Jonas Kaufmann – The Age of Puccini (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:16:16 minutes | 794 MB | Genre: Classical
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On 14 April 2010 Jonas Kaufmann became the first German tenor to sing Cavaradossi at the Metropolitan Opera in 103 years. He shaped Puccini’s music with exceptional elegance, balancing the character’s essential revolutionary fervour with a heart-stopping tenderness. Critics and audiences received the portrayal ecstatically. Listeners familiar with Kaufmann’s artistry in German and French repertoire exclusively will be astonished by his affinity for Italian music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
In preparing this music by Puccini and his contemporaries (including Puccini’s and Mascagni’s teacher of composition, Ponchielli), Kaufmann was gratified that his fluent Italian enabled him to “understand double meanings and discover the secrets between the written lines”. Freedom from technical worries allowed Kaufmann to concentrate exclusively on communication, “with the text leading me automatically into the emotional circumstances of each piece.”
In conversation Kaufmann repeatedly emphasizes the emotional content of this repertoire — above all, the Zandonai aria: “I doubt that you can put more personal feelings into music. Romeo is mourning Giulietta, but in a shockingly realistic way. Listening to it is like sneaking into someone’s privacy.” In such music, “it’s satisfying when you can slip into your character and feel how the emotions change your sound, your breathing, your whole approach to the notes.”
Tracklist:
01. Jonas Kaufmann, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato – La Bohème / Act 1: ‘Che gelida manina’ (05:11)
02. Jonas Kaufmann, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato – Tosca / Act 3: ‘E lucevan le stelle’ (03:23)
03. Renée Fleming, Jonas Kaufmann, Barbara Vignudelli, Paolo Cautoruccio, Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Marco Armiliato – La Rondine / Act 2: ‘Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso’ (03:04)
04. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – I Lituani / Act 3: ‘Sì…questa estrema grazia’ (02:32)
05. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – La Gioconda / Act 2: ‘Cielo e mar’ (05:25)
06. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Mefistofele / Act 1: ‘Dai campi, dai prati’ (02:35)
07. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Mefistofele / Act 4: ‘Giunto sul passo estremo’ (03:24)
08. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Iris / Act 1: ‘Apri la tua finestra!’ (02:43)
09. Jonas Kaufmann, Rosa Feola, Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Cavalleria rusticana: ‘Intanto, amici, qua…Viva il vino spumeggiante’ (02:49)
10. Jonas Kaufmann, Cristina Reale, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Cavalleria rusticana: ‘Mamma, quel vino è generoso’ (03:48)
11. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Pagliacci / Act 1: ‘Recitar!…Vesti la giubba’ (03:42)
12. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – La bohème / Act 3: ‘Musetta! O gioia della mia dimora! – Testa adorata’ (03:21)
13. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – L’Arlesiana / Act 2: ‘E la solita storia’ (04:35)
14. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Adriana Lecouvreur / Act 2: L’anima ho stanca (02:02)
15. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Adriana Lecouvreur / Act 1: ‘La dolcissima effigie’ (02:31)
16. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Giulietta e Romeo / Act 3: ‘Giulietta! Son io!’ (04:46)
17. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Fedora / Act 2: ‘Amor ti vieta’ (01:48)
18. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Andrea Chénier / Act 1: ‘Colpito qui m’avete … Un dì all’azzurro spazio’ (04:54)
19. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Andrea Chénier / Act 4: ‘Come un bel dì di maggio’ (02:53)
20. Jonas Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – Andrea Chénier / Act 4: ‘Vicino a te s’acqueta’ (07:17)
21. Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano – ‘Ombra di nube’ (03:23)
