Benjamin Appl, György Kurtág, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, James Baillieu – Lines of Life: Schubert & Kurtág (2025) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Benjamin Appl, György Kurtág, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, James Baillieu – Lines of Life: Schubert & Kurtág (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:43 minutes | 1013 MB | Genre: Classical
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Benjamin Appl met Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag in 2019 and has worked with him ever since. ‘He has shaped me both as a musician and as a human being, perhaps more than anyone else,’ says Appl. This album alternates Romantic German lieder by Schubert and Brahms with vocal pieces by Kurtag, five of which are world premiere recordings. Kurtag himself is at the piano for two of the songs by Schubert and Brahms; while the German baritone’s old and trusted friends Pierre-Laurent Aimard and James Baillieu join him for the other works in this programme, all under the artistic direction of Kurtag, ending with a fascinating recorded interview with Gyuri bacsi (‘Uncle George’) by Benjamin Appl, who tells us: ‘My aim in this album is to give listeners a glimpse into the infinite universe of Gyorgy Kurtag, a shy procrastinator, stern self-critic, hesitant researcher, introverted questioner, unpretentious intellectual, brilliant composer and an extraordinary human being.’

Tracklist:

1-01. Benjamin Appl – Circumdederunt (01:41)
1-02. Benjamin Appl – Ganymed, D. 544 (04:29)
1-03. Benjamin Appl – Das Angenehme dieser Welt… (00:56)
1-04. Benjamin Appl – Totengräbers Heimweh, D. 842 (06:41)
1-05. Benjamin Appl – Nun versteh‘ ich… (00:28)
1-06. Benjamin Appl – Im Frühling, D. 882 (04:20)
1-07. Benjamin Appl – Dass sie hier gewesen, D. 775 (03:34)
1-08. Benjamin Appl – Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 35a: No. 1, An. . . (03:00)
1-09. Benjamin Appl – Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 35a: No. 2, Im Walde (01:23)
1-10. Benjamin Appl – Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 35a: No. 3, Gestalt und Geist (01:30)
1-11. Benjamin Appl – Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 35a: No. 4, An Zimmern (01:49)
1-12. Benjamin Appl – Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 35a: No. 5, Der Spaziergang (02:40)
1-13. Benjamin Appl – Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 35a: No. 6, Tübingen, Jänner (01:52)
1-14. Benjamin Appl – Der Wanderer an den Mond, D. 870 (02:33)
1-15. Benjamin Appl – Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D. 343 (03:20)
1-16. Benjamin Appl – Die Rosen (00:40)
1-17. Benjamin Appl – Die Zeit (01:15)
1-18. Benjamin Appl – Ich weiss nicht… (00:17)
1-19. Benjamin Appl – Physalis alkagengi (02:32)
1-20. Benjamin Appl – Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D. 300 (02:17)
1-21. Benjamin Appl – 5 Lieder, Op. 47: No. 3, Sonntag (01:59)
1-22. Benjamin Appl – Interview with György Kurtág (18:17)

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