Ave Maria – En Plein Air

Ave Maria – En Plein Air
Studio album by Tarja
Released September 11, 2015
Genre Classical
Length 45:34 (48:21 with bonus track)
Label earMUSIC
Producer Tarja & Mic
Tarja chronology
Colours in the Dark
(2013)
Ave Maria – En Plein Air
(2015)

Ave Maria is the first classical, and the fifth studio album released by the Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen.[1]

On the 22 July 2015, earMUSIC released a video announcing the existence of the album, following with a teaser trailer on 6 August. The full music video was not released until 13 August that year, with Tarja singing the rare "Ave Maria" by Paolo Tosti.

Background

In an interview with Winter Storm Slovakia, Tarja talked a little about the recording sessions :

"All the musicians performed the songs together with me without an audience" and continues saying "Nothing has been edited nor any studio tricks have been used" and finishes with "So what you hear on the record, is purely how the songs sounded in Lakeuden Risti church during the recording session." [2]

She also says that this is a very important album to her, since "It represents her long background in classical music and her knowledge as a lyrical singer".

Track listing

Ave Maria - En Plein Air
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Ave Maria"  Paolo Tosti 3:51
2. "Ave Maria"  Axel von Kothen 3:00
3. "Ave Maria"  David Popper 3:45
4. "Ave Maria"  Camille Saint-Saëns 4:27
5. "Ave Maria"  Astor Piazzolla 5:13
6. "Ave Maria"  J.S.Bach / Charles Gounod 2:46
7. "Ave Maria"  Pietro Mascagni 3:29
8. "Ave Maria"  Ferenc Farkas 2:16
9. "Ave Maria"  Vladimir Vavilov[3] 4:12
10. "Ave Maria"  Michael Hoppé 3:21
11. "Ave Maria"  Charles-Marie Widor 3:28
12. "Ave Maria"  Tarja Turunen 5:11
iTunes Bonus Track
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
13. "Ave Maria Stella (i.e. Ave Maris Stella)"  Edvard Grieg 2:47

Musicians

Chart performance

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 165
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 159
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 31

References

  1. "New Album "Ave Maria - En Plein Air"". Tarja-avemaria.com. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  2. 1 2 3 "English - Winter Storm Slovakia | Oficiálny fanklub Tarji Turunen na Slovensku". Winter Storm Slovakia. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  3. misattributed to Giulio Caccini
  4. Tarja Kuittinen. "Tarja Turunen palasi viimein klassisen pariin – katso video ensimmäisestä sinkusta! - Musiikki - Ilta-Sanomat". Iltasanomat.fi. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  5. "Ultratop.be – Tarja Turunen – Ave Maria En Plein Air" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  6. "Ultratop.be – Tarja Turunen – Ave Maria En Plein Air" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  7. "Tarja Turunen: Ave Maria En Plein Air" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland. Retrieved 29 September 2015.

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