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MOZART / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / VERDI / HUNPERDINCK / WAGNER / etc
Jonas Kaufmann - The Decca Recordings Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) /with various orchestras & performers [ Decca / 15 CD Box Set - released 13/Jun/2025 ] The recordings on this new 15CD edition "Jonas Kaufmann - The Decca Recordings" are a sonic chronicle of his "Decca years"... They span ten years, from 2002 to 2012, and show the celebrated tenor at the height of his art. |
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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Jochen Rieder
Dolce Vita [Live concert & documentary] [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] Includes Live concert from Torino and charming TV documentary film "My Italy" presented by Jonas himself. A 'must-have' for fans! Share the magic of Italian song with Jonas Kaufmann as he shows us, both on and off the stage, how he fell in love... |
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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Jochen Rieder
Dolce Vita [Live concert & documentary] BLU-RAY [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Dec/2016 ] Includes Live concert from Torino and charming TV documentary film "My Italy" presented by Jonas himself. A 'must-have' for fans! Share the magic of Italian song with Jonas Kaufmann as he shows us, both on and off the stage, how he fell in love... |
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VARIOUS OPERETTA COMPOSERS
Jonas Kaufmann - Doppelgänger Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Ádám Fischer, with Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD/DVD - released 5/Sep/2025 ] Jonas Kaufmann's latest album brings together two of Schumann's most profound song cycles-Dichterliebe and Kerner-Lieder-performed with exceptional sensitivity and vocal finesse. Accompanied by pianist and long-term collaborator Helmut Deutsch |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Jonathan Nott [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/Apr/2017 ] "played with shimmering detail by the Vienna Philharmonic...As expected, Kaufmann is glorious in the tenor songs. In those for lower voice he sings with the same, unaffected sensitivity...An interesting, one-off experiment." Financial Times *** |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Summer Night's Concert 2020 Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Jun/2013 ] The world's biggest annual classical open-air concert, The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, returns to the magical setting of Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna. |
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STRAUSS / WAGNER / JARRE / PUCCINI / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Schoenbrunn 2020 - Summer Night Concert Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Valéry Gergiev [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] The world's biggest annual classical open-air concert, The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, returns to the magical setting of Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna. |
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STRAUSS / WAGNER / JARRE / PUCCINI / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Schoenbrunn 2020 - Summer Night Concert BLU-RAY Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Valéry Gergiev [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 23/Oct/2020 ] The world's biggest annual classical open-air concert, The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, returns to the magical setting of Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna. |
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VERDI / PONCHIELLI / PUCCINI / LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI / etc
Jonas Kaufmann - An Italian Night - Live from the Waldbuhne Berlin (recorded in 2018) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) with Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] A magical evening dedicated to beautiful Italian music with the world's greatest tenor. Captured live for release on CD. Featuring Anita Rachvelishvili. This is the key release this year from "The world's greatest tenor" (The Telegraph). |
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VERDI / PONCHIELLI / PUCCINI / LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI / etc
Jonas Kaufmann - An Italian Night - Live from the Waldbuhne Berlin (recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) with Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Nov/2018 ] A magical evening dedicated to beautiful Italian music with the world's greatest tenor. Captured live for release on CD. Featuring Anita Rachvelishvili. This is the key release this year from "The world's greatest tenor" (The Telegraph). |
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J. S. BACH
A Bach Notebook for Trumpet Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet) Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] Jonathan Freeman-Attwood's 'A Bach Notebook for Trumpet' is a celebration of the music of the famous Johann Sebastian and ten other lesser-known Bachs, re-imagined for the combination of trumpet and piano. |
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CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Complete Organ & Harmonium Works Joris Verdin (organ/harmonian) [ Ricercar / 5 CD Box Set - released 13/May/2022 ] César Franck gradually abandoned his career as a virtuoso pianist as he completed his training under various Parisian masters, one of whom was the organist François Benoist. Franck then served as organist in various important Parisian churches. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
José Carreras: A Life In Music José Carreras (tenor) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2016 ] This new 2 CD collection, José Carreras - A LIFE IN MUSIC, features the one of the most acclaimed tenors the world has known, at his very best. Not only is Carreras a superstar in his own right, he was one of the legendary 'Three Tenors', alongside... |
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TRADITIONAL
The Three Tenors Christmas Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti / Vienna Symphony, Steven Mercurio [ Bank Austria / Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] Resplendent in voice and manner, José Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti deliver 21 songs of traditional sacred music and secular numbers in a remarkable 1999 live recording. |
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MASSENET / VERDI / ROSSINI / MASSENET / BERLIOZ / DONIZETTI / TRADITIONAL / etc
Jose Carreras - The Philips Years Jose Carreras (tenor), with Montserrat Caballé, Katia Ricciarelli, Agnes Baltsa, Frederica von Stade, etc [ Philips / 21 CD Box Set - released 22/Dec/2023 ] Celebrating one of the most remarkable tenors of our time, this 21-CD set brings together the legendary Philips recital recordings of José Carreras: 17 CDs of recitals discs including Spanish and popular songs, plus highlights from complete operas. |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / J. STRAUSS / MOZART / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Josef Krips Edition - Volume 2 Josef Krips, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta, Inge Borkh, Wiener Staatsoper [ Decca Eloquence / 21 CD Box Set - released 7/Jun/2024 ] Mozart was Josef Krips's yardstick in music: 'My maxim is that everything has to sound as though it were by Mozart, or it will be a bad performance.' Collected here are his Mozart symphony recordings with the Concertgebouworkest for Philips. |
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CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Widor: The Complete Organ Works Joseph Nolan (organ) [ Signum / 9 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Charles-Marie Widor was born to the organ. Raised in a family of organ-makers, he showed early talent for the instrument and would later come to embody all its might and splendour. His life heavily intertwined with that of the great French organ... |
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BACH / BEETHOVEN / BARTOK / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / COWELL / etc
Joseph Szigeti - The Complete Sony Recordings Joseph Szigeti (violin) with Myra Hess, Pablo Casals, Benny Goodman, Bela Bartok, etc [ Sony Classical / 17 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2021 ] "Full of immediacy - and star turns - these remastered recordings make for a compelling time capsule" The Guardian |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / STRAVINSKY / HONEGGER / Prokofiev / DEBUSSY / etc
Joseph Szigeti - The Mercury Masters Joseph Szigeti (violin) with Roy Bogas, Artur Balsam, Mieczysław Horszowski (piano), various concductors & soloists [ Mercury Living Presense Australian Eloquence / 6 CD Box Set - released 17/Feb/2023 ] Issued internationally and complete, for the first time on CD in this Limited Edition original-jackets collection, these Mercury recordings were made in New York and London during the autumn of Szigeti's career, between 1959 and 1961. |
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CHEN GANG / HE ZHANHAO
Butterfly Lovers Joshua Bell (violin), Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Tsung Yeh (conductor) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Aug/2023 ] Grammy-award winning violinist Joshua Bell presents a captivating performance of the Butterfly Lovers Concerto, one of the best-known classical works in China and inspired by the ancient legend of the same name. In addition, Bell performs new... |