Composer: Adolphe Charles Adam, Anna Baadsvik, Øystein Baadsvik, Frode Fjellheim, Franz Xaver Gruber, Jester Hairston, Leigh Adrian Harline, Ruben Mattias Liljefors, Staffan Lundén-Welden, Gustav Nordqvist, Franz Peter Schubert, Alice Charlotte Tegnér, John Francis Wade, George Ratcliffe Woodward
Performer: Øystein Baadsvik, Cantus Women’s Choir
Orchestra: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Torodd Wigum
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Catalogue: BISCD1885
Release: 2011
Size: 571 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Wade: O come, all ye faithful
02. Harline: Pinocchio. When You Wish Upon A Star
03. Baadsvik Ø: Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 52, No. 6, D. 839, “Hymne an die Jungfrau” (arr. O. Baadsvik)
04. Woodward: Ding Dong Merrily on High (arr. A. Baadsvik)
05. Fjellheim: Eatnemen vueli (after Silesian Tune)
06. Rydberg: Betlehems stjarna (Star of Bethlehem) (arr. A. Baadsvik)
07. trad.: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
08. Baadsvik Ø: O Helga natt (Cantique de Noel, O Holy Night) (arr. O. Baadsvik)
09. Baadsvik Ø: Jul, jul stralande jul (Christmas, Radiant Christmas) (arr. O. Baadsvik)
10. Baadsvik Ø: Snofnugg (Snowflakes)
11. Baadsvik A: Fantasia on My Heart Forever Roams
12. Baadsvik Ø: Mary’s Boy Child (arr. O. Baadsvik)
13. Liljefors: När det lider mot jul (text: Jeanna Otherdahl)
14. Lundén-Welden: St Stephen’s Holiday
15. Gruber: Silent Night
16. trad.: Deilig er jorden (arr. T. Vaago)
Norwegian tuba player Øystein Baadsvik, with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra under Torodd Wigum, and Cantus Women’s Choir here present an unique disc.
The programme consists of lavish arrangements of international and Nordic Christmas favourites, with a few surprises included,
On a previous disc from Baadsvik for BIS, The Daily Telegraph wrote “that anything a violin can do, a tuba can do too”