ANNE-SOFIE VON OTTER

NOEL

Anne-Sofie von Otter - mezzo-soprano

Bengt Forsberg – piano

Anne Sofie von Otter presents an all-new album of holiday favourites and discovery pieces from around the world: Noël.

After her successful Home for Christmas album in 1999, Anne Sofie von Otter collaborates with Bengt Forsberg on a new Christmas album, Noël. The recording is a must-have collection of original compositions mixed with arrangements of familiar Christmas tunes, ranging from discovery pieces by Gustav Nordqvist and Michael Head to holiday classics by Bach, Gounod, Reger, and many others. With popular melodies woven into new arrangements and refreshing, original music, these piano solos and songs are sure to bring out the holiday spirit in listeners everywhere.

[1] Jul, jul strålande jul

[2] Widéen: Gläns över sjö och strand

[3] Traditional: Pris vare gud

[4] Backer Gröndahl: Melodi

[5] Lyapunov: Chanteurs de Noels

[6] Sibelius: Nu sa kommer julen, Op.1, No.2

[7] Sibelius: Giv mig ej glans, Op.1, No.4

[8] Sibelius: 5. The Spruce [Five Pieces, Op.75 for piano]

[9] Grieg: Julens Vuggesang

[10] Blithe Bells

[11] Quilter: The Cradle in Bethlehem

[12] Head: The Three Mummers

[13] Grainger: Sussex Mummers Christmas Carol

[14] Traditional: So Blest a Sight

[15] Chaminade: Le Noel des oiseaux

[16] Gounod: Noel

[17] Sibelius: 2. Talvikuva [Luonnoksia, Op. 114]

[18] Marias vaggsång (org.Mariae Wiegenlied)

[19] Cornelius: 1. Christbaum [6 Weihnachtslieder Opus 8]

[20] Cornelius: 2. Die Hirten [6 Weihnachtslieder Opus 8]

[21] Cornelius: 3. Die Könige [6 Weihnachtslieder Opus 8]

[22] J.S. Bach: Jesu bleibet meine Freude [Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - Arranged by Bengt Forsberg]

[23] Nin y Castellanos: Villancico Vasco [Villancicos espanolas]

[24] Nin y Castellanos: Villancico Castellano [Villancicos espanolas]

[25] Nin y Castellanos: Villancico de Córdoba [Villancicos espanolas]

[26] Nin y Castellanos: Villancico Andaluz [Villancicos espanolas]

[27] J.S. Bach: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier BWV 469

[28] J.S. Bach: Nun Komm Der Heiden Heiland Bwv 659

DG 4775725