artist : Anne Sofie Von Otter
title : Sogno Barocco
label : Na∩ve
cat# :
genre : Classical
street date : 2012-09-05
tracks : 12
bitrate : 230 kbps avg. 44.1/Joint Stereo
size : 118.59mb
source : CD
type : Retail
url : http://www.annesofievonotter.com
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Internationally acclaimed Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter has
long been considered one of the finest singers of her generation. A
lengthy and exclusive relationship with Deutsche Grammophon produced a
wealth of recordings and numerous awards including Recording Artist of the
Year, International Record Critics Association; a Grammy Award for best
classical vocal performance for MahlerÆs Des Knaben Wunderhorn; and a
Diapason dÆOr for a recording of Swedish songs with her long-time
accompanist, Bengt Forsberg. She collaborated with pop legend Elvis
Costello on the disc, For the Stars and in October 2010 released her first
recording with the Na∩ve label, Love Songs, a collaboration with renowned
jazz pianist Brad Mehldau. Her most recent recording for Na∩ve, Sogno
Barocco, a collection of Italian baroque arias, scenes and duets with
Leonardo Garcφa-Alarc≤n and Cappella Mediterranea is released in September
2012.
Anne Sofie von Otter earned an international reputation as an outstanding
Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) with performances at the Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, Bayerische Staatsoper, OpΘra national de Paris and the
Wiener Staatsoper. She also performed the role as part of a series of
engagements with James Levine and The Metropolitan Opera, and in Japan
under the late Carlos Kleiber (available on DVD). Other seminal opera
recordings include Le nozze di Figaro under Levine, Orfeo ed Euridice
under John Eliot Gardiner, HandelÆs Ariodante and Hercules under Marc
Minkowski and Ariadne auf Naxos under Giuseppe Sinopoli.
Recent opera highlights have included her role debut in CharpentierÆs
MΘdeΘ for Oper Frankfurt, Countess Geschwitz (Lulu) at The Metropolitan
Opera, conducted by Fabio Luisi, Clytemnestre (Iphigenie en Aulide) in
Pierre AudiÆs production for De Nederlandse Opera conducted by Marc
Minkowski and GeneviΦve (PellΘas et MΘlisande) under Philippe Jordan for
OpΘra national de Paris. She appeared in Giulio Cesare at the 2012
Salzburg Festival with an all-star cast including Cecilia Bartoli and
Andreas Scholl. The diversity of her ever-evolving repertoire has played a
key role in sustaining her international reputation as an operatic force.
Amongst recently-added roles are BrangΣne, Baba the Turk, Didon and
Waltraute.
A busy concert schedule takes Anne Sofie von Otter to all corners of the
globe. This season she performs Mahler Symphony No. 2 with the Berliner
Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle, she sings orchestrated Schubert
Lieder with the National Symphony Orchestra under Christoph Eschenbach,
and Wesendonck Lieder with the Gothenburg Symphony under Susanna MΣlkki.
She also appears with the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert, the
Boston Symphony Orchestra under Daniele Gatti and the Royal Stockholm
Philharmonic under Sakari Oramo. She appeared with Jonas Kaufmann and the
Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Claudio Abbado for a televised
performance of Das Lied von der Erde on the one hundredth anniversary of
MahlerÆs death.
Anne Sofie von Otter was born in Stockholm, graduated from the Stockholm
College of Music and studied further at the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama in London.
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01 Si Dolce ╚ 'L Tormento (Monteverdi) 4:04
02 Instrumental (Elena) (Cavalli) 3:26
03 Pur Ti Miro (L'incoronazione Di Poppea) 4:25
(Monteverdi/Ferrari/Cavalli)
04 Squarciato Appena Havea (Provenzale) 10:55
05 Signor, Hoggi Rinasco (L'incoronazione Di Poppea) (Monteverdi) 5:23
06 Instrumental (Elena) (Cavalli) 2:19
07 Lamento De La Regina Di Suezia (Rossi) 10:31
08 Vivo Per Te (La Calisto) (Cavalli) 1:40
09 Dolcissimi Baci (La Calisto) (Cavalli) 6:33
10 Sinfonia (Elena) (Cavalli) 5:25
11 Doriclea Lamento (Doriclea) (Cavalli) 6:47
12 Di Misera Regina (Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria) (Monteverdi) 10:07
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