Hello Darkness: An Ode To Death in Songs From Claudio Monteverdi To Billie Eilish

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Release Date: 18th Feb 2022
Catalogue No: CC72887
Label: Challenge Classics
Length: 71 minutes

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Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna 'Lasciatemi morire', SV 107

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Billie Eilish O'Connell, Finneas O'Connell, Finneas and Billie O Connell: Listen Before I Go

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D531

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Nick Cave: The Curse Of Millhaven

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Schubert: Der Jungling und der Tod, D545 (Spaun)

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Crumb, G: Dance Of The Moon in Santiago

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Newman, R: In Germany before the War

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Lang, Bernhard: The Crow

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Danger Dan: Ode an den Mord

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Ives, C: Charlie Rutlage

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Andrew Lippa: Death is Just Around the Corner

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Cage: The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Schumann: Nachtlied, Op. 96 No. 1

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Rihm: Zwei Gedichte von Marina Zwetajewa

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Rihm: Zwei Gedichte von Marina Zwetajewa II

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Mahler: Urlicht (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Strauss, R: Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Duparc: Extase

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

Berg: Vier Lieder, Op. 2

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Jan Philip Schulze, Olivia Vermeulen

I. Aus Dem Schmerz sein Recht

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II. Schlafend trägt man mich in mein Heimatland

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III. Nun ich der Riesen Stärksten überwand

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IV. Warm die Lüfte

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Jan Vermeulen: Als ik dood ben lig ik onder gras

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Olivia Vermeulen, Jan Philip Schulze

Korngold: Abschiedslieder (Songs of Farewell), Op. 14

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I. Sterbelied

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II. Dies eine kann mein Sehnen nimmer fassen

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III. Mond, so gehst Du wieder auf

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Mezzo-soprano Olivia Vermeulen has always been drawn to the darker roles in opera, the sad arias in oratorio and the deep laments in song, so it seemed fitting to dedicate a CD to the dark side of the Lied.

"After the 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 we relished the idea of programming songs from different centuries in different styles and genres. We begin with a collection of songs about melancholia, inner abysses, longing for death and murderous lust. But the CD 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, while Berg, 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." - Olivia Vermeulen

Praised for the "exceptional wealth of colors" of her voice (Opernwelt) and her singing of "exquisite, inexhaustible sweetness" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), Olivia Vermeulen has established herself as one of the leading vocal artists in today's classical music world. Her opera and concert performances in a wide range of repertoire from early music to 21st century works have stunned audiences around the world.

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