Romantic Arias

Jonas Kaufmann - Romantic Arias

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Artist: Jonas Kaufmann
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
  1. Puccini "Che gelida manina" from La Boh?me
  2. Bizet "La fleur que tu m'avais jet?e" from Carmen
  3. Flotow "Martha: Ach, so fromm" from Martha
  4. Puccini "E lucevan le stelle" from Tosca
  5. Verdi "Lo l'ho perduta... Io la vidi, e il suo sorriso" from Don Carlos (Aria from Italian four act version)
  6. Weber "Nein! L?nger trag' ich nicht... Durch die W?lder, durch die Auen" from Der Freisch?tz
  7. Verdi "Lunge da lei... De miei bollenti spiriti ...O mio rimorso" from La Traviata (with Jana Sibera - soprano)
  8. Massenet "Je suis seul... Ah! Fuyez, douce image" from Manon
  9. Verdi "Ella mi fu rapita...Parmi veder le lagrime" from Rigoletto
  10. Gounod "Quel trouble inconnu me p?n?tre?...Salut! Demeure chaste et pure" from Faust
  11. Wagner "Morgendlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein" from Die Meistersinger
  12. Berlioz "Invocation ? la nature" from Damnation of Faust
  13. Massenet "Pourquoi me r?veiller" from Werther

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Free Music Review: The next challenger to Wunderlich? Cross your fingers
Hit: 5 Stars

Jonas Kaufmann won awards for a recital of Strauss lieder last year, and now here he is being boosted by Decca as the next big thing. The company earned a king's ransom with Pavarotti, so one understands their eagerness to push Kaufmann toward the popular Italian-French repertoire and away from the less commercial German. But as the arias from Meistersinger and (especially) Der Freischutz demonstrate, his forte lies in his native language. He's serious and heroic rather than carefree, smiling, or seductive by temperament.

In his own mind, however, Kaufmann had to break out of the mold of Wunderlich, Kmentt, and Dermota. Trying to sound light and flexible, he almost ruined his voice until an inspiring vocal teacher gave him the courage to unleash the true quality of his voice, which is baritonal but with a ringing top register. That's fine, but what I crave is Wunderlich's artistry, not just his vocal timbre. To my ears, Kaufmann is rather lost in the Italian style, despite his outgoing passion. His soft singing sounds odd (as someone else here has commented), and yet there's lots of color to it. Every once in a while, as in Don Jose's Flower Song and the Massenet arias, 'Ah fuyez, douce image' and 'Pourquoi me reveiller,' Kaufmann almost convinces you that he could turn into a French singer, and yet ...

In The Gramophone the estimable vocal critic John Steane praised this CD so extravagantly that he nominated Kaufmann for Best Tenor in the World. Obviously this is a voice that creates excitement and promises great things. It's as visceral and masculine as Jose Cura's. Whatever the future holds, Kaufmann is already the best German tenor on the scene, barrring only Ben Heppner.
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Jonas Kaufmann is without question the most versatile tenor of his generation, and his current repertoire includes an astonishing range of opera roles from Mozart to Wagner. He is also a celebrated Lieder interpreter, equally at home on the concert platform. His Decca Debut album celebrates a luscious range of Romantic opera arias, showcasing the astonishing diversity of his voice.

Jonas Kaufmann has made stunning debuts in many of the world's leading opera houses in recent seasons. For example, to fabulous acclaim he appeared as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera and Chicago Lyric Opera - "smoothly burnished, beautifully focused... and always disarmingly musical" (New York Magazine). He was Don Jose in the 2007 new production of Carmen at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden - "superb" (The Guardian).

Romantic Arias includes opera favorites by the Italian giants Verdi and Puccini, by French greats Berlioz and Bizet, and by Wagner, the epitome of German Romanticism. Kaufmann responds to each composer with seductive ease.

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