Schubert & Kurtag: Lines of Life

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Release Date
March 14, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johannes Brahms, Gyorgy Kurtag, Franz Schubert
    • PERFORMER
      Benjamin Appl, Gyorgy Kurtag, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, James Baillieu
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 14, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511459
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1145
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Circumdederunt (version for solo voice)

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

    2. Ganymed (Ganymede), Op. 19, No. 3, D. 544

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    3. Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 35a: No. 10. Das Angenehme dieser Welt… (version for solo voice)

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

    4. Totengräbers Heimweh, D. 842

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    5. Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 35a: No. 11. Nun versteh' ich (version for solo voice)

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

    6. Im Frühling, Op. 101, No. 1, D. 882

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    7. Dass sie hier gewesen, Op. 59, No. 2, D. 775

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    8. No. 1. An

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

    9. No. 2. Im walde

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

    10. Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 35a: No. 3. Gestalt und Geist (version for voice, trombone and tuba)

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, Csaba Bencze, Gergely Lukác

    11. No. 4. An zimmern

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

    12. No. 5. Der spaziergang

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

    13. No. 6. Paul Celan: Tübingen, Jänner

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

    14. Der Wanderer an den Mond, Op. 80, No. 1, D. 870

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    15. Am Tage aller Seelen, D. 343, "Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen"

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

    16. Die Rosen

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, Pierre-Laurent Aimard

    17. Die Zeit

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, Pierre-Laurent Aimard

    18. Ich weiss nicht…

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, Pierre-Laurent Aimard

    19. Physalis alkagengi

      Composer: György Kurtág

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, Pierre-Laurent Aimard

    20. Der Jungling an der Quelle, D. 300

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, György Kurtág

    21. 5 Lieder, Op. 47: No. 3. Sonntag

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, György Kurtág

    22. Interview with György Kurtág

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Benjamin Appl, György Kurtág


Benjamin Appl met Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag in 2019 and has worked with him ever since. 'He has shaped me both as a musician and as a human being, perhaps more than anyone else,' says Appl. This album alternates Romantic German lieder by Schubert and Brahms with vocal pieces by Kurtag, five of which are world premiere recordings. Kurtag himself is at the piano for two of the songs by Schubert and Brahms; while the German baritone's old and trusted friends Pierre-Laurent Aimard and James Baillieu join him for the other works in this programme, all under the artistic direction of Kurtag, ending with a fascinating recorded interview with Gyuri bacsi ('Uncle George') by Benjamin Appl, who tells us: 'My aim in this album is to give listeners a glimpse into the infinite universe of Gyorgy Kurtag, a shy procrastinator, stern self-critic, hesitant researcher, introverted questioner, unpretentious intellectual, brilliant composer and an extraordinary human being.'