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Dedicating a recording to the dark side of the "Lied" might seem inappropriate in these times of Covid, climate change and refugee crises, but as a mezzo-soprano Olivia has always been drawn to the darker roles in opera, the sad arias in oratorio and the deep laments in song. After our recent recording ("Dirty Minds"), which focused on "la petite mort", it seemed a natural progression to turn our attention to "la grande mort"!
Darkness in the outside world and the inner self has always been – alongside Love – one of the chief themes of vocal music, and compositions and songs about death are legion during every period of musical history. The music on this recording is extremely diverse and Olivia Vermeulen as Jan Philip Schulze relished the idea of programming songs from different centuries in different styles and genres. They begin with a collection of songs about melancholia, inner abysses, longing for death and murderous lust. But the programme is also rich in songs about comfort and hope, light instead of despair – with lashings of black humour!
Composers down the ages have used innovative approaches to render the theme of death. Chromaticism is used tellingly by Monteverdi and Schubert. Duparc’s sensuous Extase (1878), is nothing short of a miniature "Liebestod". Korngold and Wolfgang Rihm play with translucent semitone sighs, Schumann’s Nachtlied is characterized by hovering harmonies; Strauss and Korngold use late-romantic opulence; while tonality with Charles Ives and Alban Berg begins to lose its hold - Berg indeed abandons tonality entirely. John Cage goes a step further and directs the pianist to drum the notes on the lid of a completely closed piano. Randy Newman’s In Germany before the war is wreathed in mystery, etyc. A captivating recording. © Challenge Records
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Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist - Finneas O'Connell, Composer - Billie Eilish O'Connell, Composer - Finneas and Billie O Connell, Composer
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Nick Cave, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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GEORGE CRUMB, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Randy Newman, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Bernhard Lang, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist - Danger Dan, Composer
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Charles Ives, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Andrew Lippa, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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John Cage, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Wolfgang Rihm, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Wolfgang Rihm, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Gustav Mahler, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Richard Strauss, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Henri Duparc, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Alban Berg, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Alban Berg, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Alban Berg, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Alban Berg, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Jan Vermeulen, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Jan Philip Schulze, MainArtist - Olivia Vermeulen, MainArtist
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Album review
Dedicating a recording to the dark side of the "Lied" might seem inappropriate in these times of Covid, climate change and refugee crises, but as a mezzo-soprano Olivia has always been drawn to the darker roles in opera, the sad arias in oratorio and the deep laments in song. After our recent recording ("Dirty Minds"), which focused on "la petite mort", it seemed a natural progression to turn our attention to "la grande mort"!
Darkness in the outside world and the inner self has always been – alongside Love – one of the chief themes of vocal music, and compositions and songs about death are legion during every period of musical history. The music on this recording is extremely diverse and Olivia Vermeulen as Jan Philip Schulze relished the idea of programming songs from different centuries in different styles and genres. They begin with a collection of songs about melancholia, inner abysses, longing for death and murderous lust. But the programme is also rich in songs about comfort and hope, light instead of despair – with lashings of black humour!
Composers down the ages have used innovative approaches to render the theme of death. Chromaticism is used tellingly by Monteverdi and Schubert. Duparc’s sensuous Extase (1878), is nothing short of a miniature "Liebestod". Korngold and Wolfgang Rihm play with translucent semitone sighs, Schumann’s Nachtlied is characterized by hovering harmonies; Strauss and Korngold use late-romantic opulence; while tonality with Charles Ives and Alban Berg begins to lose its hold - Berg indeed abandons tonality entirely. John Cage goes a step further and directs the pianist to drum the notes on the lid of a completely closed piano. Randy Newman’s In Germany before the war is wreathed in mystery, etyc. A captivating recording. © Challenge Records
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:39
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Jan Philip Schulze Olivia Vermeulen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Challenge Classics
- Genre: Classical
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