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Sissel - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

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Sissel, the international singing sensation from Norway, is widely regarded as one of the finest and most talented sopranos in the world. Her crystalclear voice has made Sissel a national institution in Norway. Sissel has sung all over the world, selling over six million solo albums. She contributed the haunting vocal tracks for the soundtrack to Titanic. She has been doing great duets with singers like Placido Domingo, Charles Aznavour, Taro Ichihara, Bryn Terfel, Jose Carreras, Russell Watson, Kurt Nilsen, Neil Sedaka and Josh Groban. A very remarkable voice you will only hear once in your lifetime.

"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is a Christmas hymn or carol written by Charles Wesley, brother of the Methodist movement founder John Wesley. It first appeared in Hymns and Sacred Poems in 1739, under the topic of "Hymn for Christmas-Day". The original opening couplet was "Hark! how all the welkin rings / Glory to the King of Kings".

The version known today is the result of alterations by various hands, most notably George Whitefield, Wesley's co-worker, who changed the opening couplet to the familiar one we know today.
The tune that is normally used for this carol is based on a chorus composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840, part of his cantata Festgesang zur Eröffnung der am ersten Tage der vierten Säkularfeier der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst ("Festival Song")

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  • This is so beautiful! I'm in tears! Glory to our everlasting Lord Jesus Christ!

  • Great! great! great!

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  • wonderfull voice from Norway. Thank you for this moment of pleasure.

  • døggæern.... tror ikke det finnes beder stemme. sissel er, å har vert favoritt i mange år. fyyy vi begynner å bli gamle. lol

  • sissel.......... du er nr 1

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    My favorite Xmass song, SISSEL is GREAT + I just love her projection - Beautiful Feminine VOICE (She is cute too), I love this song, this is what Christmass really is about A SAVIOUR HAS BEEN BORN, Thank you father, for sending a Redeemer, your own son to save us. Wonderful video, (check out mine)

  • I wouldn't recognize her even if i pass her by.

    But my God, when she sings... she fills the Halls of Heaven!

  • OMG, Tears in my eyes..., God bless you Sissel...

  • @breec7 How do you know that? Did she turn down an autograph of something?

  • She may be a good singer, but the fame has gone to her head. She's an asshole.

  • una de las mejores voces. super!!!

  • Extraordinary!!

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