Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu – Forbidden Fruit (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:38 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Alpha Classics
Temptation, prohibition, good, evil… ‘how relevant are these in today’s world?’ asks Benjamin Appl. With the complicity of pianist James Baillieu, we are taken on a musical arc from simple folk songs through to the great song composers such as Schubert, Schumann and Wolf, along the way visiting the French masters Debussy and Poulenc, exploring ‘new objectivity’ with Weill and Eisler and enjoying compositions by Casucci, Heggie and others. The metaphor of forbidden fruit gives Benjamin and James a wide range of possible interpretations. Whilst some of the song settings centre on sensuality, others focus on socially immoral topics such as incest or sensitive subjects such as abortion. The German baritone embodies each of these stories with a passion and dramatic sense that makes this album a kaleidoscopic and astonishing journey through time and space.
Tracklist:
1. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: I Will Give My Love an Apple (01:31)
2. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In paradisum (Arr. for Piano by James Baillieu) (01:47)
3. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: The Lord God had planted a garden in Eden (00:05)
4. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Gurney: The Apple Orchard (00:48)
5. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: The Lord God Took the Man and Put Him in the Garden of Eden (00:05)
6. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Wolf: Goethe-Lieder: No. 50, Ganymed (05:14)
7. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Weill: Youkali (02:54)
8. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: It is not Good for the Man to Be Alone (00:04)
9. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Poulenc: Chansons gaillardes, FP 42: No. 6, L’offrande (01:01)
10. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: Gardens of pleasure (00:04)
11. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Hahn: À Chloris (03:09)
12. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op. 36: No. 1, Das Rosenband (03:02)
13. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Wolf: Mörike-Lieder: No. 32, An die Geliebte (03:26)
14. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: Adam and His Wife Were Both Naked, and They Felt No Shame (00:06)
15. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Quilter: 3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2, Now sleeps the Crimson Petal (01:58)
16. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: And They Became One Flesh (00:04)
17. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch: No. 17, Und willst Du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen (02:08)
18. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Debussy: 3 chansons de Bilitis, L. 90: No. 2, La Chevelure (03:33)
19. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: You’re Free to Eat From Any Tree in the Garden (00:05)
20. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Poulenc: Chansons gaillardes, FP 42: No. 5, Couplets bachiques (01:29)
21. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Schönberg: Brettllieder: No. 7, Arie Aus dem Spiegel von Arkadien “Seit ich so viele Weiber sah” (03:18)
22. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Casucci: The Fruit of the Tree Was Pleasing ro the Eye / Just a Gigolo (Arr. for Voice and Piano by James Baillieu) (01:54)
23. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Grieg: To a Devil, EG 154 (01:56)
24. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: Now the Serpent Was More Crafty Than Any of the Wild Animals (00:07)
25. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Poulenc: Le bestiaire, FP 15: No. 1, Le Serpent (00:29)
26. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: But of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil You Shall Not Eat (00:06)
27. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Schumann: Romanzen und Balladen, Vol. III, Op. 53: No. 2 Lorelei (01:06)
28. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Schumann: Romanzen und Balladen, Vol. I, Op. 45: No. 2, Frühlingsfahrt (03:00)
29. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: You will be like God, knowing good and evil (00:05)
30. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Mendelssohn: 12 Lieder, Op. 9: No. 7, Die Nonne (02:24)
31. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Brühne: She Took of Its Fruit and Ate / Kann Denn Liebe Sünde Sein (01:29)
32. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Heggie: The Snake (03:15)
33. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: The Eyes of Both of Them Were Opened (00:05)
34. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Schubert: Heidenröslein, D. 257 (01:36)
35. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118 (03:30)
36. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Eisler: Balladenbuch, Op. 18: No. 2, Die Ballade zum Paragraphen 218 (02:48)
37. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: The Serpent Tricked Me, and I Ate (00:04)
38. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge aus “Wilhelm Meister”, Op. 98a: No. 4, Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass (02:17)
39. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Anonymous: He Placed Cherubim To Guard the Way To the Tree of Life (00:06)
40. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In paradisum (II) (Arr. for Piano by James Baillieu) (01:58)
41. Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu – Mahler: Symphony No. 2: IV. Urlicht (Arr. for Voice and Piano by James Baillieu) (05:12)
