The idea for a recital of 'Modern Lied' came about over breakfast following the first concert Sun and Schulze performed together. Realizing that they enjoy the same things, Schulze said: 'Our next program should be harder. It should be the hardest program ever. We should put some of the greatest contemporary masterpieces of Lied in one program should be harder. It should be the hardest program ever. We should put some of the greatest contemporary masterpieces of Lied in one program. It should be just insanely beautiful and hard and most of all insanely good. No old stuff included.' This recital is the result of that idea. The earliest work is Holliger's beautiful cycle on Morgenstern texts. It forms a bridge from traditional lieder to the modern. The Morgenstern Lieder have a completely different sense of harmony, very soft, somewhere between Debussy, Berg and Ravel.

Tracklist:

6 Lieder: No. 1, Vorfrühling
6 Lieder: No. 2, Der Abend
6 Lieder: No. 3, Schmetterling
6 Lieder: No. 4, Vöglein Schwermut
6 Lieder: No. 5, Vor Sonnenaufgang
6 Lieder: No. 6, Herbst
2 Melodie: No. 1, Occhi Stillanti
2 Melodie: No. 2, Occhi Stellanti
Got Lost
Requiem For The Beloved, Op. 26: No. 1, Oh God, What Sudden Silence
Requiem For The Beloved, Op. 26: No. 2, Bitter Romance
Requiem For The Beloved, Op. 26: No. 3, My Strength
Requiem For The Beloved, Op. 26: Farewell, My Love
Ophelia Sings: No. 1, How Should I Your True Love Know
Ophelia Sings: No. 2, Tomorrow Is Saint Valentine's Day
Ophelia Sings: No. 3, They Bore Him Bare-Faced On The Bier
Wenn Die Landschaft Aufhört

UPC: 764593029724
Label: Mode Records
Release Date: 6.16.17
Format: CD

Jan Philip Schulze - Modern Lied (CD)