Dive into the sonic depths of "Gabbarein," a mesmerizing double vinyl LP born from the unique collaboration of Cecilie Hafstad and Christopher Bono. This album is not just a collection of songs but a narrative woven from the fabric of deep human connection, spiritual exploration, and the raw power of nature. Recorded in the serene Arctic Circle, "Gabbarein" transcends musical norms, offering an auditory journey that resonates with the soul.

MOTHER – a word that evokes associations – memories – emotions. Which mother do you think of? A loving mother with a newborn baby in her arms. Intimacy. A despairing mother in deep grief over a lost life. Emptiness. Through words and music our lives are woven together with Mary's life and perhaps we sense that a mother's pain and sorrow, a mother's strength and endurance, a mother's warmth and love are the same now as they were two thousand years ago.

Hoff Ensemble consists of some of Norway's finest jazz and session musicians, fronted by trumpeter Mathias Eick, of ECM renown, who plays a leading role in several of the compositions. The ensemble's basic quartet features legendary veteran bassist Arild Andersen and arranger Jan Gunnar Hoff on piano. The music on Quiet Winter Night is created by film composers Geir Bøhren and Bent Åserud and among the vocalists are some of Norway's top names in popular music: Helene Bøksle, Åsne Valland Nordli, Sondre Bratland, Unni Wilhelmsen, Tomine Harket, Bjørn Johan Muri, Cecilia Vennersten and Bjørn Eidsvåg.

This music has been specially chosen to celebrate the 200th anniversary in 2014 of the Norwegian Constitution. As well as being compelling in its own right, the works featured here serve as a musical history book, offering an insight into parts of the Norwegian saga. Several songs are clear examples of how a "national song" can be a way of marking and remembering the nation's history. In this recording we give the national anthem in its complete form, something that is seldom done, and, through many fresh arrangements of familiar melodies and a splendid "outdoor" sound, offer a new and invigorating listening experience.

With Fastlandet, Torun Eriksen breaks new ground and does most things for the first time: The lyrics are Norwegian; the format trio; the soundscape electro-acoustic; and the music improvised and through-composed side by side, layer upon layer and simultaneously.

Songs Of Love is Mezzo-Soprano Marianna Beate Kielland’s 13th album at NativeDSD Music. On it she is joined by Baritone Halvor Festervoll Melien and Pianist Nils Anders Mortensen on this album from Lawo Classics.

Amanda is now releasing her third album on the Ladybird label. Amanda once again invites the listener to her well-turned and swinging melodic jazz in Swedish, but the listener can also sense a sour self-distance in the middle of the warm and everyday considerations. Amanda Ginsburg sings about the simple in everyday life, the seemingly banal stories that make up a large part of all of our lives, and she does it with gusto.

Kari Bremnes is a Norwegian singer and songwriter from the Lofoten Islands, based in Oslo. Nordic, European, open, powerful, personal and melancholic - are the words that describe Kari's music. For "Gåte Ved Gåte", her fifth studio album, she has written all the lyrics and most of the music.

Poul Schierbeck (1888-1949) stands tall among Denmark's foremost composers of the early 20th century. His legacy, marked by a prolific career, shines particularly bright in his masterful orchestral compositions, the operatic gem "Fête Galante," and his melodic prowess showcased in songs such as the enchanting 'Du kære, blide danske bæk' ('You dear, gentle Danish stream').

Most people know Else Marie Pade as a pioneer in Danish electronic music. But under gloomy circumstances during the Second World War, Pade also wrote a number of humorous songs in swing and percussion style, which have now been reinterpreted by the duo Dybfølt and singer Kira Martini.

Like Father, Like Son is the Christiania Mannskor's fifth release on the LAWO Classics label. Christiania Mannskor, established in 2009, is Norway's professional men's choir. It is made up of 18 singers under the direction of conductor Marius Skjolaas. The ensemble has regular engagements in Oslo and countrywide and has performed at the invitation of, among others, the Norwegian government and parliament.

Here is an irresistible collection of love songs by three masters of Danish Romanticism: Weyse, Heise and Lange-Müller. Their songs with piano have made an indelible mark on a genre of Danish music and express a world of yearning and joy. The young lyric tenor Mathias Hedegaard has an outstanding feel for the style and offers masterly renderings of these beautiful Danish songs.

Elisabeth Misvær has taken the initiative to revive several old joiks and to publish these in an album. These traditional joiks have been taken from several valuable sources, including sound files and transcriptions from Karl Tirén's records and documentation of joik from the years 1909-1913. In addition, she has gained access to sources that include old private recordings from Nils Lennart Ranberg from Fauske. Elisabeth is concerned with generational and tradition transmission and has brought her son Trygve along in this work. The album mainly contains Pit Sami joiks (vuolle), but also joik from Ume Sami and Lule Sami areas, two Sea Sami joiks from Måsøy in Finnmark as well as two new joik compositions.

Footprint Records are happy to announce the release of the album Transfiguration, performed by one of Sweden’s most prominent choirs: Lunds Vokalensemble. The present album features some of the Swedish choral classics, such as Gösta Nystroem’s Three Sea Visions, Sven-Erik Bäck’s Transfiguration and Sven-David Sandström’s Hear My Prayer. The choir commissions new works on a regular basis, two of which are Jacob Mühlrad’s Dreams and Linda Alexandersson’s April och tystnad (April and Silence), and both are featured on this album along with several magnificent choral pieces. The choir’s hallmark is a certain pure, transparent, and homogenous tonal quality developed in the day of Ingemar Månsson (1929–2022).

Den Sidste Olie is a ground-breaking chamber opera by Niels Rønsholdt, who, based on the tonal language of the Baroque, has created an original work that stretches between the beginning of oil extraction and the climate crisis we inevitably face today. With the Danish colonization of Greenland in 1721 as a background, Rønsholdt creates a captivating story about the relentless global pursuit of prosperity and growth.