On Winter Sounds, the Academy Chamber Choir of Uppsala, conducted by Stefan Parkman, performs music that in various ways is inspired by the winter period. The repertoire reflects all the different aspects of the winter, such as Christmas, New Year, the snow and our emotions for the dark period and the Nordic winter light. The recording contains a mix of sacred music in traditional hymns, newly written arrangements of well-known melodies as well as profane songs about winter. The choir is one of Sweden’s most celebrated academic choirs and was founded in 1957 with the Swedish choral nestor Eric Ericson as it’s first conductor. The present conductor, Stefan Parkman, is a professor at the University of Uppsala as well as the headmaster of the Westdeutscher Rundfunkchor in Cologne, Germany. Karin Dahlberg, a soloist gaining more and more attention in Sweden and whose clear voice we will definitely hear more of in the near future, carries the beautiful soprano solo part that is heard on several tracks. This CD also features the renowned organ player Andrew Canning, affiliated at the Uppsala Cathedral.