Trondheim Soloists (Trondheimsolistene) - Souvenir - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Trondheim Soloists (Trondheimsolistene) - Ferry Tales [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/28/2010

Svend Simon Schultz (1913-1998) is one of the most remarkable Danish composers and as a conductor he made a significant contribution to Danish songs, not least during his 30 years as head of the Danish Radio Chamber Choir. He was constantly composing and wrote music for movies, chamber ensemble and especially for choir. Svend S. Schultz made a stamp on Danish choral music which is still beaming today. His songs are known by every Dane and his production probably one of the most encompassing of all Danish composers. This is the first of a project to record all his nearly 90 choral songs, all of them musically and technically on the highest possible level. The brilliant Akademisk Kor Århus, conducted by Jonas Rasmussen, is now presenting volume 1 of 5 volumes. Each with a mix of songs and all with the full texts of the poems in the booklet.

Rancid's new record HONOR IS ALL WE KNOW is much like their other records in the sense that it is filled with the stories and characters that populate the band's lives, and reflects the cultural and political climate in which it was written and recorded. It has classic Rancid songcraft two minute songs packed with melody, personally empathetic and politically denunciatory. But HONOR IS ALL WE KNOW is also unique in that it is filled with the growing insight of a band who has been doing this for a while now it feels natural and organic, written without an agenda or a bone to pick, rather the culmination of lives lived largely with a keen interest in the world and a sense of brotherhood.