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For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
23rd May 2025
Together with his regular recital-partner James Baillieu, Benjamin Appl celebrates the centenary of his mentor's birth with a beautifully-crafted recital charting the various stages of his life - including music which was written 'For Dieter' and world premiere recordings of pieces by family-members.
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Berlioz's Les nuits d'été & Harold en Italie from John Nelson in Strasbourg
18th Nov 2022
Vocal shape-shifter Michael Spyres tackles the song-cycle in the original orchestral keys, whilst viola-player Timothy Ridout is a warmly collegiate soloist in Harold on this clear-eyed, affectionate recording from Strasbourg.
Popular Composers: Songs
- Arlen, Harold (1905–86)
- Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)
- Bacharach, Burt (b.1929)
- Barber, Samuel (1910–81)
- Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827)
- Berlin, Irving (1888–1989)
- Britten, Benjamin (1913–76)
- Carmichael, Hoagy (1899–1981)
- Copland, Aaron (1900–90)
- Dowland, John (1563–1629)
- Dvořák, Antonín (1841–1904)
- Ellington, Edward Kennedy 'Duke' (1899–1974)
- Falla, Manuel de (1876–1946)
- Gershwin, George (1898–1937)
- Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843–1907)
- Handy, William Christopher (W C) (1873–1958)
- Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732–1809)
- Ives, Charles (1874–1954)
- Lennon & McCartney (1960–80)
- Montsalvatge, Xavier (1912–2002)
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–91)
- Noble, Ray (1903–78)
- Purcell, Henry (1659–95)
- Rachmaninoff, Sergey Vassilievich (1873–1943)
- Ronell, Ann (1908-93)
- Sibelius, Jean (1865–1957)
- Strayhorn, Billy (1915–67)
- Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich (1840–93)
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872–1958)
Popular Works: Songs
- Bach, J S: Bist du bei mir, BWV508 (103)
- Berlin, I: God Bless America (62)
- Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7 (93)
- Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18 (63)
- Cohen, L: Hallelujah (81)
- Dowland: Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) (106)
- Dowland: Come again, sweet love doth now invite (84)
- Dowland: In darkness let me dwell (74)
- Dvořák: Gypsy Melodies, Op. 55 (B104): No. 4 Když mne stará matka (Songs My Mother Taught Me) (109)
- Falla: Nana (No. 5 from Siete canciones populares españolas) (74)
- Falla: Siete Canciones populares españolas (148)
- Gardel: Por Una Cabeza (72)
- Gershwin: Embraceable You (77)
- Gershwin: The Man I Love (124)
- Grieg: Seks Sange, Op. 48 (61)
- Lara, Augustin: Granada (122)
- Leoncavallo: Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita' (141)
- Martini, J P: Plaisir d'amour (77)
- Montsalvatge: Canción negra No. 4, Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito (60)
- Mozart: Als Luise die Briefe, K520 (71)
- Mozart: An Chloë, K524 (82)
- Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te?... Non temer, amato bene, K505 (97)
- Mozart: Dans un bois solitaire, K308 (73)
- Mozart: Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K307 (66)
- Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (72)
- Ponce, M: Estrellita (169)
- Purcell: Music for a while, Z583 (85)
- Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 (60)
- Rachmaninoff: Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 (100)
- Rachmaninoff: How fair this spot, Op. 21 No. 7 (74)
- Rachmaninoff: Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 (100)
- Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 (512)
- Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (72)
- Rossini: Soirées Musicales (79)
- Rossini: Soirées musicales: La Danza (75)
- Tchaikovsky: None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6 (149)
- Tormé: Chestnuts roasting on an open fire (96)
- trad.: Londonderry Air (181)
- trad.: Shenandoah (116)
- Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea (68)
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