viktig element når alt er som mørkest. Med selskapet 2L som utgiver og lydguru Morten Lindberg ved spakene så er sjølsagt lyden fra opptakene i sjølvaste Nidarosdomen av aller ypperste merke. Nidarosdomens jentekor har ikke vært besøk her i heimen på jevnlig basis. Det må jeg bare ta på min kappe, men fra nå av er de hjertelig velkomne når det enn måtte være.» — Tor Hammerø, Nettavisen 29.08.19 Album details: www.2L.no/pages/album/150.html
Opus Haute Définition
Opus HD: «La dernière nouveauté venue de Norvège est l’une des plus belles surprises de cette rentrée 2019. Le compositeur Ørjan Matre, né en 1979, nous offre une douzaine de pièces concoctées avec le Oslo Kammerkor que dirige Håkon Daniel Nystedt, mettant ainsi en avant leur folklore musical au travers d’hymnes, de légendes et de chants d’amour. Partant des textes originaux, ces derniers proposent de préserver une identité essentielle, renouvelée par le traitement musical et la technologie d’une prise de son immersive, plongeant littéralement l’auditeur au centre du chœur. Dans ce contexte, créant une véritable osmose entre technique et musique, le résultat est d’une beauté confondante en édifiant un univers unique dans lequel l’art choral est porté au sommet d’une inspiration nouvelle. A découvrir sans tarder soit en SACD DXD ou en Pure Audio Blu-ray avec différentes options (Auro-3D, Dolby Atmos, DTS HD).» — Jean-Jacques Millo, Opus HD Magazine Album details: www.2L.no/pages/album/153.html
Stereopluss Utgave nr 6 - 2019
Stereopluss: «Helt siden starten i 1964 har kammerkoret ved Institutt for Musikkvitenskap i Oslo, Schola Cantorum, hatt som mål å presentere nyere og nyskrevet kormusikk. Under ledelse av dirigent Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl har koret på sin siste plate, Trachea (som for øvrig er latin for luftrøret), spilt inn sju komposisjoner, fire av dem er spesialskrevet for Schola Cantorum. Opptakene er gjort mellom 2014 og 2018 i Uranienborg kirke, og koret og deres solister viser sammen med saksofonist Frøy Aagre og fiolinist Bjørn Kåre Odde, og er nesten mer en slags «best of» enn at den har en gjennomgående rød tråd musikalsk eller tekstmessig. Det synes jeg fungerer aldeles ypperlig. Som vanlig – og sannsynligvis dessverre – har jeg kun lyttet til denne plata i to kanaler. De som kjenner 2L vet jo at selskapet er helt i front på verdensbasis i å spille inn musikk i flere kanaler, og da også høydekanaler i Dolby Atmos og Auro-3D-format, men selv i stereo er dette storslagent. Opptaksrommet gjengis praktfullt, og stemmer og instrumenter klinger flott med rommets gjengklang. Skulle jeg plukket bare ett spor, ville det blit Frøy Aagre sin Gloria. Dette er bare vakkert.» Roy Ervin Solstad, 28. august 2019 Albumdetaljer: www.2L.no/pages/album/154.html Lytt i strømmetjenestene: https://orcd.co/trachea
VENELITI - Klassiskmusikk.com
Klassiskmusikk.com: «Veneliti is a choral suite of arrangements of Norwegian songs, hymns and ballads dating from the medieval period to the nineteenth century, arranged by Ørjan Matre, who provides a Forspill, Mellomspil and Etterspil to complete the whole. It takes its name from the second and most substantial number, the eight-minute-long “bergtakingsvisene” telling of the abduction (and seduction?) of the young girl Veneliti by the Mountain King. The Veneliti movement is a fine example where mere arrangement crosses over into recomposition, showing a creative subtlety and complexity normally absent from folksong. What follows Veneliti is a sequence of funeral hymns, dances (including a springar) and songs. None relate directly to the story of the abducted girl yet in their indirect way might be held to reflect the emotions and situations of those who had known her in the wake of her abduction. Thus, the funeral songs (especially Und mig, Gud) may express the grief at her loss, the springer, Rustemannlåtten—allegedly—the song of one of the Mountain King’s minions, and so on. Matre’s compositional interventions are restrained but all the more powerful for that, whether in the use of polyphony, his moving, wordless Mellomspil or the combination of his own tune with a traditional one in Herrens venner. It is a shame that Matre does not list Veneliti amongst his Vocal and Choral works on his website, https://orjanmatre.no/vocal-music-choir/, as it is a work of refinement and considerable craft. Once again, as with the Concerto for Orchestra, it confirms that he is a musical thinker on a big scale. (A symphony will be a tantalising prospect.) The final, climactic setting of the ‘evening song’ Nu dagens lys is little short of a tour-de-force and brings the suite to a vibrant conclusion. It is spectacularly well sung by Oslo Kammerkor (mind you, I would expect nothing less) and 2L's sound is superb.» — Guy Rickards, August 19, 2019 Album details: www.2L.no/pages/album/153.html Pure Audio Blu-ray and Hybrid SACD on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SBCM4HK Listen on streaming services, including MQA: https://orcd.co/veneliti DXD stereo and surround sound 2L Native DSD Music https://2l.nativedsd.com/albums/2L153-veneliti
Unbekannte Referenzen: Pure Audio Blu-ray – 3D-Sound mit Suchtpotential
Der Komponist Ørjan Matre arbeitet mit dem Oslo Kammerkor bereits seit über einem Jahrzehnt zusammen. Auf dem Werk „Veneliti“ profitiert er von der starken Tradition des Chores in Folk Music und akustische Interpretationen von norwegischem Liedgut. Hymnen, mystische Legenden und bittersüße Liebeslieder. Durch die Reduktion der Stücke auf die traditionelle und historische Aufführungspraxis, gelang es dem Komponisten den Kern dieser Traditionen aufrecht zu erhalten, wobei gleichzeitig der Hörer in eine verzaubernde Klanglandschaft eingeladen wird, die ihn auf eine Reise in den Norden begleitet. Der Inhalt alt, die Umsetzung neu. Der Fokus der vorliegenden Aufnahme liegt auf dem Mittendrin-Gefühl, dem immersiven Element, als würde der Hörer mitten im Chor stehen und drumherum bewegen sich die verschiedenen Register choreografiert durch den Raum. Die Aufführung ist alles andere als statisch. Sie lebt von der ständigen Veränderung und fließenden, teils mutigen Spannungswechseln. Je nach Musikstück und Dramaturgie variiert der Fokus des Akustischen dabei in einem Wechselspiel zwischen räumlicher Flutung und reduzierter Führung durch diverse Solostimmen. Die individuellen Stimmfarben der einzelnen Sänger sind gut zu hören und zu identifizieren, die Gesamtperformance des Chores und auch der diensthabenden Techniker und Produzenten darf als makellos bezeichnet werden. Das Repertoire der menschlichen Stimme als Teamgestalt wurde selten zuvor so kunstvoll und majestätisch dokumentiert. Darüber hinaus besticht die Aufnahme nicht nur durch hochkarätige Darbieter, sondern auch eine hingebungsvolle Aufnahmeleitung. Die Basisaufnahme, aus der später alle Mehrkanalstandards gerendert wurden, liegt hier bei DXD 24bit/352.8kHz auf 9 Kanälen! Eine dedizierte Subwoofer-Spur, also das .1 im Format, liefert die Aufnahme jedoch nicht. Ist aber auch überhaupt nicht notwendig, da es keine Klang-Quellen in der aufgenommenen Musik gibt, die diesen Frequenzbereich nutzen würden. Eine weitere nennenswerte Produktion aus dem Hause 2L heißt „Trachea“ und kommt vom Ensemble Schola Cantorum – die Gesangsschule. Damit ist der Kammerchor der Fakultät für Musikwissenschaften der Universität Oslo gemeint. Zu hören gibt es moderne Interpretationen zeitgenössischer, norwegischer Werke für ausgewählte Instrumente und Chor. Trachea bedeutet „die Luftröhre“. Gemeint ist damit die Stimme des Menschen in ihrer universellen Art. Das, was dieses Werk trägt, sind die Timbres und Farben. Cineastisch inszeniert, muss sich Trachea, wenn auch deutlich minimalistischer im Arrangement, in seinem Sog vor dem Epos einer Carmina Burana oder einem Soundtrack zu einem bildgewaltigem Film à la Blade Runner 2049 nicht verstecken. Modern, experimentierfreudig und ausgefallen versetzen sich die Ebenen des Greifbaren und des Fernen zueinander. Drohende, überraschende Glissandi, das Spiel mit der realen Tiefe des Aufnahmeraums, dadaistische Puzzle und Kanons der Sänger, sphärische Töne, das Umherlaufen der Musiker um die Hörposition, Geflüster links hinten. Steht da jemand? Wir drehen uns um. Nein… Ein Schauspiel ohne Sprache, ein Film ohne Bild. Das, was geboten wird, ist so multilingual und universell, kein Wunder, dass es berührt. Auch die, die sonst vielleicht nicht so auf Sci-Fi-Sounds oder moderne Komposition stehen. „Trachea“ nimmt einen mit auf die Reise in die Fantasie und die Scheibe regt ungemein dazu an. Machen Sie ihr Wohnzimmer zu einem Raum von der Tiefe und der beruhigenden, faszinierenden Wirkung des Alls. Verwunderlich bleibt nur, warum die Krankenkassen Musik in dieser Form uns in diesem Format nicht auf Rezept verschreiben können. Danach ist auf jeden Fall jede Verspannung gelöst und die Seele wachgerüttelt. — Johannes Strom, Audio Test Magazin, September 2019 Pure Audio Blu-ray web shop: https://pureaudiorecordings.com/product/oslo-kammerkor-veneliti/ https://pureaudiorecordings.com/product/schola-cantorum-trachea/ 2L album details: www.2L.no
Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Christophersen, Mr McFall's Chamber
The Arts Desk «Bjørn Morten Christophersen understands how streaming has affected music consumption: “some zap and shuffle music online,” while oldsters like me still enjoy listening to an album from beginning to end. Woven Brass is a disc to suit all listening habits, a collection of brass pieces ranging from 33 seconds to 14 minutes in length. They can be enjoyed in isolation. Or, heard in sequence, they form an extended multi-movement work. Christophersen’s little Sentimental Pebbles was the starting point, a melting hymn for trumpet and organ here rescored for brass quintet. Here it's a mellow centrepiece. We get pieces for quintet, trio, and an arresting opener for three trumpets. The writing is so, so idiomatic, and Christophersen’s direct musical language is readily accessible. Trombone glissandi in the little Sliding March sound like distant sirens, and Circo Dodecafonico’s twelve-tone hijinks are witty and lyrical. Trumpeter Jonas Haltia is outstanding in an extended solo Chaconne, and the disc’s disparate threads are knitted together in the final quintet piece, Woven Brass. Quite exceptional, and one of the best and most arresting brass discs I've ever heard. The playing, each musician drawn from the Oslo-Filharmonien, is stellar. Production values are very high too; 2L’s fiendishly advanced recording process is outlined in the booklet, and there’s a bonus Pure Audio Blu-ray disc. Which wouldn't matter if the results weren't intensely musical too. Listen with closed eyes and you can visualise exactly where the players are sitting.» — Graham Rickson, Saturday, 24 August 2019 2L album details: www.2L.no/pages/album/143.html Pure Audio Blu-ray + Hybrid SACD on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07894WWZJ Platekompaniet: https://platekompaniet.no/cd/christophersen-woven-brass/ Listen on streaming services, including MQA: https://orcd.co/woven-brass Extreme Resolution Download Services, including MQA: highresaudio.com https://www.highresaudio.com/album/view/qv7b3f/oslo-philharmonic-brass-bjrn-morten-christophersen-woven-brass e-onkyo music Japan https://www.e-onkyo.com/music/album/twl143/ HDtracks https://www.hdtracks.com/bjorn-morten-christophersen-woven-brass-542013 Sony Select China http://hi-resmusic.sonyselect.kuke.com/page/areaAndAlbums.html?areaid=1 DXD stereo and surround sound 2L Native DSD Music https://2l.nativedsd.com/albums/2L143-bjorn-morten-christophersen-woven-brass
SKAZKI - piano works by Nikolai Medtner (2L-156-SACD) Gunnar Sama
Medtner's music fascinates and surprises, in the midst of what also seems to be well known. You may imagine that you have heard the melodies before, in childhood or in a dream. But, even if you haven’t, it is as if you have been waiting for this music to return. In some mysterious way, it evokes the memory of the unheard. He named many of his piano pieces SKAZKA – tale. Some of them carry subtitles, but it is uncertain whether the composer had specific narratives in mind, as the name would suggest. The influential Soviet musicologists Boris Asafyev may have been right when he claimed that "these are not descriptive tales or tales that illustrate an event. These are tales of personal experiences – of conflicts in the inner life of man". In this recording, Gunnar Sama plays five of Medtner's albums, composed over the course of some 30 years. Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951) - Quatre Morceaux, Op. 4 - Drei Novellen, Op. 17 - Skazki, Op. 35 - Skazki ,Op. 42 - Drei Hymnen an die Arbeit, Op. 49 - When roses fade, Op. 36 No. 3 2L album details: www.2L.no/pages/album/156.html Hybrid SACD on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W6CDN45 Platekompaniet: https://platekompaniet.no/cd/skazki/ Listen on streaming services, including MQA: https://orcd.co/skazki Extreme Resolution Download Services, including MQA: highresaudio.com https://www.highresaudio.com/album/view/yzeewe/gunnar-sama-skazki e-onkyo music Japan https://www.e-onkyo.com/music/album/twl156/ HDtracks https://www.hdtracks.com/skazki-844015 Sony Select China http://hi-resmusic.sonyselect.kuke.com/page/areaAndAlbums.html?areaid=1 DXD stereo and surround sound 2L Native DSD Music https://2l.nativedsd.com/albums/2L156-skazki
Stemmeklang. Musikk fra et gravkammer. - PLNTY | kulturmagasinet
kulturmagasinet Plnty podcast om Tomba sonora og Stemmeklang. Intervju med komponist og sanger Kristin Bolstad. 2L albumdetaljer: www.2L.no/pages/album/155.html
Oslo Kammerkor, Veneliti | The Vinyl Anachronist | Part-Time Audiophile
In terms of choral performances, the Oslo Kammerkor and their performance of Ørjan Matre‘s Veneliti is very different than the last 2L Recording I reviewed, Himmelborgen. In that recording, the Uranienborg Vokalensemble chose works that re-define and build on traditional hymns, while Veneliti comes from the opposite direction, a re-working of folk music. The music from Matre, of course, takes a dream-like approach to the sound of a choral in the prerequisite Norwegian church, but this time the voices are allowed to float and blend into something more surreal than “And when this flesh and heart shall fail.” Veneliti has a secular feel that’s still a bit haunting, still suggestive of mystical forces that drive the singers’ emotions. “The music you are about to listen to has been on a long journey before it finally reaches your ears,” the liner notes explain. Matre has spent his life listening to folk traditions, and he is especially interested in how a specific voice can change the meaning and core of the song. For that reason he has carefully matched the members of Oslo Kammerkor with the the song by listening to old recordings. Couple that with the fact that the Oslo Kammerkor singers tend to learn songs by ear, and not sheet music, and the individual translations–as well as the corresponding arrangements from Matre–become looser and more intuitive. That means each one of these brief folk translations has been curated in a way for maximum impact, more musically than mathematically. Perhaps that’s why this beautiful music is so listenable. These are mostly unknown to listeners who did not grow up with Norwegian folk traditionals and yet there’s a calm, sensible feel to the songs. They just fit, in a way. They make sense. Oslo Kammerkor and Orjan Matre and conductor Håkon Daniel Nystedt have worked hard to present this seemingly casual precision to Veneliti–it would be a nice story if all the people in that church on that day just winged it and everything surpassed expectations. In the real world everyone practiced, learned these folk songs backwards and forwards until the secret keys were found and employed. A lot of things could have happened–Veneliti could be messy, chaotic or indulgent. Instead, the Oslo Kammerkor know how to apply consistence to these folk songs and the entire program blends into a whole. That’s amazing since these songs come from so many places and so many times. In lesser hands, this recording might have been more challenging and thorny around its edges, but 2L Recordings’ Morten Lindberg knows how to record and choral work in a big wooden church better than just about anybody. Veneliti is beautiful music, in the most inspiring way, and its long journey to your ears adds depth to the story.» — August 14, 2019 by Marc Phillips in The Vinyl Anachronist and Part-Time Audiophile Magazine Album details: www.2L.no/pages/album/153.html Pure Audio Blu-ray and Hybrid SACD on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SBCM4HK Listen on streaming services, including MQA:: https://orcd.co/veneliti DXD stereo and surround sound 2L Native DSD Music https://2l.nativedsd.com/albums/2L153-veneliti
2L Recordings' Himmelborgen | The Vinyl Anachronist | Part-Time Audiophile
Part-Time Audiophile: «2L Recordings‘ Himmelborgen consists of three very familiar elements–pipe organ, choir and church. Yes, hymns are being sung. This beautiful recording should remind you of being in church on an early Sunday morning, provided you belong to a large and popular church that has a big enough budget to hire a top-notch musical director and gifted musicians. Of course, being in Norway has something to do with this experience since everything is sung in that language. But 2L Recordings is not a typical record label, and Himmelborgen as far from an ordinary church service. First of all, 2L Recordings’ Himmelborgen features fifteen hymns that sound familiar, but take off on unexpected tangents. The melodies are often based upon existing hymns such as Johann Sebastian Bach’s O hode, høyt forhånet as well as Brahms and Hans Hassler’s takes on the same piece of music. Modern composers Marcus Paus, Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen and Bjørn Morten Christophersen has used these standards to produce new meditations on faith to enhance the idea that hymn books are living, breathing entities that evolve over time. Himmelborgen, therefore, will sound utterly comforting to you while rewarding your attention with fascinating new ideas. Those three initial elements should be expected by anyone who loves these fascinating 2L Recordings. Producer Morten Lindberg usually records in Norwegian churches because of the warm, spacious acoustics. Here he uses one of his favorites, the Uranienborg Church, and its resident choir, the Uranienborg Vokalensemble. (Elisabeth Holte serves as conductor.) This church is located in central Oslo, but hundreds of years ago it was a rural area, dark, which became perfect for residents to come and gaze at the stars–or the heavens, depending upon your beliefs. This piece of history sets the mood for this exquisite recording. The pipe organ, for me, is the star of 2L Recordings’ Himmelborgen. Kåre Nordstoga delivers a truly soulful yet mystical performance. During Doug White’s The Voice That Is! event earlier this summer, Brian Zolner and John Marks discussed how important it is to preserve the pipe organ’s sound as an immense, three-dimensional experience. The instrument itself is large, so each note should come from a different physical location. Morten Lindberg figured out how to capture this image a long time ago, but if you want to experience the sheer size of a pipe organ, and not just the impact of those low frequencies, this is an ideal recording. If you’re just interested in meditating or reflecting upon your life, this will set you on the right course as well» — August 2019 by Marc Phillips 2L album details: www.2L.no/pages/album/149.html Listen on streaming services, including MQA: https://orcd.co/himmelborgen DXD stereo and surround sound Native DSD Music: https://2l.nativedsd.com/albums/2L149-himmelborgen Pure Audio Blu-ray and Hybrid SACD on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P87XMRQ
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