Wolf: Orchesterlieder & Penthesilea

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Appl offers a fine baritone with a good range and an ability to characterise skilfully – each of the Three Kings in turn in ‘Epiphanias’, for instance; throughout he is acutely observant of words... — BBC Music Magazine, Octob 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th Aug 2022
Catalogue No: 555380-2
Label: CPO
Length: 59 minutes

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Wolf, H: Mörike-Lieder: excerpts

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Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Jenaer Philharmonie
Simon Gaudenz

No. 25, Schlafendes Jesuskind

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Wolf, H: Goethe-Lieder: excerpts

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Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Jenaer Philharmonie
Simon Gaudenz

No. 19, Epiphanias

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No. 29, Anakreons Grab

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Wolf, H: Mörike-Lieder (Excerpts Arr. for Voice & Orchestra)

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Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Jenaer Philharmonie
Simon Gaudenz

No. 39, Denk' es, o Seele

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Wolf, H: Goethe-Lieder (Excerpts Arr. for Voice & Orchestra)

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Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Jenaer Philharmonie
Simon Gaudenz

No. 49, Prometheus

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Wolf, H: Mörike-Lieder (Excerpts Arr. for Voice & Orchestra)

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Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Jenaer Philharmonie
Simon Gaudenz

No. 29, An den Schlaf

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Wolf, H: Goethe-Lieder (Excerpts Arr. for Voice & Orchestra)

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Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Jenaer Philharmonie
Simon Gaudenz

No. 1, Harfenspieler I

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No. 2, Harfenspieler II

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No. 3, Harfenspieler III

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Excerpt, Wolf, H: Italienisches Liederbuch

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Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Jenaer Philharmonie
Simon Gaudenz

No. 33, Sterb' ich (Arr. for Orchestra)

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Wolf, H: Mörike-Lieder (Excerpts Arr. for Voice & Orchestra)

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Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Jenaer Philharmonie
Simon Gaudenz

No. 28, Gebet

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No. 10, Fußreise

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Wolf, H: Penthesilea

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Jenaer Philharmonie
Simon Gaudenz

I. Aufbruch der Amazonen nach Troja

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II. Der Traum Penthesileas vom Rosenfest

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III. Kämpfe, Leidenschaften, Wahnsinn, Vernichtung

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I am too cowardly to be a proper composer,' Hugo Wolf confessed to a Viennese friend when he was barely 28 years old. And the result of his introspection was not so wrong: everything in his life, not only composing, proceeded in explosive spurts. He wandered through the deepest emotional valleys, suddenly flew up into the highest regions, suffered agonies when he couldn't think of anything to say, shouted his enthusiasm about a successful piece to the whole world and still managed to produce a respectable, albeit fragmentary oeuvre, from which the early poem Penthesilea after Heinrich von Kleist's tragedy of the same name stands out as a symphonic masterpiece. The Austrian baritone Benjamin Appl and the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, led by its principal conductor Simon Gaudenz, have prefaced this highly dramatic monolith with twelve selected songs, most of which were orchestrated by their author himself: a dozen small, finely polished gems based on texts by Goethe, Mörike and Heyse, whose subtle arrangements leave no doubt that Hugo Wolf would certainly have had the makings of a 'proper composer'. Whether then, of course, the ingenious things would have been created that posterity owes to him - that is another matter.

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Octob 2022

Appl offers a fine baritone with a good range and an ability to characterise skilfully – each of the Three Kings in turn in ‘Epiphanias’, for instance; throughout he is acutely observant of words as well as notes...as with the song accompaniments [Penthesilea] receives a committed performance here under the baton of Simon Gaudenz.

Awards Issue 2022

The eloquent Benjamin Appl makes a good case for several of those chosen for the album. In general, the more intimate the song, the more successful the performance.

December 2022

This recording is principally recommendable for the many lovers of Appl’s singing, here to be heard at its best in repertoire which clearly suits him ideally; his diction is perfectly judged to the scale of the performances and the often sympathetic woodwind playing under the considerate baton of Simon Gaudenz.

August 2022

What a treat to hear these selections from the Mörike-Lieder and Goethe-Lieder in full orchestral technicolour, with Appl responding in kind: Epiphanias is a particular highlight, with each of the three kings vividly characterised by Carl Steuber, and Prometheus takes on a near-Wagnerian grandeur in the composer's own orchestration. The early tone-poem Penthesilea is a substantial bonus, with the Jenaer brass having a blast in the all-guns-blazing battle-scene.

3rd August 2022

the orchestra beats what any solo pianist could do, even when the players are the Jenaer Philharmonie, not the sharpest in punch and sparkle — though with conductor Simon Gaudenz they make a good fist of that cauldron of sex and violence, the early tone poem Penthesilea.

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