Songs to Harp from the Old and New World

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Stina Hellberg Agback’s excellent harp playing has gilded several of Mossberg’s earlier discs. Here she is sole accompanist throughout and this works very well most of the time... A somewhat... — MusicWeb International, December 2022 More…

Release Date: 4th Jun 2021
Catalogue No: CDA1845
Label: Sterling
Length: 55 minutes

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Weill, K: Oh Captain! My Captain!

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Torsten Mossberg, Stina Hellberg Agback

Weill, K: Dirge For Two Veterans

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Weill, K: Es regnet

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Weill, K: My ship

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Strauss, R: Die Nacht, Op. 10 No. 3

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Strauss, R: Breit' über mein Haupt Op. 19 No. 2

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Strauss, R: Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4

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Strauss, R: Traum durch die Dämmerung, Op. 29 No. 1

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Gershwin: Oh, Lady Be Good!

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Gershwin: Someone to Watch over Me

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Gershwin: How Long Has This Been Going On

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Gershwin: But Not for Me

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Gershwin: They Can't Take That Away From Me

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Gershwin: Love Is Here to Stay

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A harp creates completely different overtones than a grand piano, which makes a big difference between singing with the accompaniment of a harp, and a grand piano. The singer has to adjust the ears to a completely different sound that partly supports the song well, but also makes it difficult for the singer to intonate; the singer is more vulnerable than with a piano accompaniment. The harp’s design makes it hard for the harpist to quickly make key changes and modulations, that for a pianist is natural, or even simple. Sometimes the key has to be adapted to the harp’s capability. A good and direct communication between singer and accompanist is always essential, regardless of accompaniment. Even a flexible and sensitive harpist can experience more difficulties to shift tempo than a pianist, forcing the singer to phrase different than singing to the piano or guitar. However, such difficulties must be tackled and afterwards the cooperation can be rewarded with an emergence of a magical atmosphere. Since the harpist Stina Hellberg Agback is also a skilful improviser, another dimension is added, here in the songs by George Gershwin.

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December 2022

Stina Hellberg Agback’s excellent harp playing has gilded several of Mossberg’s earlier discs. Here she is sole accompanist throughout and this works very well most of the time... A somewhat unusual combination of composers, theoretically speaking, but in practice it works splendidly and is another feather in Mossberg’s by now well-adorned cap.

Songs to Harp from the Old and New World

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