obsadenie:
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Fabian Fredriksson (electric guitar), Margareta Nilsson (harp), Bengt Forsberg (organ), Nils-Erik Sparf (violin), Marie McLeod (cello), Ellen Nisbeth (viola)
tracks:
Bernstein: Mass
4:35
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Fabian Fredriksson (electric guitar), Margareta Nilsson (harp), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
Mass: No. 2, Hymn & Psalm. A Simple Song (Arr. For Voice, Flute, Electric Guitar, Harp & Organ)
4:35
Excerpt, Copland: Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
2:07
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
12 Poems of Emily Dickinson: No. 10, I've Heard an Organ Talk Sometimes (Arr. for Voice & Organ)
2:07
Ives, C: 114 Songs
2:33
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
114 Songs: No. 42, Serenity (Arr. for Voice & Organ)
2:33
Excerpt, Mahler: Symphony No. 3
4:13
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
Symphony No. 3 in D Minor: V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck (Arr. for Voice & Organ)
4:13
Excerpt, Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
5:11
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": IV. Urlicht (Arr. for Voice & Organ)
5:11
Excerpt, Strauss, R: Lieder (3), Op. 29
2:51
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
3 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: No. 1, Traum durch die Dämmerung (Arr. for Voice & Organ)
2:51
Excerpt, Strauss, R: Vier Lieder Op. 27
4:10
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Nils-Erik Sparf (violin), Margareta Nilsson (harp), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4, Morgen! (Arr. for Voice, Violin, Harp & Organ)
4:10
Pärt: My Heart's in the Highlands
7:11
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
Excerpt, Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9
3:45
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Marie McLeod (cello), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
Requiem, Op. 9: V. Pie Jesu (Arr. for Voice, Cello & Organ)
3:45
Messiaen: 3 Mélodies (Arr. for Voice & Organ)
6:34
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
Recorded: December 2016
Recording Venue: S:t Jacobs kyrka, Stockholm, Sweden
3 Mélodies (Arr. for Voice & Organ): No. 1, Pourquoi?
2:03
3 Mélodies (Arr. for Voice & Organ): No. 2, Le sourire
1:44
3 Mélodies (Arr. for Voice & Organ): No. 3, La fiancée perdue
2:47
Poulenc: Priez pour paix, FP 95 (arr. for voice and organ)
2:08
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
Excerpt, Martin, F: Requiem
5:57
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
Requiem: VI. Agnus Dei
5:57
Pärt: Es sang vor langen Jahren (Motet für de la Motte)
4:54
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Nils-Erik Sparf (violin), Ellen Nisbeth (viola)
Es sang vor langen Jahren
4:54
Liszt: Sposalizio (Trauung) nach dem gleichnamigen Bilde Raphael's, S60 / R498, "Ave Maria III" (version for voice and organ)
7:38
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
Ave Maria III, S. 60 (Version for Voice & Organ)
7:38
Rodgers, R: The Sound of Music (arr. for voice and organ)
5:06
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (organ)
Climb Ev'ry Mountain (From "The Sound of Music") [Arr. for Voice & Organ]
5:06
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.