MAGNIFICAT - Nidarosdomens jentekor & TrondheimSolistene

Video from the recording of Kim André Arnesen’s MAGNIFICAT released by 2L on Hybrid SACD Pure Audio Blu-ray, featuring 9.1 Auro-3D in addition to 5.1 surround and stereo. Nominated for the 58th GRAMMY Awards 2015 “Best Surround Sound Album“. The Magnificat is the Virgin Mary’s song of praise to God after one of the Bible’s greatest wonders: the angel Gabriel visiting her with the message that she is to be the mother of God’s son. In his setting Kim André Arnesen expresses the feelings Mary must have felt: wonder, devotion, gratitude, joy, humility, hope and compassion. God’s selection of an unknown woman living in poverty to be the mother of His son is a bottom-up view of the world if ever there was one – and Arnesen sees the Magnificat as offering support and hope for all people struggling against adversity or in need of strength. Musica Celestis portrays the ceaseless praising of God by angels in heaven. Aaron Jay Kernis builds his work around a fairly simple melody which he remoulds in a series of variations. The intensely beautiful and mostly barren Hardangervidda mountain plateau inspired Ola Gjeilo to write Tundra, while his Song of the Universal expresses unabashed optimism, exuberance and poet Walt Whitman’s unwavering confidence in our deeper humanity – all through the prism of a big, warm, beating heart. Nidarosdomens jentekor & TrondheimSolistene Lise Granden Berg, soprano Magne H. Draagen, organ Maria Næss, piano (Arnesen) Ola Gjeilo, piano (Gjeilo) Øyvind Gimse, artistic director TrondheimSolistene Anita Brevik, conductor From the album MAGNIFICAT with music by Kim André Arnesen, Aaron Jay Kernis and Ola Gjeilo recorded at the Nidaros Cathedral by Lindberg Lyd AS, May 2013, January and May 2014. Recording producer and Balance Engineer: Morten Lindberg Recording technician: Beatrice Johannessen Music editor: Jørn Simenstad Mix, mastering and video production: Morten Lindberg 9.1 Auro-3D 5.1 SURROUND STEREO Produced in DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition ) by Lindberg Lyd, Norway.