Music For A While Graces That Refrain CD

Fearless "cover versions" of compositions in classical music: from John Dowland to Poulenc. Music for a While, lead by Norway's uncrowned queen of cabaret, Tora Augestad, release their long-awaited second album with the ambiguous title Graces that refrain. As leading lady for Music for a While, Augestad fronts a dream team of Norwegian jazz musicians: Stian Carstensen (Farmers Market), Mathias Eick (Jaga Jazzist, Manu Katch?), Martin Taxt (Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Koboku Senju) and P?l Hausken (In the Country, Susanna). What particularly characterizes Music for a While, is the group?s personal, organic and creative treatment of the material. On their critically acclaimed first album, Weill Variations, the band did original and fresh versions of Kurt Weill?s immortal music. Graces that refrain features fearless "cover versions" of compositions in classical music: from John Dowland to Poulenc.

1. Flow My Tears 2. Come Again 3. Der Leiermann (From Winterreise, D911) 4. La Reine de Coeur (From la Courte Paille) 5. Les Chemins de L'amour 6. Erinnerung An Die Marie a 7. Je Te Veux 8. Lascia Ch'io Pianga 9. Une Jeune Fillette 10. Ave Maria 11. Hush, No More