Olivia Vermeulen, Jan Philip Schulze - Hello Darkness (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 304 Mb | Total time: 71:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Classics | # CC 72887 | Recorded: 2021
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 304 Mb | Total time: 71:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Classics | # CC 72887 | Recorded: 2021
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.