Christine (Christine Guldbrandsen album)
Encyclopedia
Christine is the third album by Norwegian
pop
singer Christine Guldbrandsen
, released in 2007 in Norway through MBN Music Business Norway. The album is progressive Celtic
, using a combination of traditional and modern instruments.
and piano
, to soundscape
s. The lyrics are primarily in Norwegian, though Latin and English is used on a couple of songs. Guldbrandsen wrote several of the songs in collaboration with her creative team. One of these is Alvedansen, Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest
2006, reworked for the album. Apart from one Norwegian folk song Den Dag Kjem Aldri the rest of the album is new material. The song Dansekjolen placed 1st in the Norwegian charts.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer Christine Guldbrandsen
Christine Guldbrandsen
Christine Guldbrandsen is a singer who is best-known internationally for being the Norwegian entrant in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. With a crystal-clear voice and a impressive vocal range she is often compared to sopranos like Sissel Kyrkjebø and Hayley Westenra...
, released in 2007 in Norway through MBN Music Business Norway. The album is progressive Celtic
Celtic music
Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...
, using a combination of traditional and modern instruments.
Album information
Guldbransen's third album and was released on February 5, 2007. The songs on this album span a wide range of styles, from ballads with choirChoir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
and piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, to soundscape
Soundscape
A soundscape is a sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment. The study of soundscape is the subject of acoustic ecology...
s. The lyrics are primarily in Norwegian, though Latin and English is used on a couple of songs. Guldbrandsen wrote several of the songs in collaboration with her creative team. One of these is Alvedansen, Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
2006, reworked for the album. Apart from one Norwegian folk song Den Dag Kjem Aldri the rest of the album is new material. The song Dansekjolen placed 1st in the Norwegian charts.
Reviews
A review on the Musical Discoveries website states, "Artists can often deliver more emotional content when singing in their native tongue and this evolution has worked well for Christine... The combination of traditional instruments and modern arrange- ments work perfectly to support Christine's far ranging vocal power."Track listing
| # | Title | Translation | Composers | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dansekjolen" | The Dancing Dress | Kjetil Fluge, Atle Halstensen, Christine Guldbrandsen | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Langt Bortenfor" | Far Beyond | Kjetil Fluge, Christine Guldbrandsen | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Tampen Brenner" | Getting Warmer | Kjetil Fluge, Christine Guldbrandsen | 2:40 |
| 4. | "Alvedansen" | Elf Dance | Kjetil Fluge, Atle Halstensen, Christine Guldbrandsen | 3:38 |
| 5. | "Mellom Himmel og Jord" | Between Heaven and Earth | Kjetil Fluge, Andrew Boyle, Christine Guldbrandsen | 3:58 |
| 6. | "Spindelvev" | Spiderwebs | Kjetil Fluge, Andrew Boyle | 3:26 |
| 7. | "Den Dag Kjem Aldri" | The Day Never Comes | Kjetil Fluge, Åsmund Olavson Vinje | 2:36 |
| 8. | "Journeys Song" | Kjetil Fluge, Andrew Boyle | 4:35 | |
| 9. | "Timeglasset" | Hourglass | Atle Halstensen, Andrew Boyle | 2:58 |
| 10. | "Dove" | Atle Halstensen, Andrew Boyle | 4:38 |