A Simple Song Anne Sofie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg

• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990):
• 1Mass: No. 2, Hymn & Psalm. A Simple Song (Arr. For Voice, Flute, Electric Guitar, Harp & Organ)04:30
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990):
• 212 Poems of Emily Dickinson: No. 10, I've Heard an Organ Talk Sometimes (Arr. for Voice & Organ)02:05
• Charles Ives (1874 - 1954):
• 3114 Songs: No. 42, Serenity (Arr. for Voice & Organ)02:27
• Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911):
• 4Symphony No. 3 in D Minor: V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck (Arr. for Voice & Organ)04:08
• 5Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": IV. Urlicht (Arr. for Voice & Organ)05:03
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949):
• 63 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: No. 1, Traum durch die Dämmerung (Arr. for Voice & Organ)02:45
• 74 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4, Morgen! (Arr. for Voice, Violin, Harp & Organ)04:04
• Arvo Pärt (b. 1935):
• 8My Heart's in the Highlands07:00
• Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986):
• 9Requiem, Op. 9: V. Pie Jesu (Arr. for Voice, Cello & Organ)03:39
• Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992):
• 103 Mélodies (Arr. for Voice & Organ): No. 1, Pourquoi?02:01
• 113 Mélodies (Arr. for Voice & Organ): No. 2, Le sourire01:42
• 123 Mélodies (Arr. for Voice & Organ): No. 3, La fiancée perdue02:41
• Francis Poulenc (1899 -1963):
• 13Priez pour paix, FP 95 (Arr. for Voice & Organ)02:02
• Frank Martin (1890 - 1974):
• 14Requiem: VI. Agnus Dei05:50
• Arvo Pärt:
• 15Es sang vor langen Jahren04:48
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886):
• 16Ave Maria III, S. 60 (Version for Voice & Organ)07:26
• Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979):
• 17Climb Ev'ry Mountain (From "The Sound of Music") [Arr. for Voice & Organ]04:33
• Total Runtime01:06:44

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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.

Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo
Bengt Forsberg, organ
Fabian Fredriksson, guitar
Sharon Bezaly, flute
Margareta Nilsson, harp
Nils-Erik Sparf, violin
Ellen Nisbeth, viola
Marie McLeod, cello

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