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Baritone Benjamin Appl with sparkling voices and inspiring collaborations

Baritone Benjamin Appl reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a song to clean the house to, to his favourite opera.

Today on Inside Music, baritone Benjamin Appl admires the way lutenist Thomas Dunford draws listeners into his sound world, and reveals how Max Raabe uses his voice to emphasise the text in the song Bel Ami.

There’s also music for reflection in the hands of pianist Martha Argerich, and Benjamin shares his experience of witnessing the composition process of György Kurtág.

Plus, a shining tenor voice who Benjamin claims is almost universally admired by singers…

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

Photo credit: Lars Borges

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Jake Heggie

    Snake (Eve Song)

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Benjamin Appl.
    • ALPHA.
  • Josef Rheinberger

    Drei geistliche Gesänge, Op. 69, No. 3 (II. Abendlied)

    Choir: Regensburger Domspatzen. Conductor: Georg Ratzinger.
    • ARS MUSICI.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No.4 in A major Op.90 (I. Allegro vivace)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • DG.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude & Allemande)

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Music Arranger: Thomas Dunford.
    • ALPHA.
  • Theo Mackeben

    Bel Ami

    Singer: Max Raabe. Ensemble: Palast Orchester mit seinem Sänger Max Raabe.
    • MONOPOL.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu No. 3, Op. 90/3 D899 G flat Major (Andante)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • DG.
  • Eric Clapton

    Tears In Heaven

    • REPRISE.
  • Jean Gilles

    Hommage à Rameau: Tristes apprêts

    Composer: Jean‐Philippe Rameau. Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante. Director: Skip Sempé.
    • PARADIZO.
  • Agustín Lara

    Granada

    Singer: Fritz Wunderlich. Orchestra: Kurt Graunke Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Carste.
    • DG.
  • György Kurtág

    Játékok / 8: 3a. Virág az ember (...ölelkezö hangok)

    Performer: Márta Kurtág. Performer: György Kurtág.
    • ECM.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit 'Actus Tragicus', BWV 106

    Performer: Márta Kurtág. Performer: György Kurtág.
    • ECM.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Landkjenning

    Singer: Håkan Hagegård. Choir: Bergen Filharmoniske Kor. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • BIS.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Mystery Sonatas (I. The Annunciation)

    Performer: Reinhard Goebel. Performer: Musica Antiqua Köln.
    • DG.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    À Chloris

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Benjamin Appl.
    • ALPHA.
  • Eric Coates

    The Dam Busters March

    Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • DECCA.
  • Ólafur Arnalds

    Verses from the Chopin Project

    Performer: Björk Óskarsdóttir. Performer: Thorarinn Baldursson. Performer: Hallgrímur Jónas Jensson. Performer: Unnur Jónsdóttir. Performer: Viktor Orri Árnason.
    • MERCURY.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vespers Op.37 (I. Priidite, poklonimsya; XV. Vzbrannoy voevode)

    Choir: St. Petersburg Chamber Choir. Conductor: Nikolay Kornov.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Dialogues des Carmélites, FP159 (Act 3, Prélude 2 & Salve Regina)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Lyon National Opera. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • WARNER.

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  • Sat 16 Sep 2023 13:00

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