Oscar’s Motet Choir – Cantate Domino

Stereophile Magazine Record to Die For!

“In the early 1980s, a series of LPs produced by the Swedish label Proprius quickly became standards for testing new equipment among the New York audiophile community. Bossi’s Cantate Domino, for choir, trumpets, trombones, and organ, opens the album, followed by Swedish folk songs and music by Handel, Olsson, and others. One friend began calling the second track, “O Helga Natt” (“Oh Holy Night”), “the audiophile anthem.” No wonder-it’s an astounding recording. Marianne Mellnäs’s startlingly clear and lovely soprano, suspended in a huge space, is confronted by a powerful chorus and a thunderous organ. Although my LP has been played to death and now has prominent ticks and pops, its dynamic range-between the crystal-clear Mellnäs, the powerful chorus, and the solid organ notes-still tests the limits of my system.”

– Stereophile 2012. Records To Die For

World-wide renowned reference 1976 Bertil Alvin-recording of Christmas music from different countries. This is a nice album for Christmas (though perhaps not all are the Christian’s song). Recorded by Bertil Aving in 1976 and very famous for its incredible sound quality. According to Proprius, the equipments used was the Revox A77 and two Pearl TC4 microphone. This remarkable album, for many years appreciated for its exquisite sound quality in the recording of choral and solo voices- set a new standard in sound engineering.

ID: Proprius – PROP 7762