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1. Love Songs
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Brad Mehldau (piano)
composed by Bob Telson, Brad Mehldau, Fred E. Ahlert, Jacques Brel, John Lennon, Lars Farnlof, Léo Ferré, Leonard Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Monique Andrée Serf, Richard Rodgers
American jazz pianist and composer Brad Mehldau and Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter pair up on this two-disc set of love songs. The first ... More
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2. Noël (2006)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
composed by Agathe Backer-Grřndahl, Cécile Chaminade, Charles Gounod, Christmas Traditional, Edvard Grieg, Gustaf Nordqvist, Ivar Widéen, Jean Sibelius, Joaquin Nin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Max Reger, Michael Head, Percy Grainger, Peter Cornelius, Roger Quilter
With this CD, Anne Sofie von Otter and Bengt Forsberg make a welcome (and unconventional) contribution to the deluge of Christmas music that appears ... More
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3. Berg, Korngold & Strauss: Lieder (1994)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
composed by Alban Berg, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Richard Strauss
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4. Beethoven: The Symphonies (2010)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Gilles Cachemaille (bass), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
The 1990s were a peak period for historically informed performances, and the most praised box set to emerge from this boom time was John Eliot ... More
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5. The #1 Opera Album (2000)
performed by Andrea Bocelli (vocals), Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Anne Sofie von Otter (vocals), Bryn Terfel (vocals), Cecilia Bartoli (vocals), Gino Quilico (vocals), Gregory Cross (vocals), Huguette Tourangeau (vocals), Jane Berbié (vocals), Joan Sutherland (vocals)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Antonin Dvorák, Charles Gounod, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Léo Delibes, Pietro Mascagni, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano
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6. Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces (2001)
performed by Academy of Ancient Music, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, András Schiff (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (vocals), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Bryn Terfel (vocals), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Frances Kelly (harp)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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7. Grieg: Songs (1993)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
composed by Edvard Grieg
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8. Sculthorpe: Island Dreamings; String Quartets (2000)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), The Brodsky Quartet
composed by Peter Sculthorpe
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9. Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben; 5 Lieder Op. 40; 15 Lieder (1996)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
composed by Robert Schumann
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10. George Frideric Handel: The Messiah (1988)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Arleen Augér (soprano), Howard Crook (tenor), John Tomlinson (bass), Michael Chance (alto), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Choir of the English Concert (choir, chorus), The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel
A true classic of historically informed performance practice, Trevor Pinnock's 1988 recording of George Frederick Handel's Messiah with the English ... More
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11. Watercolors: Swedish Songs (2004)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
composed by Bo Linde, Gösta Nystroem, Gunnar de Frumerie, Gustaf Nordqvist, Hugo Alfvén, Lars-Erik Larsson, Tor Aulin, Ture Rangström
From the quiet intimacy of Hugo Alfven's Sĺ tag mit hjärte (So Take My Heart) to the irresistible vigor of Gustaf Nordqvist's Til havs (On the Sea), ... More
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13. Wings in the Night: Swedish Songs (1996)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
composed by Emil Sjögren, Hugo Alfvén, Sigurd von Koch, Ture Rangström, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Wilhelm Stenhammar
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14. Grieg: Lieder (1993)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
composed by Edvard Grieg
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15. Hugo Wolf, Gustav Mahler: Lieder
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Ralf Gothoni (piano)
composed by Gustav Mahler, Hugo Wolf
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16. Folksongs (2000)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Benjamin Britten, Gunnar Hahn, Lars-Erik Larsson, Percy Grainger, Reynaldo Hahn, Zoltán Kodály
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17. Sibelius: Songs, Vol. 1 (1989)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
composed by Jean Sibelius
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18. 40 Most Beautiful Arias (2006)
performed by Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Anton Scharinger (baritone), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Cecilia Bartoli (soprano), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano), Edita Gruberová (soprano), Eva Urbanova (soprano)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Antonin Dvorák, Camille Saint-Saëns, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Franz Lehár, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Henry Purcell, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet
As an introduction to opera that really covers the basics, Warner's 40 Most Beautiful Arias is a terrific package to give to beginners, though ... More
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20. Bach: Sacred Vocal Works (2002)
performed by Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor), Ann Monoyios (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Robson (oboe), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Ashley Stafford (counter tenor)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
This monster box set -- nine CDs -- is aimed at buyers in the process of doing what used to be called building a classical library. It contains four ... More
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21. Mahler: Lieder (2005)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (bass baritone), Violeta Urmana (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler
If one comes to these performances of Mahler's three songs cycles without prior knowledge or experience of the music, one might well think them ... More
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22. Bad Boys
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Balcarras Crafoord (baritone), Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Swedish Radio Choir (choir, chorus), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel (conductor)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Arrigo Boito, Arthur Sullivan, Carl Maria von Weber, Charles Gounod, Claude-Michel Schoenberg, Gaetano Donizetti, George Gershwin, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Kurt Weill, Ludwig van Beethoven, Stephen Sondheim
Mustering up his most menacing grimace for the front cover image -- and looking a little like the way Victor McLaglan looked in John Ford's The ... More
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23. Zemlinsky: Lieder (1990)
performed by Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Cord Garben (piano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
composed by Alexander von Zemlinsky
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25. Schubert: Lieder (1997)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Swedish Radio Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Franz Schubert
She's not shy, this Anne-Sofie von Otter. Her performances are, to say the least, incredibly expressive. Her Suleika I (D. 720) is Brigitte Bardot in ... More
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