Bach Benjamin Appl

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 1Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36: V. Willkommen, werter Schatz03:47
• 2Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: I. Sinfonia02:47
• 3Matthäuspassion, BWV 244: No. 64, Am Abend, da es kühle war02:00
• 4Matthäuspassion, BWV 244: No. 65, Mache dich mein Herze rein06:22
• 5Sehet, wir geh'n hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159: IV. Es ist vollbracht06:16
• 6Matthäuspassion, BWV 244: No. 42, Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder02:46
• 7Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet, BWV 212: I. Sinfonia02:12
• 8Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde, BWV 201: VII. Zu Tanze, zu Sprunge05:36
• 9Tönet, ihr Pauken, BWV 214: VII. Kron und Preis gekrönter Damen04:30
• 10Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75: VIII. Sinfonia02:24
• 11Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 100: IV. Er ist mein Licht, mein Leben03:25
• 12Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden, BWV 88: I. Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden06:44
• 13Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest, BWV 194: III. Was des Höchsten Glanz erfüllt04:16
• 14Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, BWV 156: I. Sinfonia02:32
• 15Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70: IX. Ach, soll nicht dieser große Tag01:44
• 16Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70: X. Seligster Erquickungstag03:01
• 17Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4: I. Sinfonia01:23
• 18Bist du bei mir, BWV 50802:45
• 19Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: X. Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Choral)02:57
• Total Runtime01:07:27

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German baritone Benjamin Appl is Gramophone ‘Young Artist of the Year 2016’ and one of the stars of the European ‘Echo Rising Stars’ concert series.

Appl is a former chorister of the famous German choir Regensburger Domspatzen, and now one of the most interesting artists of the new generation, with a great voice, charming personality and great stage presence.

The new album presents wonderful music by Johann Sebastian Bach from famous as well as less known cantatas but also from the St Matthew Passion.

It was recorded with the renowned Ensemble Concerto Köln, one of the leading ensembles for historically-informed performance practice.

"Although a tad weak at the bottom end of the register, Appl’s lightish baritone, with its ravishing bloom, is well suited to Bach, and this is a thoughtful programme, enhanced by fine playing on period instruments by Concerto Köln, not least in the instrumental movements that break up the recital." (Sunday Times)

Benjamin Appl, baritone
Concerto Köln

Benjamin Appl
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. The Wigmore Hall London have named him a Wigmore Hall Emerging Artist (2015/16). He became an exclusive SONY Classical recording artist in May 2016.

He trained as a chorister at the renowned Regensburger Domspatzen and continued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and graduated fro, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. He had the fortune to be mentored by one of the greatest singers, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Operatic appearances include Conte Le Nozze di Figaro in London, Owen Wingrave (title role) at the Banff Festival, Aeneas Dido and Aeneas at the Aldeburgh and Brighton Festivals, Schaunard La Bohème with the Munich Radio Orchestra, Baron Tusenbach in Eötvös’s Tri Sestri for the Deutsche Staatsoper and a new commission for Bregenz Festival (Das Leben am Rande der Milchstraße by Bernhard Gander). Conductors he has worked with include Marin Alsop, Christian Curnyn, Johannes Debus, Edward Gardner, Michael Hofstetter, Bernard Labadie, Paul McCreesh, Roger Norrington, Christoph Poppen, Helmuth Rilling and Ulf Schirmer.

In concert he has appeared with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Gabrieli Players & Consort, Les Violons du Roy, the Bach Collegium Stuttgart, and on multiple occasions with the major BBC orchestras. He made his BBC Proms debut in September 2015 singing Brahms’ Triumphlied with Marion Alsop and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and Orff’s Carmina Burana with the BBC Concert. His oratorio repertoire includes Bach’s Magnificat, St John and St Matthew Passions, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Händel’s The Messiah, Haydn’s The Creation and Britten’s War Requiem.

An established recitalist, he has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Ravinia, Rheingau and Oxford Lieder festivals, deSingel Antwerp, Heidelberger Frühling, and with Graham Johnson at the KlavierFestival Ruhr. He is a regular recitalist at the Wigmore Hall and at the Schubertiade Hohenems and Schwarzenberg. He works closely together with pianists including Graham Johnson, Malcolm Martineau, Helmut Deutsch, James Baillieu and Martin Stadtfeld.

His discography includes Mendelssohn and Schumann duets with Ann Murray (DBE), accompanied by Malcolm Martineau; his debut solo disc “Stunden, Tage, Ewigkeiten” accompanied by James Baillieu, which was released in April 2016 on Champs Hill records; and a live recording of Schubert lieder with Graham Johnson for Wigmore Hall Live label.

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