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A Simple Song / Otter, Forsberg

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Von Otter, Forsberg
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 04, 2019
Catalog #
BIS-2327
UPC
7318599923277

About

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.

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REVIEW:

A Simple Song’ is a thoughtful, even challenging recital, given extra colour by the fact that Forsberg, her longtime song partner, here swaps his piano for the organ of the Stockholm church where the young von Otter started singing as a teen. This is a delightful, surprising and thought-provoking programme – difficult to classify, perhaps, but very easy to enjoy.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Mass: Devotions before Mass: Hymn and Psalm, "A Simple Song" (arr. for voice, flute, electric guitar, harp and organ) 04:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    Mass: Devotions before Mass: Hymn and Psalm, "A Simple Song" (arr. for voice, flute, electric guitar, harp and organ)
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Sharon Bezaly, Fabian Fredriksson, Margareta Nilsson, Bengt Forsberg
  2. 2 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson: No. 10. I've heard an organ talk sometimes (arr. for voice and organ) 02:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    12 Poems of Emily Dickinson: No. 10. I've heard an organ talk sometimes (arr. for voice and organ)
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
  3. 3 Serenity (arr. for voice and organ) 02:27
    Track
    3
    Title
    Serenity (arr. for voice and organ)
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Charles Ives
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
  4. 4 Symphony No. 3 in D Minor: V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck (arr. for voice and organ) 04:08
    Track
    4
    Title
    Symphony No. 3 in D Minor: V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck (arr. for voice and organ)
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
  5. 5 Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection": IV. Urlicht (arr. for voice and organ) 05:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection": IV. Urlicht (arr. for voice and organ)
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
  6. 6 3 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: No. 1. Traum durch die Dämmerung (arr. for voice and organ) 02:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    3 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: No. 1. Traum durch die Dämmerung (arr. for voice and organ)
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
  7. 7 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4. Morgen (arr. for voice, violin, harp and organ) 04:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4. Morgen (arr. for voice, violin, harp and organ)
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Nils-Erik Sparf, Margareta Nilsson, Bengt Forsberg
  8. 8 My Heart's in the Highlands 07:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    My Heart's in the Highlands
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
  9. 9 Requiem, Op. 9: Pie Jesu 03:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    Requiem, Op. 9: Pie Jesu
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Maurice Duruflé
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Marie McLeod, Bengt Forsberg
  10. 10 No. 1. Pourquoi? 02:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 1. Pourquoi?
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
  11. 11 No. 2. Le sourire 01:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 2. Le sourire
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
  12. 12 No. 3. La fiancée perdue 02:41
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 3. La fiancée perdue
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
  13. 13 Priez pour paix, FP 95 (arr. for voice and organ) 02:02
    Track
    13
    Title
    Priez pour paix, FP 95 (arr. for voice and organ)
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
  14. 14 Requiem: Agnus Dei 05:50
    Track
    14
    Title
    Requiem: Agnus Dei
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Frank Martin
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
  15. 15 Es sang vor langen Jahren 04:48
    Track
    15
    Title
    Es sang vor langen Jahren
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Nils-Erik Sparf, Ellen Nisbeth
  16. 16 Sposalizio (Trauung) nach dem gleichnamigen Bilde Raphael's, S60/R498, "Ave Maria III" (version for voice and organ) 07:26
    Track
    16
    Title
    Sposalizio (Trauung) nach dem gleichnamigen Bilde Raphael's, S60/R498, "Ave Maria III" (version for voice and organ)
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
  17. 17 The Sound of Music: Climb Ev'ry Mountain (arr. for voice and organ) 04:33
    Track
    17
    Title
    The Sound of Music: Climb Ev'ry Mountain (arr. for voice and organ)
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Richard Rodgers
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg