Love Songs (Anne Sofie von Otter and Brad Mehldau album)

Carnegie Hall awarded Mehldau a commission to write the song cycle Love Songs for von Otter; they premiered it together in 2009. His music is for love poems – five by Sara Teasdale, and one each by Philip Larkin and E. E. Cummings. ==Music and recording==

The double album is in two parts: a seven-song cycle written by Mehldau; and songs by Jacques Brel, Michel Legrand, Joni Mitchell, Lennon and McCartney and others, sung in various languages. ==Release and reception==

Love Songs was released by Naïve Records on November 1, 2010. The BBC reviewer commented that "Von Otter's performances emphasise vocal purity over the content of the verses, giving them a chilly beauty". ==Track listing==

Disc 1 • "It May Not Always Be So" • "We Met at the End of the Party" • "Child, Child" • "Twilight" • "Because" • "Dreams" • "Did You Never Know?" Disc 2 • "Avec Le Temps" • "Pierre" • "Marcie" • "Something Good" • "Chanson De Maxence" • "Chanson Des Viueux Amants" • "Sakta Vi Ga Genom Stan" • "Att Angora En Brygga" • "Dis, Quand Reviendras-Tu?" • "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" • "Calling You" • "Blackbird" • "Some Other Time" ==Personnel==

• Anne Sofie von Otter – vocals • Brad Mehldau – piano ==References==