Performer: Jonas Kaufmann
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Decca
Size: 788 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Giacomo Puccini:
01. Che gelida manina (La Bohème)
02. E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
03. Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso (La Rondine)
Amilcare Ponchielli:
04. Sì, questa estrema grazia (I Lituani)
05. Cielo e mar! (La Gioconda)
Arrigo Boito:
06. Dai campi, dai prati (Mefistofele)
07. Giunto sul passo estremo (Mefistofele)
Pietro Mascagni:
08. Apri la tua finestra (Iris)
09. Drinking song (Cavalleria Rusticana)
10. Mamma! Mamma, quel vino è generoso (Cavalleria Rusticana)
Ruggero Leoncavallo:
11. Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)
12. Testa adorata (La Bohème)
Francesco Cilea:
13. Lamento di Federico (L’Arlesiana)
Francesco Cilea:
14. L’anima ho stanca (Adriana Lecouvreur)
15. La dolcissima effigie (Adriana Lecouvreur)
16. Riccardo Zandonai – Giulietta, son io (Giulietta e Romeo)
Umberto Giordano:
17. Amor ti vieta (Fedora)
18. Un di all’azzurro spazio (Andrea Chénier)
19. Come un bel dì di maggio (Andrea Chénier)
20. Vicino a te (Andrea Chénier)
21. Licinio Refice – Ombra di Nube
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Antonio Pappano
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Marco Armiliato
Recorded on March 18, 2010 – March 22, 2010, at Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Petrassi Hall and at Rudolfinum, Prague, 5-6 August, 2007.
Jonas Kaufmann, the tenor of our time, takes us to The Age of Puccini. This collection showcases the unique quality of Kaufmann’s award-winning recordings of best-loved Italian operatic ‘verismo’ repertoire for Decca.
This album contains some of Kaufmann’s greatest roles recorded in resplendent Decca sound. He is joined by Renée Fleming for the duet from Puccini’s ‘La Rondine’.
Accolades for Kaufmann’s Decca recordings include the inaugural International Opera Award for best male singer, three Gramophone Awards, a Goldene Deutschland Award, a Grammy, an ECHO Award, Artist of the Year from Musical America and the Bayerische Europamedaille.