Forbidden Fruit / Appl, Baillieu

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 23, 2023
    • UPC
      3760014199127
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA912
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I will give my love an apple

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    2. Requiem, Op. 48: In paradisum (arr. J. Baillieu for piano)

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Performer: James Baillieu

    3. The Lord God Had Planted a Garden in Eden

      Composer: na Not Applicable

    4. The Apple Orchard

      Composer: Ivor Gurney

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    5. The Lord God Took the Man and Put Him in the Garden of Eden

      Composer: na Not Applicable

    6. Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 50. Ganymed (version for voice and piano)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    7. Youkali

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    8. It Is Not Good for the Man to Be Alone

      Composer: na Not Applicable

    9. Chansons gaillardes, FP 42: No. 6. L'offrande

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    10. Gardens of Pleasure

      Composer: na Not Applicable

    11. À Chloris

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    12. 4 Lieder, Op. 36, TrV 186: No. 1. Das Rosenband: No. 1. Das Rosenband (version for voice and piano)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    13. Mörike Lieder: No. 32. An die Geliebte

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    14. Adam and His Wife Were Both Naked, and They Felt No Shame

      Composer: na Not Applicable

    15. 3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2. Now sleeps the crimson petal

      Composer: Roger Quilter

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    16. And They Became One Flesh

      Composer: na Not Applicable

    17. Italienisches Liederbuch: No. 17. Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    18. 3 Chansons de Bilitis: No. 2. La chevelure

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    19. You're Free to Eat From Any Tree in the Garden

      Composer: na Not Applicable

    20. Chansons gaillardes, FP 42: No. 5. Couplets bachiques

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    21. Brettl-LiederBrettl: No. 8. Seit ich so viele Weiber sah

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    22. The Fruit of the Tree Was Pleasing ro the Eye - Just a Gigolo (arr. J. Baillieu for voice and piano)

      Composer: Leonello Casucci

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    23. To a Devil, EG 154

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    24. Now the Serpent Was More Crafty Than Any of the Wild Animals

      Composer: na Not Applicable

    25. Songs for Le bestiaire, FP 15b: No. 1. Le serpent

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    26. But of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil You Shall Not Eat

      Composer: na Not Applicable

    27. Romanzen und Balladen, Book 3, Op. 53: No. 2. Loreley

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    28. Romanzen und Balladen, Book 1, Op. 45: No. 2. Frühlingsfahrt

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    29. You Will Be Like God, Knowing Good and Evil

      Composer: na Not Applicable

    30. 12 Lieder, Op. 9: No. 12. Fanny Hensel: Die Nonne

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    31. She Took of Its Fruit and Ate - Der Blaufuchs: Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein?

      Composer: Anonymous, Lothar Brühne

    32. Eve-Song: No. 5. Snake

      Composer: Jake Heggie

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    33. The Eyes of Both of Them Were Opened

      Composer: na Not Applicable

    34. Heidenröslein, Op. 3, No. 3, D. 257

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    35. Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    36. 6 Balladen, Op. 18: No. 2. Ballade zum

      Composer: Hanns Eisler

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    37. The Serpent Tricked Me, and I Ate

      Composer: na Not Applicable

    38. Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a: No. 4. Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    39. He Placed Cherubim to Guard the Way to the Tree of Life

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    40. Requiem, Op. 48: In paradisum (arr. J. Baillieu for piano)

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Performer: James Baillieu

    41. Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection": IV. Urlicht (arr. for voice and piano)

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu


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 Impressionists 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.