Vocal, Lieder, Eisler (composer)
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For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
RecommendedBenjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano)
Benjamin Appl’s singing is thoughtful and enjoyable.The voice sometimes uncannily recalls that of his guru...Appl and his artistic partners deserve huge credit for making this imaginative, moving... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd May 2025
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Vocal Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025, Special Project
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Forbidden, yet seldom forbidding, Appl’s exquisitely cultivated fruits are ripe for plucking, and deserve to be consumed with unalloyed relish! —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Eve finds her voice as Prohaska and Drake navigate Eden’s bright spots and murkier corners. A heady selection of songs to intoxicate the senses; vivid storytelling and musicality. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song
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Christopher Purves sings magnificently, spinning an enviable thread of legato through the narrative of each song. A consummate actor, too, with commanding diction, he invariably finds a distinctive... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - 20th-Century Vocal
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Hanns Eisler: Lieder Vol. 3; Songs In American Exile
Holger Falk (baritone), Steffen Schleiermacher (piano)
The baritone’s voice is light in colour with an inherently gentle quality to it, but capable of impressive intensity in the upper range. His delivery is subtle: expressive - often fearlessly... —
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Invisible Stream
Raphaël Imbert, Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Pierre-François Blanchard, Sonny Troupé
there is much slick improvisation in this line up of unequal parts jazz and classical, ranging compositions by Imbert alongside his own arrangements of Wagner, Schubert, Eisler and Ornette Coleman.... —
