Anne Sofie von Otter - Douce France (2013)
Artist: Anne Sofie von Otter
Title: Douce France
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Genre: Classical, Vocal
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:45:37
Total Size: 509 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: Douce France
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Genre: Classical, Vocal
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:45:37
Total Size: 509 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
CD 1 - Melodies
1. Reynaldo Hahn: l'Heure exquise
2. Le plus beau présent
3. Camille Saint-Saëns: Clair de lune
4. Si vous n'avez rien à me dire
5. Vogue, vogue la galère
6. Reynaldo Hahn: Quand je fus pris au pavillon
7. Puisque j'ai mis ma lèvre
8. imetière de campagne
9. Gabriel Fauré: Le secret
10. Maurice Ravel: D'Anne jouant de l'espinette
11. Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer
12. Claude Debussy: Trois chansons de Bilitis | La flûte de Pan
13. Trois chansons de Bilitis | La chevelure
14. Trois chansons de Bilitis | Le tombeau des Naïades
15. Charles Martin Loeffler: La cloche fêlée
16. Sérénade
17. Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
CD 2 - Chansons
1. Barbara: Göttingen
2. Norbert Glanzberg: Padam Padam
3. Léo Ferré: A Saint-Germain-des-Prés
4. Barbara: Quel joli temps (septembre)
5. Francis Lemarque: A Paris
6. Mános Hadjidákis: Le facteur
7. Michel Legrand: La chanson des jumelles
8. Je vivrai sans toi
9. Joseph Kosma: Les feuilles mortes
10. Léo Chauliac / Charles Trénet: Douce France
11. Charles Trénet: Boum!
12. Léo Ferré: Le pont Mirabeau
13. George Moustaki: La carte du tendre
14. Reynaldo Hahn: Chanson d'automne
15. Louiguy / Marguerite Monnot: La vie en rose
16. Léo Chauliac / Charles Trénet: Que reste t-il de nos amours
17. Jean Lenoir: Parlez-moi d'amou
Performers:
Anne-Sofie von Otter, MEZZO-SOPRANO
Per Ekdahl, PERCUSSION
Carl Bagge / Bengt Forsberg, PIANO
Mats Bergström, GUITAR
Olle Linder, BASS
Bengan Janson, ACCORDION
Margareta Bengtson, VOICE & HARP
The catalog of Swedish soprano Anne Sofie von Otter has always included experiments with pop and jazz, but this double album release of 2014 marks the first instance in which she combines mainstream and popular material in the same package. Douce France, named for a song (included) by Charles Trénet, offers mélodies (French art songs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries) and chansons: here, popular songs of the mid-20th century, including the Édith Piaf hit La vie en rose. Give von Otter credit: she makes something new of that chestnut, and in general the chansons are a lot more spirited and attractive than might be expected from someone who is neither French nor a pop singer. The real accomplishment here lies not in the chansons, nor in the mélodies (a diverse group that steers mostly away from the usual Debussy, Ravel, and Fauré items), but in the relationship von Otter finds between these two repertories. She adopts a quiet, intimate tone, transposing several numbers down in order to keep her voice in a comfortable range, and the whole album has the room-sized dimensions that both repertories demand. Von Otter catches the considerable sophistication of many of the chansons and the hints of café rhythm in many of the mélodies. And the fact that she sounds terrific, at age 58, doesn't hurt a bit. A nice find for lovers of French song.
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