Anne Sofie von Otter - A Simple Song

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Anne Sofie von Otter - A Simple Song
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (Marcussen organ of St. Jacobs kyrka, Stockholm)

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Release Date: Tuesday 20 November 2018

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A brief glance at the list of contents is enough to reveal who the singer is - only Anne Sofie von Otter could have come up with a programme as varied and wide-ranging. And only von Otter could hold it together seamlessly by finding the resonances between these very different pieces, and bringing them out with a rare ability of embracing different singing styles and expressive registers: to paraphrase Bernstein in his A Simple Song, Anne Sofie von Otter never fails to 'sing like she likes to sing'.

From Liszt to Pärt and from Mahler's Resurrection Symphony to Richard Rodgers' Sound of Music, von Otter is supported by her long-time accompanist Bengt Forsberg, here at the organ instead of his usual piano. At various points in the programme they are joined by a number of musical friends, in the organ loft of St James's Church in central Stockholm - the very church where the young von Otter began her singing career as a chorister and, together with Forsberg, gave one of her very first public concerts

Tracks:

Leonard Bernstein
01 A Simple Song, from Mass 4'35

Aaron Copland
02 I've heard an organ talk sometimes 2'07

Charles E. Ives
03 Serenity 2'33

Gustav Mahler
04 Es sungen drei Engel 4'13
05 Urlicht 5'11


Richard Strauss
06 Traum durch die Dämmerung 2'51
07 Morgen 4'10

Arvo Pärt
08 My Heart's in the Highlands 7'11

Maurice Duruflé
09 Pie Jesu, from Requiem 3'45

Olivier Messiaen
Trois mélodies (1930) 6'34
10 Pourquoi ? 2'03
11 Le sourire 1'44
12 La fiancée perdue 2'47

Francis Poulenc
13 Priez pour paix 2'08

Frank Martin
14 Agnus Dei, from Requiem 5'57

Arvo Pärt
15 Es sang vor langen Jahren 4'54

Franz Liszt
16 Ave Maria III (Sposalizio), S. 60 7'38

Richard Rodgers
from The Sound of Music
17 Climb ev'ry mountain 5'06