KURT WEILL // 'Youkali' by Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu

Album release date → June 2023
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Temptation, prohibition, good, evil... ‘how relevant are these in today's world?’ asks Benjamin Appl. With the complicity of pianist James Baillieu, we are taken on a musical arc from simple folk songs through to the great song composers such as Schubert, Schumann and Wolf, along the way visiting the French masters Debussy and Poulenc, exploring ‘new objectivity’ with Weill and Eisler and enjoying compositions by Casucci, Heggie and others. The metaphor of forbidden fruit gives Benjamin and James a wide range of possible interpretations. Whilst some of the song settings centre on sensuality, others focus on socially immoral topics such as incest or sensitive subjects such as abortion. The German baritone embodies each of these stories with a passion and dramatic sense that makes this album a kaleidoscopic and astonishing journey through time and space.
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[@hanstanja4460]

The way the German bariton Benjamin Appl confronts us with that dark part of the rich German history is amazing. Sincere thanks Benjamin. Besides your wonderful way of singing and your perfect pronounciation of the French, very remarkable for a German, i like the way you dramatise our dreams of a perfect place in the world (for instance Wannsee) and the hard and raw truth.

[@juandiazroveri548]

Fantástico!!!!

[@felixaudebeltran6445]

Excelente!!!

[@damienlabruyere747]

C est très difficile de chanter cette musique, qui est à la fois savante et très populaire parce que c était la volonté du compositeur. L univers clair obscur est tellement bien restitué, avec elegance, le timbre est très beau. Bravo

[@michaudnicole1167]

MAGNIFIQUE !!❤❤❤❤❤

[@Fernando-hh7vf]

Ole!

[@HelenaRada-wo4fo]

10 puta na dan slušam ovo

[@josephfreedman9422]

Was this made at Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin?
In any event, it's a good performance. Weil's music is not easy to sing, in my view. 3:18

[@jardenagertler-jaffe8175]

I am confused-- that pianist isn't James Baillieu? What am I missing...

[@noramuzsikas7029]

❤🤎❤🤎