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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelBis
UPC7318599923277
eBay Product ID (ePID)20046044128
Product Key Features
Release Year2019
FormatSuper Audio CD (SACD)
GenreClassical Artists
ArtistCopland / Otter / Messiaen
Release TitleSimple Song
Dimensions
Item Height0.41 in
Item Weight0.24 lb
Item Length5.59 in
Item Width4.92 in
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Number of Discs1
NotesA 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.