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Release Date: 10/10/2006 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog #: 000507302 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Gustaf Nordqvist, Ivar Widéen, Traditional, Agathe Backer Grondahl, Sergei Lyapunov, Jean Sibelius, Edvard Grieg, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Roger Quilter, Michael Head, Cécile Louise Chaminade, Charles Gounod, Max Reger, Peter Cornelius, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joaquin Nin Performer: Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Here's a refreshing change from the usual big-name vocalist Christmas recording: a collection mostly of little-known songs (many from the singer's native Sweden) accompanied not by overblown orchestral arrangements but only by the singer's long-time collaborator, pianist Bengt Forsberg. Scattered among the vocal selections are seven solos by Forsberg, including Percy Grainger's arrangements of Bach's "Schafe können sicher weiden" from cantata BWV 208 and the Sussex Mummer's Carol, Sibelius' Granen (The Spruce) and Talvikuva (Winter Scene), Myra Hess' arrangement of Bach's Jesu bleibet meine Freude, and Busoni's setting of Bach's Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland. It's great to have these piano selections rendered in Forsberg's confident, ardently expressive style, but the acoustic for these tracks gives the piano an unsettling and unnecessarily larger presence than for the tracks with voice. And even in some of the vocal songs, the piano balances occasionally weigh too forcefully. Nevertheless, the singing is never less than excellent--Anne Sofie von Otter is a sensitive artist who's always committed to her material, and it's certainly the case here, especially with the Swedish songs and the Sibelius selections sung in Swedish. Otter also offers some beguiling songs in English, including Roger Quilter's The Cradle in Bethlehem, the English folksong So Blest a Sight (arranged by Walter Ehret), and Michael Head's The Three Mummers. This is a consistently fine, intimate, unusual collection that should happily attract and easily appeal to fans of the singer and to listeners looking for a holiday-season change of pace, highlighted by rarely-heard repertoire with a Swedish accent. --David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com |
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Jul, jul stralande jul by Gustaf Nordqvist | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: Sweden |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs. |
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Pris vare gud by Traditional | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Written: Sweden |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 1 Minutes 52 Secs. |
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Christmas Songs (5), Op. 1: no 2, Now Christmas comes by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1895-1909; Finland |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs. |
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Christmas Songs (5), Op. 1: no 4, Give me no splendour, gold or pomp by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1909; Finland |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs. |
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Pieces (5) for Piano, Op. 75 "Trees": no 5, The spruce by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1914; Finland |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs. |
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Yuletide Cradle Song, EG 155 by Edvard Grieg | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1900; Norway |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 16 Secs. |
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Blithe bells by Percy Aldridge Grainger | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1931; England |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs. |
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| 8. |
The Cradle in Bethlehem by Roger Quilter | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1945; England |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs. |
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| 9. |
The Three Mummers by Michael Head | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century Written: England |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs. |
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| 10. |
Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol by Percy Aldridge Grainger | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs. |
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| 11. |
So blest a sight by Traditional | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Written: England |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 54 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranger: Walter Ehret. | |||||
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| 12. |
Le Noel des oiseaux by Cécile Louise Chaminade | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: France |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs. |
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Noel by Charles Gounod | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: France |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs. |
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Schlichte Weisen (60), Op. 76: no 52, Maria Wiegenlied by Max Reger | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1903-1912; Germany |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 21 Secs. |
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Weihnachtslieder (6), Op. 8: no 1, Christbaum by Peter Cornelius | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1856/1870; Weimar, Germany |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 1 Minutes 31 Secs. |
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Weihnachtslieder (6), Op. 8: no 3, Die Könige by Peter Cornelius | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1856/1870; Weimar, Germany |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 50 Secs. |
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Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesu bleibet meine Freude "Jesu, joy of man's desiring" by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: Baroque Written: 1723; Leipzig, Germany |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Bengt Forsberg | |||||
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| 18. |
Villancicos (12) españolas: Villancico vasco by Joaquin Nin | ||||
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Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1932-1933; Cuba |
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Date of Recording: 8/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 1 Minutes 46 Secs. |
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Villancicos (12) españolas: Villancico castellano by Joaquin Nin | ||||
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Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1932-1933; Cuba |
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Date of Recording: 8/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 1 Minutes 20 Secs. |
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Villancicos (12) españolas: Villancico de Córdoba by Joaquin Nin | ||||
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Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1932-1933; Cuba |
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Date of Recording: 8/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs. |
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Villancicos (12) españolas: Villancico andaluz by Joaquin Nin | ||||
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Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1932-1933; Cuba |
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Date of Recording: 8/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 1 Minutes 50 Secs. |
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Ich steh' an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469 by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Baroque Written: by 1736; Leipzig, Germany |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs. |
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Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: Baroque Written: by 1723; ?Weimar, Germany |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 4 Minutes 22 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni. | |||||
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| 24. |
Gläs över sjö och strand by Ivar Widéen | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century Written: Sweden |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 1 Minutes 42 Secs. |
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| 25. |
Songs (5), Op. 41: no 5 by Agathe Backer Grondahl | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1897; Norway |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs. |
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| 26. |
Fêtes de Noël, Op. 41: no 3, Chanteurs de noëls by Sergei Lyapunov | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1910; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs. |
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| 27. |
Esquisses (5) for Piano, Op. 114: no 2, Talvikuva by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1929; Finland |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 1 Minutes 44 Secs. |
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| 28. |
Weihnachtslieder (6), Op. 8: no 2, Die Hirte by Peter Cornelius | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: Weimar, Germany |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 20 Secs. |
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Notes: Composition written: Weimar, Germany (1856). Composition revised: 1870. |
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| 29. |
Villancicos (12) españoles: Villancico Vasco by Joaquin Nin | ||||
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Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1932-1933; Cuba |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 1 Minutes 46 Secs. |
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| 30. |
Villancicos (12) españoles: Villancico Castellano by Joaquin Nin | ||||
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Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1932-1933; Cuba |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 1 Minutes 20 Secs. |
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| 31. |
Villancicos (12) españoles: Villancico Cordobés by Joaquin Nin | ||||
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Performer:
Bengt Forsberg (Piano),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1932-1933; Cuba |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs. |
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Villancicos (12) españoles: Villancico Andaluz by Joaquin Nin | ||||
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Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century |
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Date of Recording: 08/2005 Venue: Herculessaal, Residenz, Munich Length: 1 Minutes 50 Secs. |
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