Heimat / Benjamin Appl

Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano)

1. Seligkeit, D. 433   2. Des Kindes Gebet, Op. 76, No. 22   3. Er ist's   4. Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4   5. Der Einsame, D. 800   6. Mondnacht, WoO 21   7. Waldeinsamkeit   8. Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund, WoO 33, No. 25   9. Verschwiegene Liebe   10. Allerseelen, Op. 10, No. 8   11. Nachtstück, D. 672   12. Drang in die Ferne, D. 770   13. Der Wanderer an den Mond, D. 870   14. Ich weiß bestimmt, ich werd' dich wiedersehen   15. Das Heimweh, D. 456   16. Der Wanderer, D. 489   17. Hyde Park, FP 127, No. 2   18. Greensleeves   19. The House of Life: II. Silent Noon   20. Home, Sweet Home   21. My Own Country   22. The Bachelor   23. If There were Dreams to Sell   24. An das Vaterland, Op. 58, No. 2   25. Ein Traum, Op. 48, No. 6

Benjamin Appl won Gramophone “Young Artist of the Year 2016” He is a former chorister of the famous Regensburger Domspatzen, Appl is now one of the most interesting artists of the new generation, with a great voice, charming personality and great stage presence. “HEIMAT” his debut album with Sony Classical presents songs from different countries related to the actual topic “HEIMAT” (homeland). The booklet of the limited first edition contains an additional essay by Neil McGregor, former director of the British Museum (famous for their exhibition about GERMANY) and upcoming director of the Berlin Humboldtforum. Described as ‘the current front-runner in the new generation of Lieder singers’ (Gramophone Magazine, UK), Benjamin Appl is celebrated by audiences and critics in recital, concerts and opera. He is member of the BBC New Generation Artist scheme from 2014 until 2016 and was an ECHO Rising Star artist for the 2015/16 season, appearing in recital at major European venues including the Barbican Centre London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wiener Konzerthaus, Philharmonie Paris and Cologne and the Laeiszhalle Hamburg. He has won the Gramophone ’Young Artist of the Year’ award in 2016 and Wigmore Hall London has named him a Wigmore Hall Emerging Artist (2015/16). The young baritone became an exclusive SONY Classical recording artist in May 2016.

Price: $22.98