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	Anne-Lise Berntsen (soprano), Nils Henrik Asheim (Organ) Engleskyts Genres: Jazz, Classical Improvisations based on Norwegian religious folk songs. Berntsen has had engagements as a leading singer at several international opera houses. Asheim, composer and organist, has studied at the Norwegian State Academy of M... more » « less
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All Artists: Anne-Lise Berntsen (soprano), Nils Henrik Asheim (Organ)
Title: Engleskyts
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Total Copies: 0
Label: Kirkelig Kulturverksted
Album Type: Import
Genres: Jazz, Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 702997194136

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Improvisations based on Norwegian religious folk songs. Berntsen has had engagements as a leading singer at several international opera houses. Asheim, composer and organist, has studied at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo and the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam.

"My absolute favorite angel CD comes from Norway. But relax, you don't need to understand a word of Norwegian to be blown away by the dark, guardian angel voice of Anne-Lise Berntsen. Their angel songs are old Lutheran hymns, some familiar, some long forgotten, but the performances are so powerful and so moving that their music-making transcends any creed. Every word sung, every musical phrase delivered is packed with haunting beauty and deeply felt emotion. The music sounds at once very old and very new, affectingly simple yet inexhaustibly rich. This music will make you believe in angels too."
(Skyways News - December 5, 1995)12 tracks. Packaging & liner notes entirely in Norwegian.

CD Reviews

Engleskyts

Barbara Moore-Savidge | Virginia, USA | 01/01/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As a lifelong (but uneducated)devotee of classical music, I was blown away when I first heard this CD on XM's Vox channel. Because I enjoy vocal music sung in an unfamiliar language (in this case, Norwegian), this fine work allows me to concentrate on pure musicality and spirit without the distraction of recognizable words. The strength, delicacy, and uncluttered clarity of Ms. Berntsen's vocal gift is magnificent. Together with Mr. Asheim's carefully constructed yet impish organ improv, Engleskyts evokes a cold but undreadful dancing Aurora joyfully enveloping the Northern sky in laughter. Barbara Moore-Savidge 1/1/07"