℗ 2022 Grappa Musikkforlag AS
Released | November 18, 2022 |
Duration | 50m 59s |
Record Label | Grappa |
Genre | Jazz |
Christmas Songs
Trygve Seim, Andreas Utnem
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Personent Hodie
Trygve Seim; Andreas Utnem |
3:37 | |||
1.2
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Det kimer nå til julefest
Trygve Seim; Andreas Utnem |
5:33 | |||
1.3
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No koma Guds englar
Trygve Seim; Andreas Utnem |
5:24 | |||
1.4
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The Infant King
Trygve Seim; Andreas Utnem |
5:37 | |||
1.5
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Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
Trygve Seim; Andreas Utnem |
3:46 | |||
1.6
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Deilig er jorden
Trygve Seim; Andreas Utnem |
4:57 | |||
1.7
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Still, Still, Still
Trygve Seim; Andreas Utnem |
4:23 | |||
1.8
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Mitt hjerte alltid vanker
Trygve Seim; Andreas Utnem |
5:07 | |||
1.9
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Joy to the World
Trygve Seim; Andreas Utnem |
3:53 | |||
1.10
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Silent Night
Trygve Seim; Andreas Utnem |
4:31 | |||
1.11
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Sæle jolekveld
Trygve Seim; Andreas Utnem |
4:11 |
Saxophonist Trygve Seim and pianist and composer Andreas Utnem have played together for over 20 years. Christmas Songs is their second duo album, consisting of improvisations around well-known Christmas songs. The songs come out as highly sincere and poetic, sometimes even mystical. Recorded in the church “Tøyenkirka”, the quality of the recording makes you feel that you’re in the church when you listen to the album, the sound of the room and the acoustics channeling true Christmas spirit.
Andreas Utnem has worked as an organist at the church Tøyenkirka in Oslo since 1996. In the 90s he invited Seim to play with him at a service, improvising around hymns and playing his own and Seim’s compositions. Throughout the years, Trygve has continued to contribute at the services from time to time, as a result, they released their first duo album in 2008, made up of improvised hymns and their own compositions. Through years of playing together, the duo has developed a unique sound, putting the melody in the center, and improvising around them in the most attentive and interactive way.
Focusing on the melody has been the most important part of this project, wanting to explore the simplicity of the Christmas melodies and the Christmas spirit, finding that it can move and be deeply felt. The tunes come from all over the world and are often of old origin, this variety has been one of the key elements to why they were chosen for the project.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Grappa Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.87 -5.70 to -0.56 | -22.19 -24.70 to -20.43 | -18.12 -21.00 to -16.30 | 12 11 to 14 | |
1 | Personent Hodie | -2.00 | -21.46 | -17.6 | 11 |
2 | Det kimer nå til julefest | -1.05 | -21.90 | -17.8 | 13 |
3 | No koma Guds englar | -0.57 | -22.07 | -18.0 | 13 |
4 | The Infant King | -2.37 | -24.27 | -20.0 | 13 |
5 | Veni, Veni, Emmanuel | -2.56 | -22.84 | -18.4 | 13 |
6 | Deilig er jorden | -1.00 | -20.43 | -17.1 | 12 |
7 | Still, Still, Still | -2.66 | -21.75 | -18.0 | 12 |
8 | Mitt hjerte alltid vanker | -1.55 | -21.84 | -16.9 | 12 |
9 | Joy to the World | -0.56 | -20.73 | -16.3 | 12 |
10 | Silent Night | -5.70 | -24.70 | -21.0 | 11 |
11 | Sæle jolekveld | -0.56 | -22.07 | -18.2 | 14 |