Anne Sofie von Otter

[Kush]

Best known as mezzo-soprano in the opera world she has released a number of albums of popular music of ABBA, Jacques Brel, Joni Mitchell, Tom Waits etc. in which she sings in a non-operatic range. I like her tasteful arrangements of these songs. She would do a great album of Leonard Cohen songs

Chanson Des Vieux Amants (Brel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJSOib01--A

Marcie (Joni Mitchell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkh-NJkcbFc.

Take it With Me (Tom Waits)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-YyNwi7bS4

Broken Bicycles/Junk (Waits/McCartney)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wz1SzA-KaQ

Bagdad Cafe (Bob Telson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrjDQgu34Lc

I Let the Music Speak (ABBA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZJGl_pSybA

I Walk with You, Mama (ABBA unreleased)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OchBYBCMink

When All is Said and Done (ABBA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPqhnI6-KPI

Butterfly Wings (ABBA unreleased)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqaY9XxvXdI

The Day Before You Came (ABBA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLHP8rYOiQ0

Quel Joli Temps (Barbara)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og8z__fSvK8

Les Feuilles Mortes (Kosma)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyVG-vQOVlU

Le Facteur (Moustaki)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB6Kt4vAVrc

Heaven Help my Heart (ABBA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2VmGV2XxUI

Like an Angel (ABBA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi-s0ifw1Jg

The Winner Takes it All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkziUNd5zXc