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Average customer rating: Return to Valhalla OhValhalla Goddess Birgit Nilsson Now Sings In Heaven Ave Atque Vale, Birgit Nilsson RIP BIRGIT NILSSON - 5/17/1918 - 12/25/2005

Ritorna vincitor! - The Legendary Birgit Nilsson (2 CDs) Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sibelius | Sibelius, Jean | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Nilsson, Birgit | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Wagner, Richard | U to Z | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Wagner: Opera Arias & Duets Birgit Nilsson Nilsson Sings Verdi ASIN: B00008MLU4 Release Date: 2003-05-13

Tracks:

1. Ritorna Vincitor! - John Pritchard
2. O Don Fatale - Aregeo Quadri
3. Pace, Pace, Mio Dio! - Argeo Quadri
4. Nel Di Della Vittoria Io Le Incontrai... Ambizioso Spirto... Vieni T'affretta! - VIRGILIO CARBONARI
5. Vissi D'arte - Lorin Maazel
6. Einsam In Truben Tagen - Edward Downes
7. Starke Scheite Schichtet Mir Dort - Sir Georg Solti
8. Allein! Weh, Ganz Allein - Sir Georg Solti
9. Ein Handwerk Verstehst Du Sicher Nicht - Walter Berry
10. Ah! Du Wolltest Mich Nicht Deinen Mund Kussen Lassen, Jokanaan!... Sie Ist Ein Ungeheuer, Deine Tochter... Ah! Ich Habe Deinen Mund Gekusst - Gerhard Stolze

Tracks:

1. Dich, Teure Halle - Edward Downes
2. Mild Und Leise Wie Er Lachelt - Hans Knappertsbusch
3. I Der Engel - 'In Der Kindheit Fruhen Tagen' - Sir Colin Davis
4. II Stehe Still! - 'Sausendes, Brausendes Rad Der Zeit' - Sir Colin Davis
5. III Im Treibhaus - 'Hochgewolbte Blatterkronen' - Sir Colin Davis
6. IV Schmerzen - 'Sonne, Weinsest Jeden Abend Dir Die Schonen Augen Rot' - Sir Colin Davis
7. V Traume - 'Sag', Welch Wunderbare Traume' - Sir Colin Davis
8. Var Det En Drom? (Was It A Dream?) - Bertil Bokstedt
9. Flickan Kom Ifran Sin Alsklings Mote (The Tryst) - Bertil Bokstedt
10. Svarta Rosor (Black Roses) - Bertil Bokstedt
11. Sav, Sav, Susa (Sigh, Rushes, Sigh) - Bertil Bokstedt
12. Diamanten Pa Marssnon (The Diamond On The March Snow) - Bertil Bokstedt
13. Hostkvall (Autumn Evening) - Bertil Bokstedt
14. Varen Flyktar Hastigt (Spring Flies Fast) - Bertil Bokstedt
15. En Svane (A Swan) - Bertil Bokstedt
16. Fra Monte Pincio - Bertil Bokstedt
17. Varen (Spring) - Bertil Bokstedt
18. Melodi (Melody) - Bertil Bokstedt
19. Bon Till Natten (Prayer To Night) - Bertil Bokstedt
20. Skoldmon (Valkyrie) - Bertil Bokstedt
21. En Gammal Dansrytm (An Old Dance Rhythm) - Bertil Bokstedt
22. I Could Have Danced All Night - Herbert Von Karajan

Customer Reviews:

Return to Valhalla OhValhalla Goddess.......2006-03-11

Birgit Nilsson was without a doubt the most powerful soprano of the 20th century, even a greater singer than Maria Callas, despite the fact that audiences loved Callas a lot more. Since her death on December 25th, 2005, I've listened to many of her recordings (and there are plenty, she was well-documented on recording). Nilsson was a versatile singer, and not just a Wagnerian specialist. This recording album of various arias represent her versatility and flexibility and even with all these arias of diverse repertoire, it's still not enough to capture her vast prowess. Not featured on here are her accounts of the Baker's Wife in Strauss' Die Frau Ohne Schatten and Minnie in Puccini's La Fanciulla Del West, or Agathe from Weber's Die Freischutz, not to mention her interpretation of Beethoven's heroine Leonore in Fidelio and Venus from Tannhauser. She was known for her ability to sing both Elisabeth (soprano) and Venus (mezzo-soprano) in Tannhauser!!

What we have here are wonderful accounts of arias from diverse operas. Let's analyze some of them, in hopes you can get hooked on Nilsson and check out her full-length opera recordings.

Wagner: Ring Des Nibelungen: Every opera connoisseur knows that Birgit Nilsson was the heir to Kirsten Flagstad's throne when it came to singing Brunhilde. Possessing a superhuman and radiant voice, she found a bit of her Swedish self in the mythic character of the Valkyrie Brunhilde. To me, there is no greater Brunhilde. She had a heroic voice so that the Immolation Scene in Gotterdammerung (featured here) is by far the best account. She appears in the Karl Bohm recordings of the Ring and the studio engineered Ring under the baton of George Solti. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Her debut role at the Metropolitan Opera was as Isolde. She masters the role, which is possibly the most difficult in Wagner opera, and essays the high tessitura with great aplomb. Not featured here is the great Curse Aria. The Liebestod was a piece of cake for Isolde, and it is featured here. She sings this well, no doubt, but her only fault is that she could never quiet her voice the way some sopranos could. If anyone had trouble hearing Nilssons' mega voice, something was wrong with their hearing! TANNHAUSER: She was able to sing Elisabeth and Venus, and she got into the character's romantic nature. The Hall Aria is on here and it's great.

STRAUSS: As excting as her Wagner heroines were, her Strauss heroines were just as impressive. She understood the intensity of the music and delved into the character's psyches, even more so than the Wagner roles. As such, her SALOME is largely regarded as the best on record. While she could not physically convince us as a teenage nubile princess who inflammes the passions of her pagan father, she was able to sing the role with electrifying power and frightening madness. If you listen to the Solti recording, you will note how she could get into Salome's twisted mentality starting from the scene in which she asks for Jochanaan's head and the finale in which she kisses the severed head. This final scene is on here, thank God. Her interpretation of ELEKTRA set the bar high for all subsequent sopranos. She once again got into the character's depravity and lunacy. The intensity of the role never took its toll on her and she tirelessly sings the part in a combo of dramatic power and beautiful singing. Please check out her Elektra recording under Solti again, where she is paired with Regina Resnik.

PUCCINI: Yes, Birgit Nilsson sang Puccini and she did a damn good job of it too. Very few critics gave her credit for her superb Puccini heroines. At the Met in the 60's, audiences saw her stage performances of Tosca, Turandot and Minnie from La Fanciulla Del West. Her TOSCA is powerful, unsubtle but dramatically compelling. In the Lorin Maazel recoding opposite Franco Corelli, she was able to make her voice sound more round, warmer and more "Italian". Here we have her "Vissi D'Arte" but she could really deliver in such moments as the Death of Scarpia, the Torture/Interrogation Scene and the Finale. In fact her cry "O Scarpia Avanti Addio!" is possibly the best on record. She sang TURANDOT at the Met opposite Franco Corelli in riveting performances, rivaling any other soprano who sang Turandot at the time. The size of her voice, her regal presence (fashion designer Cecil Beaton made a Chinese Empress costume, complete with a decorative crown, especially for her) and her command of the music made for a stunning Turandot. Check out the EMI recording with Corelli and Scotto.

Verdi: She sang Verdi, though it was not a repertoire she followed up on extensively. Audiences saw her as Lady Macbeth, Princess Eboli, Elisabeth Di Valois (from Don Carlos) and Leonora from Forza del Destino. And of course as AIDA. Her Aida is not the most beautifully sung or the warmest, but in sheer volume and grandness she takes the crown. There is a studio recording she sang opposite Franco Corelli and Grace Bumbry. At the Met, audiences saw her paired with Jon Vickers' Radames. Ritorna Vincitor! Aida's first great aria in Act 1 is on here and it's the title of the album. Her LADY MACBETH is by far her greatest Verdi role. The cold, icy, unfeeling way she sings the part makes her Lady Macbeth by far the most wicked and dramatically convincing. Even without the Italian fire in the belly, she could get into character as good as the rest of them.

SWEDISH SONGS, BROADWAY AND MOZART: Her account of her native Swedish folk songs are lovely, and in her time, legendary, and even in her heyday as an opera singer she would sing Swedish songs on Swedish radio. As a girl growing up in her father's farm, she sung these folk songs which eventually drew the attention of Conservatory instructors and operatic voice coaches. Broadway ? I'm sorry. This is cute and experimental of her to sing "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady but this is not her forte. Her voice is too big for the role of Liza Doolittle and the waltz-like/operetta song is way out of her league. On a final note, Nilsson sang Mozart, namely the part of Dona Ana in Don Giovanni, which is found on at least two studio recordings, the famous one being the one with Cesare Siepi as Don Giovanni and Leontyne Price as Elvira under the baton of Erich Leinsdorf. Her Dona Ana is neither beautiful nor mannered, she sings with the usual Nilsson bravura and attempts to soften her voice but she shows no real command for the Mozart reperotire and again this was purely experimental for her.

LONG LIVE BIRGIT NILSSON! I WILL FOREVER REMEMBER HER AS BRUNHILDE, SINGING WITH SUPERHUMAN POWER AND PASSION IN THAT CLIMATIC IMMOLATION SCENE AT THE END OF GOTTERDAMMERUNG. NO ONE CAN MASTER THAT GRAND SCENE "Fleight Hom, Ih Rabens (Fly home you Ravens!) .."GRANE..MEIN ROSS (Grane My Horse!) HER VOICE GETS STRONGER, HIGHER AND MORE INTENSE, FLYING, FLYING EVER UPWARD TO VALHALLA.

Birgit Nilsson Now Sings In Heaven.......2006-01-22

On December 25th, 2005, the great soprano Birgit Nilsson passed away, and an era went with her. She was singing at a time in the mid 20th century just after World War II when other golden-age singers had made it big at the Met- among them Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi and Victoria De Los Angeles, the latter two which also died only recently. Nilsson will forever be remembered for her Wagnerian heroines- the Valkyrie Brunhilde, Isolde, and for her outstanding Turandot. But Nilsson sang a variety of repertoire, though critics snubbed her in such terrific roles as Beethoven's Leonore in Fidelio, Verdi's Lady Macbeth and Puccini's Tosca, roles which I think suited her well and she sang wonderfully. She also sang Mozart's Dona Anna, though this role for me was not suited to her voice. This album is a tribute to her supreme artistry. Here we have Aida's great aria Ritorna Vincitor! - an aria which is more stentorian and heroic sounding than the lush, lyrico-spinto renditions of such fine Aidas as Renata Tebaldi and Leontyne Price. The aria " O Don Fatale" belongs to Princess Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlo and should rightly be sung by a dramatic mezzo soprano. Nilsson handles the music to this quite well, however. Although she never performed Leonora in Forza Del Destino, the "Pace Pace Mio Dio" in this album is sublime. The rest of the arias include arias from Strauss' Salome, Elektra and Wagner's Gotterdammerung and Tristan And Isolde. Her distinctive voice is well captured on this album and any true fan of the late diva will want to buy this.

Ave Atque Vale, Birgit Nilsson.......2006-01-13

Every opera lover in the world met the news today of the December 25, 2005 passing of Birgit Nilsson with sadness. She was surely one of the greatest opera singers of the 20th century, and in Wagnerian roles alone she was the equal of the great Kirsten Flagstadt. From her beginnings as a simple farm girl in Sweden she rose to the top of all of the international opera houses in the three decades when her voice was in full bloom. Her last public performance was in 1984 but she continued her legend in her masterclasses. She was a phenomenon whose glorious voice and presence will be much missed, but at least she has a huge recorded legacy that adds to her immortality.

This 2 CD set is a gathering of excerpts form many recordings and while it does not have the impact of, say, a full performance as Isolde or Brunnhilde or Turandot or Salome, it does offer a generous sampling of the many roles she mastered. Included on this set are arias form 'Macbeth', 'Aida', 'La Forza del Destino', 'Don Carlo', 'Tosca', 'Lohengrin', 'Die Götterdämmerung', 'Elektra', 'Salome', 'Die Frau ohne Schatten', 'Tannhäuser', 'Tristan und Isolde' and songs by Wagner ('Wesendonk Lieder'), Sibelius, Grieg, and Ture Rangström, and yes, even Frederick Lowe! She performs with various orchestras and conductors and pianists.

Not usually one for these 'best of' albums, this one is special, especially with the news that this extraordinary artist whose voice could reach the heavens is gone. An aptly titled memento -Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, January 06

RIP BIRGIT NILSSON - 5/17/1918 - 12/25/2005.......2006-01-12

The opera world mourns the passing of the great dramatic soprano. I never had the fortune to experience her performances live, but her many complete opera recordings and recitals are part of my CD library. This set is a perfect introduction to this diva's art and versatility.

Thank you for the music, Madame Nilsson.

Average customer rating: a wonderful recital

Birgit Nilsson Live in Stockholm Manufacturer: Bluebell ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sibelius | Sibelius, Jean | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Nilsson, Birgit | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss, Richard | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Sibelius, Jean | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000027S11 Release Date: 1987-01-01

Tracks:

1. Fruhling - Birgit Nilsson
2. September - Birgit Nilsson
3. Beim Schlafengehen - Birgit Nilsson
4. Im Abendrot - Birgit Nilsson
5. In The Evening, Op.17:6
6. The First Kiss, Op.37:1
7. Was It A Dream?, Op.37:4
8. Spring Files Fast, Op.13:4
9. Morgen, Op.27:4
10. Die Nacht, Op.10:3
11. Wiegenlied, Op.41:1
12. Zueingnung, Op.10:1
13. As A Wave, Op.27:6
14. When You Close My Eyes, Op.27:1
15. The Girl Under The New Moon
16. The Amazon
17. I Wish I Had A Sweetheart, Op.60:5
18. While I Wait, Op.60:3
19. A Swan, Op.25:2
20. A Dream, Op.48:6
21. Twenty Years, Op.162:5
22. Wien Du Stadt Meiner Traume

Customer Reviews:

a wonderful recital.......2002-01-19

Nilsson is in ravishing voice in these two recitals. Her "Four Last Songs" are sung very well, and the size of her voice is appropriate for what the music and style demand. Some of the passages are shaky, with the legato suffering, but overall Nilsson is superb in these songs. The 1974 recital has wonderful moments with Nilsson singing as though she had once been a Lieder singer in a previous life; yet, in my opinion, she never was entirely successful in the Lied style. It does not suit or match her temperament. She may do quite well for some measures and phrases, but the balance of the phrases are approached with "too much Wagner," as it were. Otherwise, the whole event is memorable and exciting. Highly recommeded!

Average customer rating: Amazon Song

Amazon Song Rusty Crutcher Manufacturer: Emerald Green ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005NGOS Release Date: 1987-10-10

Tracks:

1. Cosmic Papagallo
2. Tree Messenger

Album Description

Music gently floats over the quietly active sounds of Amazon Jungle wildlife. From droplets of condensation falling on the jungle floor, to a tree falling in the distance, and the wings of jungle birds flying past - sounds of the jungle harmonize with music for a relaxing, yet invigorating visit to the rapidly-disappearing and ever-more-precious rainforest. Environmental sounds were digitally recorded at Tambotapa Wildlife Preserve, Amazon Basin, Peru, August 1987.

Customer Reviews:

Amazon Song.......2001-07-24

Simply incredible! This recording is best listened to on headphones or with a well set up speaker system. The sounds of birds in the amazon, as well as rain water dripping are expertly melded with beautiful melodies. Unlike some similar mixtures of music and environmental sound, this artist actually places the music as a background to the ambient sound. At it's most obvious, the music only plays an equal role, and never interferes with the wraparound amazon that eminates from the speakers. You often get the effect of macaws flying through the room, so well recorded is this cd. I often play it at night to lull myself to sleep, but its equally at home as ambient music or as something you can actually pay attention to. Fabulous!

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Rain Is Coming a Rainforest Musical Manufacturer: Penelope Torribio ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Children's Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA47TS Release Date: 2003-06-24

Average customer rating: Amazing and fine A hidden masterwork

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Forest Of The Amazon Manufacturer: Consonance ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Fleming, Renee | C to G | Featured Performers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003J0Q Release Date: 1995-09-26

Tracks:

1. Ov - Chor Of The Moscow Physics And Engineering Institute/Alfred Heller
2. Deep In The Forest - Moscow RSO/Alfred Heller
3. Excitement Among The Indians - Chor Of The Moscow Physics And Engineering Institute/Alfred Heller
4. First Bird Song
5. Nature's Dance - Moscow RSO/Alfred Heller
6. Second Bird Song
7. (Vocalise)
8. Sails
9. On The Way To The Hunt - Moscow RSO/Alfred Heller
10. Third Bird Song
11. Twilight Song
12. The Indians In Search Of The Girl - Moscow RSO/Alfred Heller
13. Fourth Bird Song
14. Rima's Music
15. (Vocalise)
16. Head Hunters
17. Love Song
18. Sentimental Melody
19. Forest Fire - Moscow RSO/Alfred Heller
20. (Finale)

Customer Reviews:

Amazing and fine.......2001-11-06

I am very happy to see this recording and hope that it continues to be available.
It is a little known masterwork and a marvelous recording.

There is much to enjoy on many levels, first the story itself speaks to our times.
Then there is the skill and value of the composition itself. I am particularly struck by the coloristic effects and wide range of mood and action. I can hear that Villa Lobos was aware of all types of music, and also could use all the variety in a unified work.

The orchestra is very fine and Fleming is superb in voice and musicianship.
Conductor Alfred Heller brings much love and skill and knowledge to this work.

A hidden masterwork.......2000-06-18

This work originated as a film score by Villa Lobos for the failed "Green Mansions" film of the late 1950's. However very little of the Villa Lobos music actually was heard in that film score. So Villa Lobos reworked his music and what one hear's today is not a film score, but something integrated, warm and wonderful that tells the audio story of the Hudson novel on one level, and also the modern tale of the extinction of species the fires burning in the Amazon basin represents. It is like an opera in the sense that melodies occur and reoccur later on in the work. The episodic nature of the music carries forward the tale in Villa Lobos' unique aural universe. The poems that Dora Vasconsoles wrote and that were integrated with this work reflect the poignancy and joy of life that were a part of the Hudson heroine, Rima's relationship to her Amazonian world. I saw the original film starring Audrey Hepburn and was disappointed but taken by her portrayal of Rima. Soon after, the Forest of the Amazon was issued on the United Artists Label and had Bidu Sayao's singing and I loved that recording. But this present recording with Renee Fleming is a wonder. The Moscow orchestra plays well, and I found that musical details are so much more present in this recent CD. I think this music is one of Villa Lobos' masterpieces and should be more widely heard. Of course, this recording must also be readily available to be heard by a wider audience.

Average customer rating: A superb cd

Resonator Michael Eck Manufacturer: mandala hand/dancing druid ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000IJN9 Release Date: 1998-06-01

Tracks:

1. Date Nail (Railroad Song)
2. Whiskey For My Coffee
3. The Color of Whiskey
4. The Weight of the World
5. Dorothy Parker's Ghost
6. Pony (Ride Away)
7. Comet's Return
8. Patrick
9. Mid-Air
10. Lasky's Blues
11. In the Long Night
12. Black Shoes

Album Description

Resonator, Michael Eck's debut CD for Dancing Druid Music, is an amazing blend of primal-folk bashing and quiet country-tinged ballads. Balancing restless road songs with a hard won respect for the cycles of birth, work, love and death, Resonator is a compelling blend of brilliant songwriting and ambitious arrangements.

Customer Reviews:

A superb cd.......1999-10-11

Eck is an amazing performer, songwriter, and storyteller. This is one of my all-time favorite cd's. Each song is like a Raymond Carver short story-- detailed, direct, and memorable. If you like Ronnie Lane or Townes Van Zandt, I suggest you get this cd immediately because Eck is the great songwriter of our time.

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Watercolors: Swedish Songs Anne-Sofie von Otter , Hugo Alfven , Tor Aulin , Gunnar de Frumerie , Lars-Erik Larsson , Bo Linde , Gustaf Nordqvist , Gosta Nystroem , Ture Rangstrom , and Bengt Forsberg Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Larsson, Lars-Erik | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Otter, Anne Sophie von | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Anne Sofie von Otter - Wings in the Night (Swedish Songs) Anne Sofie von Otter - Grieg Songs Music for a While: Baroque Melodies Home for Christmas Anne Sofie von Otter - Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben / Forsberg ASIN: B0000SWNI4 Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

1. Kiss Of The Wind
2. Grass Sings Under Wandering Feet
3. The Cloud, The Flower And The Lark
4. Peonies
5. Take My Heart
6. On The Reef
7. Amazing Day
8. The Song Of The Sea
9. Old Dance
10. A Moment In Time
11. The Anemones
12. If I Could Be Tears
13. On The Sea
14. When You Close My Eyes
15. You Make Everything Beautiful
16. Blessed It Is To Wait
17. From The Depths Of My Soul
18. You Are My Aphrodite
19. Like A Wave
20. The Meadow Where You Kissed Me
21. Apple-trees And Pear-trees
22. And The Knight Rode To The Holy Land
23. To A Rose
24. Winter In My Heart
25. What Do I Want?
26. The Judgment
27. A Summer Morning
28. Serenad
29. The Amazon
30. I Am Tired To Death
31. Is It You, Most Beloved Child
32. Take Me
33. May We Be Happy

Amazon.com

Anne Sofie Von Otter is a born singer of songs, and this collection of Swedish miniatures dating from about 1910 to the 1950s are easy to relate to both in their Romanticism and the direct, unaffected manner in which the fine mezzo puts each across. In Ture Rangström's "En gammal dansrytm" (Old Dance), she uncharacteristically slides into the song in a sultry fashion; it makes you sit up and listen. She rarely brings any darkness into her tone. In keeping with the CD's title, we get soft, Northern light in both her tone and pianist Bengt Forsberg's--and by so avoiding any false sense of drama, each song's subject, particularly the ones about nature are, well, natural. But when something else is called for, as in Bo Linde's "Är jag intill döden trött" ("I Am Tired to Death"), von Otter knows how to emphasize the text amost conversationally. This lovely collection of pastels occasionally threatens to evaporate, but close attention reveal true delights. The mezzo is in fine voice, with no "opera diva" behavior to get in the way of the songs' charms. A specialized collection, perhaps, but one which reaps fine rewards. --Robert Levine

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