Swedish Radio Choir / Dijkstra Nordic Sounds 2 Super-Audio CD

Following on the success of their 2011 release Nordic Sounds, Peter Dijkstra and the Swedish Radio Choir return with a second volume of music in the series, this time focusing on the use of traditional Swedish folk songs in contemporary choral music. The disc's repertoire ranges from Jan Sandstrom's arrangements of improvised folk songs of the Sami people - whose singing is among the earliest continuing vocal traditions of Europe - to recent works such as the sixteen-part Kosijat by Jaakko Montyjorvi, one of the best-known contemporary composers in Finland. The disc concludes with Anders Hillborg's twelve-minute Muoayiayaoum which explores a phonetic sequence of vowels that open and close. The level of vocal virtuosity that Dijkstra elicits from his singers is breathtaking and the choir's performances are a lesson in vocal precision.

1. Sloabbme-Njunnje 2. Kung Liljekonvalje 3. F?RV?RSKV?LL 4. Biegga Njunnj? 5. Biegga Luothe 6. Gjendines B?DNL?T 7. Min Yndlingsdal 8. The Suitors 9. The Sun 10. The Moon 11. The North Star 12. Och Jungfrun Hon G?R I Ringen 13. Aftonen 14. Kristallen Den Fina 15. Mouyayoum