Swedish Radio Choir, The - Treasures
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OPUS REKOMMENDERARNo one has meant so much for the world of Swedish choir singers and singing as Eric Ericson, both at home and abroad. To mark the occasion of his 90th birthday on 26 October 2008, Caprice Records released two anthologies containing previously unreleased recordings of the two choirs that have been most associated with his name over the years - the Swedish Radio Choir and the Chamber Choir.
The Radio Choir's treasure trove has now been plundered for unique live recordings with the maestro from 1969 to 1975. Gems include the motets Mein Odem ist schwach and Vater unser by Max Reger, a composer that has always been very close to Eric Ericson's heart. One rarity is Drei franzsische Chöre, three ten-part French choruses based a text by Charles d'Orléans and set by the controversial German composer Werner Egk. Also featured is Zoltán Kodály's Jesus und die Krämer, one of his last and most widely sung pieces. August Söderman's Andeliga sånger sets a contrast with its organ and solo soprano, and the whole is capped by Ave Maria and Christus factus est, two of the most popularly cherished motets by his con¬temporary, the devout Austrian Catholic Anton Bruckner.
Through his work with his Chamber Choir, the Swedish Radio Choir and Orphei Drängar, through his colla¬borations with the greatest composers of our time, and through his many disc and radio recordings and countless tours and guest performances around the world, Eric Er¬icson has made Sweden a focal point on the world choral map. And he has not given up yet. 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.