''Forever : The Love Poems of Pablo Neruda'' is a 2014 album by

Ute Lemper Ute Gertrud Lemper (; born 4 July 1963) is a German singer and actress. Her roles in musicals include playing Sally Bowles in the original Paris production of ''Cabaret'', for which she won the 1987 Molière Award for Best Newcomer, and Velma ...

on the

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label. The album consists of new settings of the poems of

Pablo Neruda Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (; ), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nerud ...

, in Spanish, with three English and one French translation, by Ute Lemper and

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. The arrangements are performed by Ute Lemper’s regular cabaret band with the addition of

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player Freddy Torrealba.

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Music Review: Ute Lemper - 'Forever: The Love Poems of Pablo Neruda'
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Track listing

# "La nuit dans l'ile" # "Madrigal Escrito en Invierno" # "If You Forget Me" # "Tus Manos" # "El Viento en la Isla" # "Alianza / Sonata" # "Siempre" # "Always" # "Ausencia" # "El Sueno" # "Oda con un Lamento" # "The Saddest Poem / No. 20"

References

2014 classical albums Ute Lemper albums Cultural depictions of Pablo Neruda {{2010s-classical-album-stub