German-born baritone Benjamin Appl studied with the legendary Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, whose voice his own resembles on the surface. But then he moved to England and has stayed on there. Heimat (Homeland) is not just an exploration of that German concept, but a personal statement and even a bit of an autobiography, with notes from the artist himself (find these if you listen via download or stream) explaining the resonances of each individual song. This kind of personal connection is what classical music in general needs ...
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German-born baritone Benjamin Appl studied with the legendary Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, whose voice his own resembles on the surface. But then he moved to England and has stayed on there. Heimat (Homeland) is not just an exploration of that German concept, but a personal statement and even a bit of an autobiography, with notes from the artist himself (find these if you listen via download or stream) explaining the resonances of each individual song. This kind of personal connection is what classical music in general needs right now, and all the more so in the rather closed tradition of the German Lied. The program is divided into sections marked Prologue , Roots , Locations , People , On the Road , Yearning , Without Frontiers , and Epilogue . Appl begins with songs that refer back to his own childhood (including the ultra-familiar Brahms Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4 ("Brahms' Lullaby"), which hasn't had such a sense of immediacy for a long time. Under On...
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