When Fredrik Kempe writing the music, life is a schlager. Even if the story itself happens to be about a burnt out världsdirigent who returns home to the village. Particularly clear now when the central selections from the Kay and Carin Pollaks musikalsuccé ”as it is in heaven” line up as the studio recordings with the karaktärsstarka the original performers. From dansbandsboogie (with tonartshöjning) to the starry piano ballad and a euphoric song to life with all the körkollektivet.

on the folkfärgade Duvemålatonen in filmhitten ”Gabriella’s song” (Py Bäckman/Stefan Nilsson). Not least thanks to Karl-Johan Ankarbloms orkesterarrangemang. A song contest in Broadwayklass despite the fact that some singers go more natural through the speakers than the other.

Best tracks: ”All the words of sin,”

Read more music reviews by Johanna Paulsson , for example, about when ”as it is in heaven” premiered at the musikalascenen .