Stealing Moments

Description

Singer Viktoria Tolstoy presents *Stealing Moments*, accompanied by some of the best musicians from the ACT Music label. Viktoria Tolstoy's first ACT album, "Shining On You," released in 2004, can be seen as a decisive moment, marking the beginning of the successful story of popular jazz voices in Scandinavia. The music was composed by Esbjörn Svensson, who also formed the core band with Dan Berglund and Magnus Öström and would soon become world-famous as "e.s.t." The album, produced by Nils Landgren, was also a gathering of the ACT artist family – which was only just beginning at the time – who joined the session as guests. Exactly 20 years later, with "Stealing Moments," Viktoria Tolstoy revives the idea of the "family" making music together. The compositions are by a whole host of current ACT artists, many of whom participated in "Shining on You." The album includes "Hands Off," an instrumental composition by the late Esbjörn Svensson, for which his widow Eva wrote new, high-quality lyrics. Long-time friends and companions – Nils Landgren, Ida Sand, Wolfgang Haffner, Cæcilie Norby, Lars Danielsson, Iiro Rantala, and Jan Lundgren – have all written new music specifically with Tolstoy and her voice in mind. An album that will delight all fans of female vocal pop/jazz.