PROPRIUS AudioSource Japan Cantate Domino 14-Song Compilation for Choir & Organ

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Proprius, a Swedish audiophile record label, and AudioSource, a Japan-based distributor of audiophile disks, joined forces in pressing and distributing a good number of records, some of which are justly famous for their high fidelity. One such recording, "Live from the Pawn Shop" has impressed audiophiles worldwide.

This recording is comprised of 15 selections arranged for a mixed choir, a pipe organ, and occasional vocal solos. There are selections which could fairly be labelled "Christmas selections," but there is really an eclectic group of shorter works which is bound to please most aficionados of choral music. Lovely, realistic, low-distortion sounds are in abundance on this record, with the pipe organ contributing some impressive pedal tones!

Label information:  Proprius:  PROP 7762 stereo, half-speed mastered recording, pressed by JVC in Japan. (Other issues of this recording were pressed in Sweden.) A rough translation of a

paragraph in the liner notes goes as follows in English: This disc, someplace where is characterised by the Swedish recording technology at the highest level, has been an unrivalled international reputation and dispersal because of their sound technical and musical merits.

Composer(s) and featured works:  Various:

Enrico Boss:  Cantate Domino

Walther:  Concerto for Organ in A Major

Osson:  Advent; Christmas

Handel: Dotter Sion, Frojda Dig

Folk Songs:  Frojda Dig, Kristi Brud; Korean folk melody, Lullaby; Den Signade Dag; Czech folk melody (arr. Malcolm Sargent) Zither Carol

French Christmas Song arranged by John Rutter: Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant

Adam:  Christmas Song

Gruber: Silent Night

Reger: Maria Wiegenlied

Irving Berlin:  White Christmas

Performers:  Mixed choir under the direction of Torsten Nilsson, with Alf Linder on pipe organ

Visual grade:  NM-/NM-

Play grade:  NM/NM. Only an occasional light tick.

Jacket grade:  Exc.-

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SS = Still sealed; unopened and un-played; condition unknown.

NM+ = Near Mint Plus. Extraordinarily clean, quiet, and virtually unmarked, except perhaps for a very light spindle track on the label; may not have been played.

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M- = Near Mint Minus. Less quiet than NM, with a bit more background noise , regardless of its source.

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