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FORMAT: New CD • UPC: 608917288728
GENRE: Classical • RECORD LABEL: Challenge Classics
RELEASE DATE: 02/25/22
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Hello Darkness / Various - Hello Darkness / Various (CD)

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Hello Darkness / Various - Hello Darkness / Various (CD)

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Dedicating an album 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 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 album is also rich in songs about comfort and hope, light instead of despair - with lashings of black humor! 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 it's 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.

Tracklist:

  1. Lasciatemi Morire
  2. Listen Before I Go
  3. Der Tod Und Das Mädchen Op. 7/3 D. 531
  4. The Curse Of Millhaven
  5. Der Jüngling Und Der Tod D. 545
  6. Dance Of The Moon In Santiago
  7. In Germany Before The War
  8. The Crow
  9. Ode An Den Mord
  10. Charlie Rutlage S. 226
  11. Death Is Just Around The Corner
  12. The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs
  13. Nachtlied Op. 96/1
  14. Zwei Gedichte Von Marina Zwetajewa
  15. Zwei Gedichte Von Marina Zwetajewa II
  16. Urlicht
  17. Befreit Op. 39/4
  18. Extase
  19. Vier Gesänge Op. 2: I. Aus Dem Schmerz Sein Recht
  20. Vier Gesänge Op. 2: II. Schlafend Trägt Man Mich In Mein Heimatland
  21. Vier Gesänge Op. 2: III. Nun Ich Der Riesen Stärksten Überwand
  22. Vier Gesänge Op. 2: IV. Warm Die Lüfte
  23. Als Ik Dood Ben Lig Ik Onder Gras
  24. From Lieder Des Abschieds Op. 14: I. Sterbelied
  25. From Lieder Des Abschieds Op. 14: II. Dies Eine Kann Mein Sehnen Nimmer Fassen
  26. From Lieder Des Abschieds Op. 14: III. Mond, So Gehst Du Wieder Auf

UPC: 608917288728
Label: Challenge Classics
Release Date: 2.25.22
Format: CD

TRACK LIST

Tracklist:

  1. Lasciatemi Morire
  2. Listen Before I Go
  3. Der Tod Und Das Mädchen Op. 7/3 D. 531
  4. The Curse Of Millhaven
  5. Der Jüngling Und Der Tod D. 545
  6. Dance Of The Moon In Santiago
  7. In Germany Before The War
  8. The Crow
  9. Ode An Den Mord
  10. Charlie Rutlage S. 226
  11. Death Is Just Around The Corner
  12. The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs
  13. Nachtlied Op. 96/1
  14. Zwei Gedichte Von Marina Zwetajewa
  15. Zwei Gedichte Von Marina Zwetajewa II
  16. Urlicht
  17. Befreit Op. 39/4
  18. Extase
  19. Vier Gesänge Op. 2: I. Aus Dem Schmerz Sein Recht
  20. Vier Gesänge Op. 2: II. Schlafend Trägt Man Mich In Mein Heimatland
  21. Vier Gesänge Op. 2: III. Nun Ich Der Riesen Stärksten Überwand
  22. Vier Gesänge Op. 2: IV. Warm Die Lüfte
  23. Als Ik Dood Ben Lig Ik Onder Gras
  24. From Lieder Des Abschieds Op. 14: I. Sterbelied
  25. From Lieder Des Abschieds Op. 14: II. Dies Eine Kann Mein Sehnen Nimmer Fassen
  26. From Lieder Des Abschieds Op. 14: III. Mond, So Gehst Du Wieder Auf

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