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~ Cecile Chaminade (Composer), Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano), Bengt Forsberg (Piano), Peter Jablonski (Piano), Nils-Erik Sparf (Violin)
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  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Audio CD (5 Oct 2004)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Universal Classics
  • ASIN: B00005OM82
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 62,440 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Ronde d'amour
2. La lune paresseuse
3. Sombrero
4. Mignonne
5. L'anneau d'argent
6. Ma premiere lettre
7. L'amour captif
8. Attente (au pays de Provence)
9. Voisinage
10. Bonne humeur
11. Alleluia
12. Malgre nous
13. Nic la belle
14. Meneut
15. Te souvient tu
16. Aupres de ma mie
17. Viens mon bien aime
18. Si j'etais jardinier
19. Villanelle
20. Mots d'amour
See all 27 tracks on this disc
On this CD:
  1. Ronde d'amour
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  2. (La) Lune paresseuse
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  3. Sombrero
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  4. Mignonne
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  5. (L') anneau d'argent
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  6. Ma première lettre
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  7. (L') Amour captif
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  8. Attente (Au pays de Provence)
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  9. Voisinage
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  10. Bonne humeur
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  11. Alleluia
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  12. Malgré nous
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  13. Nice-la-belle
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  14. Menuet
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  15. Auprès de ma mie
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  16. Viens! mon bien-aimé!
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  17. Si j'étais jardinier
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  18. Villanelle
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  19. Mots d'amour
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  20. Ecrin
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  21. Espoir
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  22. Chanson triste
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  23. Je voudrais
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  24. (L')Été
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

  25. Sérénade espagnole
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Bengt Forsberg, Nils-Erik Sparf

  26. Rondeau
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Bengt Forsberg, Nils-Erik Sparf

  27. Capriccio
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Bengt Forsberg, Nils-Erik Sparf

  28. Valse carnavalesque
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Bengt Forsberg, Peter Jablonski

  29. Pas des cymbales
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Bengt Forsberg, Peter Jablonski

  30. Danse païenne
    Composed by Cécile Chaminade
    with Bengt Forsberg, Peter Jablonski

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

Just take it as read that Ms von Otter is on the usual captivating form--her legions of fans needn't think twice before acquiring this fascinating new album, Mots d'amour. What, though, of the music itself? Pianist and composer Cécile Chaminade, born in Paris in 1857, is known to aficionados especially as a composer of piano miniatures, a fact reflected in what has crept into the recording catalogue over the years. Here, though, are the fruits of pianist Bengt Forsberg's enthusiasm for the songs. And totally irresistible they are, too. How on earth have such imaginative, charming, elegant, beautifully crafted melodies (all on the subject of amour) escaped widespread acknowledgement for so long? There's a wide range of moods, from the bubbling "Malgré Nous" and the whimsical "L'armour captif" to the reflective, bitter-sweet "Ma Première lettre" and the passionate "Te souviens-tu?". As you might expect from a pianist/composer, the accompaniments are delightful, a fact relished to the full by Forsberg. Anne Sofie von Otter identifies with every phrase (barring the odd rather unseemly scoop) and emotion. Various short pieces for violin and piano, and two pianos, provide an engagingly performed bonus. --Andrew Green


CD Description

'Mots D'Amour' is a collection of songs by the French composer Cecile Chaminade, performed by Anne Sofie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg. This album is von Otter's follow up to her collaboration with Elvis Costello, 'For The Stars'.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars SONGS OF INNOCENCE, 15 Sep 2005
By DAVID BRYSON (Glossop Derbyshire England) - See all my reviews
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As it happens, I have been moderately familiar with the music of Cecile Chaminade for a number of years, so perhaps I can give anyone curious but uncertain what to expect some idea of what he or she will find on this disc. Chaminade seems to have been totally celibate her entire life. She eventually abandoned music for exhausting work as a hospital administrator in the first world war. Debilitation due to this cause and, according to the sleeve note, to an excessively vegetarian diet led to her losing a foot through amputation, but she lived on until age 87, dying in 1944. Her musical style is in many obvious senses conservative. The harmonic advances of Debussy and Ravel, and even of Faure, find no echo in her work. The style is very French, and there may be some influence of Saint-Saens, but for me there are odd reminiscences of Berlioz, himself a lot more innocent in many ways than he liked to let on.

The 25 love songs here are, with only one exception unless my ears deceive me, in major keys. The only poet whose name is familiar to me is Ronsard, and the sentiments are chaste and asexual from start to finish. Despite that they manage to sound very Parisian and ooh-la-la. They are not pale and maidenly but full of high spirits and energy. There are no dark shadows even in the minor-key number, and not a hint of the worldly-wisdom of Jane Austen. The piano parts are boldly written and occasionally quite demanding, and there is also a violin obbligato in the Minuet. In addition we are given three violin/piano duos (one arranged by Kreisler) and three slightly larger works for two pianos, in which it would be possible to hear the idiom of Saint-Saens but not for certain.

Anne Sofie von Otter's expression in the photographs will tell you at a glance how she intends to go about the songs. Her voice is nothing like Piaf's of course, and the songs would not bring the house down at the Paris Olympia, but she gets as near to that style as artistic integrity allows. Her French sounds very good indeed to me, and she gives Chaminade everything she has got, all vivacity, extroversion and joie-de-vivre. Chaminade seems to have nothing to regret either.

The other artists distinguish themselves thoroughly. The feel of enjoyment about this recital comes through as strongly from Bengt Forsberg's vigorous and dexterous piano-playing as from the singer herself. The violin parts are done very well, joining in the general mood, and there is a fine sturdy contribution on the second piano from Peter Jablonski. Everything about this disc delighted me from start to finish. The recorded sound is just about ideal for the purpose, and even the liner note is very good. Full texts of the songs are of course provided, with English translation and German Uebersetzung. One of the songs proclaims 'Je voudrais etre une fleur'. It's a bit late now, but I sometimes wonder whether innocence doesn't have more to be said for it than we are vectored into believing in these enlightened days.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Rare Songs From One Of France's Forgotten Composers, 3 Mar 2002
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Cecile Chaminade, by virtue of changing fashions, does not spring immediately to the forefront when one thinks of French songwriters. Afer Debussy, Faure et al there is a pause before Chaminade's name comes tentatively to mind. Her pieces for piano, even today, are little known outside her own country - it will surprise more than a few to discover that she wrote over two hundred of these while her one hundred and forty songs where, until recently, hardly catalogued.
It therefore says a great deal for pianist Bengt Forsberg's tenacity that he has spent the best part of thirty years tracking down her manuscripts throughout Europe. It says much more about his powers of pursuasion that Anne Sofie von Otter has collaborated with him to give many of Chaminade's songs their first recorded hearing on this CD. The results, generally, have been worth all his efforts.
From the soft, wistful lyricism of Ronde d'Amour through the emotive rendition of Chanson Triste to the simpleness of Aupres de ma Mie there is an astonishing range of style and subject matter covered and it is to the credit of Forsberg and von Otter that each song stands on its own strengths throughout.
As well as twenty five songs the CD includes three pieces each for violin and piano and for two pianos. Of these I particularly took a shine to the Serenade Espagnole op. 150 which, despite its less than two minutes duration, contains all the fire and colour of a fiesta while the Valse Carnavalesque op. 73 for two pianos shows all the shades and textures of Chopin or Brahms. A fine CD which will add greatly to anyone's appreciation of chanson.
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