The Christmas Album
Benjamin Appl (soloist), Christian Heiss, Johannes Berger, Hans Berger, Ilias Grau (soloist), Edeltraud Appl, Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orchestra, Florian Helgath
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2024
It turns out that Appl’s contribution to the season of goodwill is as thoughtfully assembled as one of his Lieder programmes, and performed with the same level of care. The Regensburg boys are...
The Christmas Album
Benjamin Appl (soloist), Christian Heiss, Johannes Berger, Hans Berger, Ilias Grau (soloist), Edeltraud Appl, Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orchestra, Florian Helgath
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2024
It turns out that Appl’s contribution to the season of goodwill is as thoughtfully assembled as one of his Lieder programmes, and performed with the same level of care. The Regensburg boys are...
About
German baritone Benjamin Appl celebrates Christmas through the enduring tradition of Bach chorales and popular carols, from as far afield as Germany, Austria, America, Britain, Sweden, France and the Netherlands. For this truly universal Christmas celebration he is accompanied by Germany's most famous children's choir, of which he was a member in his youth, the Munich Radio Orchestra and instrumentalists (including his own mother on guitar): "Christmas evokes intense memories and emotions in all of us. It takes us back to our childhood: that sense of magic and excitement, so often reawakened by the sight of a traditional Nativity scene, or the lights on a Christmas tree, or by hearing Christmas carols...It was with all these images in mind that I returned to my home town to record this album with 'my' boys' choir. When, after more than twenty years, I found myself back among the choristers and heard the familiar sound, the emotion was very intense."
Contents and tracklist
- Benjamin Appl (soloist), Christian Heiss
- Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orchestra
- Florian Helgath
- Benjamin Appl (soloist), Christian Heiss
- Regensburger Domspatzen
- Christian Heiss
- Regensburger Domspatzen
- Benjamin Appl (soloist)
- Munich Radio Orchestra
- Florian Helgath
- Benjamin Appl (soloist)
- Munich Radio Orchestra
- Florian Helgath
- Benjamin Appl (soloist), Christian Heiss
- Regensburger Domspatzen
- Benjamin Appl (soloist)
- Munich Radio Orchestra
- Florian Helgath
- Benjamin Appl (soloist)
- Munich Radio Orchestra
- Florian Helgath
- Christian Heiss
- Regensburger Domspatzen
- Munich Radio Orchestra
- Florian Helgath
- Johannes Berger, Benjamin Appl (soloist)
- Florian Helgath
- Benjamin Appl (soloist), Christian Heiss
- Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orchestra
- Florian Helgath
- Benjamin Appl (soloist)
- Munich Radio Orchestra
- Florian Helgath
- Benjamin Appl (soloist), Christian Heiss
- Regensburger Domspatzen
- Benjamin Appl (soloist), Christian Heiss
- Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orchestra
- Florian Helgath
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Benjamin Appl comes home for Christmas
29th Nov 2024
The German baritone reunites with his boyhood choir in Regensburg for a classy, introspective seasonal offering featuring oratorio arias and Christmas songs from Germany, England, France and Sweden, stylishly accompanied by the Münchner Rundfunkorchester under Florian Helgath.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week29th November 2024
29th November 2024
It turns out that Appl’s contribution to the season of goodwill is as thoughtfully assembled as one of his Lieder programmes, and performed with the same level of care. The Regensburg boys are far more than a supporting act on the album, and Appl himself contributes a thoughtful mixture of oratorio arias and Christmas songs in four different languages. One of the loveliest Christmas albums in some years.
