This music has been specially chosen to celebrate the 200th anniversary in 2014 of the Norwegian Constitution. As well as being compelling in its own right, the works featured here serve as a musical history book, offering an insight into parts of the Norwegian saga. Several songs are clear examples of how a "national song" can be a way of marking and remembering the nation's history. In this recording we give the national anthem in its complete form, something that is seldom done, and, through many fresh arrangements of familiar melodies and a splendid "outdoor" sound, offer a new and invigorating listening experience.
Read Erik Fosnes Hansen's essay: The Sound of Gold and of Freedom
Music and arrangements by Stian Aareskjold, Johan Halvorsen, Frank Winterbottom, Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, Stig Nordhagen, Henrik Wergeland, Svein Henrik Giske, Johan Svendsen, Dan Godfrey, Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Øivind Westby, Edvard Grieg, Christian Blom, Reid Gilje, Oscar Borg, Bjørn Mellemberg, Lars-Erik Larsson, Melchior Vulpius, Petter Winroth, Johannes Hanssen and Rikard Nordraak.
Extra edition with ceremonial versions for 17. mai and public events.
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Album title
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ja, vi elsker |
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Performer
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Forsvarets stabsmusikkorps The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces |
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Catalogue #
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2L-104-SABD |
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EAN13
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7041888519324 (Main edition, Blu-ray) 7041888519423 (Ceremonial-CD) |
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ISRC-code
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NOMPP1404010-150 (Main edition, Blu-ray) NOMPP1405010-080 (Ceremonial-CD) |
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Disc 1
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Hybrid SACD MCH 5.1 DSD Stereo DSD RedBook PCM |
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Pure Audio Blu-ray |
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Release date
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April 2014 |
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Recording date
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2013 |
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Location
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Jar Church, Norway Uranienborg Church, Norway |
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Original source
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DXD (352.8kHz/24bit) |