Berg: 1 Nacht - Night (Carl Hauptmann) 4:17 2 Schilflied - Song amid the Reals (Nikolaus Lenau) 2:17 3 Die Nachtigall - The Nightingale (Theodor Storm) 2:21 4 Traumgekrönt - Dream-Crowned (Rainer Maria Rilke) 2:36 5 Im Zimmer - Indoors (Johannes Schlaf) 1:24 6 Liebesode - Ode to Love (Otto Erich Hartleben) 1:58 7 Sommertage - Summer Days (Paul Hohenberg) 1:50
Debussy: 8 De reve... - Vom Traum... - Of dreams... 6:34 9 De greve... - Vom Strand... - Of the shore... 4:06 10 De fleurs... - Von Blumen... - Of flowers... 6:08 11 De soir... - Vom Abend... - Of evening... 4:21
Wagner: 12 Der Engel - The Angel 3:28 13 Stehe still! - Be quiet! 4:07 14 Im Treibhaus - In the Greenhouse 5:43 15 Schmerzen - Anguish 2:39 16 Träume - Dreams 5:24
In their compositions Wagner, Debussy and Berg looked for ways to modernize and expand the traditional tonality. The result, on the one hand, still sounds naturally and on the other hand quite different and makes the special charm of these song recitals. Catherine Persicke and Pauliina Tukiainen interpret this exciting repertoire confidently on the cusp of modernity.