The last private pupil of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Appl has already been hailed as ‘Lieder royalty’ (The Spectator). Further proof comes with this distinguished Hyperion debut: volume 7 of our complete Brahms songs.
Benjamin Appl appears courtesy of Sony Classical.
‘What’s remarkable is Appl’s sheer fluency as a Lieder singer, his ease with the idiom and his naturalness of manner—words and line sit together just as they should … Johnson’s notes offer the us ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘This is a very beautifully planned complete Brahms … what I like about this particular one is [Graham Johnson's] focus on the Mediterranean Brahms, which is is probably the Brahms we know least’ ...
BBC Music Magazine‘This is a very beautifully planned complete Brahms … what I like about this particular one is [Graham Johnson's] focus on the Mediterranean Brahms, which is is probably the Brahms we know least’ ...