A Simple Song / Otter, Forsberg

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Label
BIS
Release Date
January 4, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Von Otter, Forsberg
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 04, 2019
    • UPC
      7318599923277
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2327
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Mass: Devotions before Mass: Hymn and Psalm, "A Simple Song" (arr. for voice, flute, electric guitar, harp and organ)

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Sharon Bezaly, Fabian Fredriksson, Margareta Nilsson, Bengt Forsberg

    2. 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson: No. 10. I've heard an organ talk sometimes (arr. for voice and organ)

      Composer: Aaron Copland

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

    3. Serenity (arr. for voice and organ)

      Composer: Charles Ives

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

    4. Symphony No. 3 in D Minor: V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck (arr. for voice and organ)

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

    5. Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection": IV. Urlicht (arr. for voice and organ)

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

    6. 3 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: No. 1. Traum durch die Dämmerung (arr. for voice and organ)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

    7. 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4. Morgen (arr. for voice, violin, harp and organ)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Nils-Erik Sparf, Margareta Nilsson, Bengt Forsberg

    8. My Heart's in the Highlands

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

    9. Requiem, Op. 9: Pie Jesu

      Composer: Maurice Duruflé

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Marie McLeod, Bengt Forsberg

    10. No. 1. Pourquoi?

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

    11. No. 2. Le sourire

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

    12. No. 3. La fiancée perdue

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

    13. Priez pour paix, FP 95 (arr. for voice and organ)

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

    14. Requiem: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

    15. Es sang vor langen Jahren

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Nils-Erik Sparf, Ellen Nisbeth

    16. Sposalizio (Trauung) nach dem gleichnamigen Bilde Raphael's, S60/R498, "Ave Maria III" (version for voice and organ)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

    17. The Sound of Music: Climb Ev'ry Mountain (arr. for voice and organ)

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg


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