Otto Mortensen - Songs
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Label: Dacapo
Cat No: 8224704
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 1st December 2008
Contents
Works
MortensenFrom 10 Danish Songs: Danmark, nu blunder den lyse nat (1928); Du danske sommer, jeg elsker dig (1932); Signorina, tag mine roser (1939); Sommerstorm over Ebeltoft (1933); Aftenlandskab (1933); Varvejr (1933); Tidligt forar (1933); Sommernat (1940); Normandiet (1932)
Mortensen
From 10 Songs to Texts by Nordic Poets: Koretur (1938); Til varen (1943); Det eviga (1943); Det regnar (1943); Vinternatt (1943); Det ar vackrast nar det skymmer (1943)
Mortensen
From Four Songs (1945) and Three Songs (1946): Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening (1945); Adventures of Isabel (1946); Laugh and Be Merry (1946)
Mortensen
From 7 Songs (1951): En sommer over veggen; Forsommersang; Mirakler; Bogfinken
Mortensen
Du gav os de blomster (1939)
Mortensen
Septembers himmel er sa bla (1949)
Mortensen
Min skat (1937)
Artists
Signe Asmussen (soprano)Jakob Naeslund Madsen (tenor)
Christen Stubbe Teglbjaerg (piano)
Works
MortensenFrom 10 Danish Songs: Danmark, nu blunder den lyse nat (1928); Du danske sommer, jeg elsker dig (1932); Signorina, tag mine roser (1939); Sommerstorm over Ebeltoft (1933); Aftenlandskab (1933); Varvejr (1933); Tidligt forar (1933); Sommernat (1940); Normandiet (1932)
Mortensen
From 10 Songs to Texts by Nordic Poets: Koretur (1938); Til varen (1943); Det eviga (1943); Det regnar (1943); Vinternatt (1943); Det ar vackrast nar det skymmer (1943)
Mortensen
From Four Songs (1945) and Three Songs (1946): Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening (1945); Adventures of Isabel (1946); Laugh and Be Merry (1946)
Mortensen
From 7 Songs (1951): En sommer over veggen; Forsommersang; Mirakler; Bogfinken
Mortensen
Du gav os de blomster (1939)
Mortensen
Septembers himmel er sa bla (1949)
Mortensen
Min skat (1937)
Artists
Signe Asmussen (soprano)Jakob Naeslund Madsen (tenor)
Christen Stubbe Teglbjaerg (piano)
About
Otto Mortensen (1907-86) was one of the finest Danish song composers of the 20th century. His output ranges from simple songs, intended for everyman to sing, to more challenging art songs. He has written or arranged many songs for choir, and it is not for nothing that he is one of the favourite composers of Danish choirs.
Mortensen also wrote a number of chamber music works, a symphony and a few other large instrumental works, but vocal music was undoubtedly the genre closest to his heart. For his songs, Mortensen’s choice of texts is characteristic of his fondness for Danish nature poetry, especially by modern Danish poets; even when he was occasionally inspired by Nordic or English texts, they were also often about nature. This is true of the great majority of the poems on this recording.
These miniature musical gems are here presented by alternating female and male solo voice with piano accompaniment.
Signe Asmussen trained as a soloist at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. She has made a name as an interpreter of Lieder, as an oratorio soloist and a chamber musician. A member for many years of ensembles like Ars Nova Copenhagen, she has recorded many CDs and given a wealth of concerts all over the world. Jakob Næslund Madsen is also a sought-after oratorio soloist; as such he has appeared with all the Danish regional orchestras and with several Baroque ensembles including Concerto Copenhagen.
Mortensen also wrote a number of chamber music works, a symphony and a few other large instrumental works, but vocal music was undoubtedly the genre closest to his heart. For his songs, Mortensen’s choice of texts is characteristic of his fondness for Danish nature poetry, especially by modern Danish poets; even when he was occasionally inspired by Nordic or English texts, they were also often about nature. This is true of the great majority of the poems on this recording.
These miniature musical gems are here presented by alternating female and male solo voice with piano accompaniment.
Signe Asmussen trained as a soloist at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. She has made a name as an interpreter of Lieder, as an oratorio soloist and a chamber musician. A member for many years of ensembles like Ars Nova Copenhagen, she has recorded many CDs and given a wealth of concerts all over the world. Jakob Næslund Madsen is also a sought-after oratorio soloist; as such he has appeared with all the Danish regional orchestras and with several Baroque ensembles including Concerto Copenhagen.
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