Magnificat

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This recording is magnificent and very beautiful. Morten Lindberg outdoes himself with his immersive recording efforts and I’d love to hear it in a full immersive speaker setup. But even in stereo one can hear just how very nicely the acoustic environment of these performers is captured by this recording… For those who enjoy excellent choral music, this is an album well worth seeking out. Beautiful, engaging music that is gorgeously performed—it is simply delightful.

Rushton Paul - Source

Audio Review

These are serene, contemplative, seductive pages in the sense of offering a music that has its roots in the choral repertoire of Northern Europe and which are easy to listen to. Refined atmospheres, even with rarefied features that have an undeniable strength in the spatial distribution of the sources (an essential feature in the 2L house). The enveloping depth of the organ is unprecedented in my listening and you can appreciate the natural timbre of the strings and the authentic breath of the choir with a sense of ambience and dynamic articulation surpassed in discography. The Nidarosdo-mens Jentekor together with the Trondheim-Solistene are interpreters. In addition, soprano Lise Granden Berg, Magne Draagen at the great organ of the cathedral of Nidaros under the direction of Anita Brevik. Contemporary music therefore, ideal for broadening the horizons of the audiophile repertoire and at the same time, an absolute reference record in terms of sound performance.

Marco Cicogna

NativeDSD – 2019 Album of the Year – Classical Vocal & Audience Award

Contemporary choral music composed by composers who are all not only alive but surprisingly young? Contemporary music which is not only rich in melody but deceptively simple?

This is a superb album by Nidarosdomens Jentekor girls choir, the Trondheim Solistene Chamber Orchestra, and vocal and instrumental soloists all under the direction of Anita Brevik. My reaction to this music is the same I felt the very first time I heard Maurice Durufle’s magnicent Requiem more than 50 years ago.

Listening to the Magnicat by Kim Andre Arnesen, Musica Celestis by Aaron Jay Kernis, and Tundra and Song of the Universal by Ola Gjelio with the mixture of girls choir and adult sopranos is totally uplifting. 2L’s recording is magnificent.”

Bill Dodd, NativeDSD Senior Reviewer - Source

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I am listening to the Double DSD version of Magnificat while I am writing these notes to you. The second track, “Ecce enim,” is simply floating in the air…three-dimensionally…transforming my desktop space into a sound field like unto a church space…which is where it was recorded…an echoing realm of angels and humans singing glory, glory. Right here. Right now.

I don’t quite know how Morten Lindberg and friends have done it, though their technical notes in the booklet are, as usual, wonderfully thorough…but this recording in Double DSD is a contemplative experience of the very highest order, stunning both spirit and soul with a sweetness and pleasure that reminds me why I love the possibilities of the audio arts so passionately. 2L’s Magnificat is a true garden of delight for lovers of great music, one that I will return to again and again in the future, I know.

Truly transformational art: I can pay no higher tribute to a recording than this.

It has my very highest recommendation.

David W. Robinson - Source

Audiophile Audition 5 out of 5

As indicated, the music is first rate and the sound exceptionally resonant and deep, actually as good as you are going to hear on a SACD [DSD download]. Do something for your spirit and get this.

Steven Ritter - Source