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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Freudvoll Und Leidvoll Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Sep/2021 ] "At its most larger-than-life, a thrilling recording not for the faint-hearted; but it's also a heart-on-sleeve reminder of Liszt's abiding versatility." BBC Music |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Selige Stunde: Romantic Songs Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] After the success of his stunning album 'Otello', revered tenor Jonas Kaufmann returns with the sensational new album 'Selige Stunde'. 'Selige Stunde' is the first recital in a small series of recordings that Jonas has made during the Covid-19... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Original Three Tenors Concert in Rome (CD plus DVD): 30th Anniversary Edition Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras / Zubin Mehta [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD/DVD - released 21/Jul/2020 ] Celebrate the most iconic concert of our time with this special edition produced for the 30th Anniversary CD album of original concert + DVD of the complete concert including "making of" documentary 64-page glossy collectors booklet. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera) Jonas Kaufmann, Federica Lombardi, Carlos Álvarez / Orchestra e Coro dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Sony / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Jonas Kaufmann is now the Otello of this generation. This recording project is the crowning glory of his journey to become today's key exponent of this legendary role. Verdi's Otello is a remarkable four-act opera based on Shakespeare's play... |
BRAHMS / DVORAK / HAHN / STRAUSS / etc
Morgen: Songs For Cello & Piano Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (piano) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] The return of one of New Zealand's favourite pianists. This is a special album for Rae de Lisle, who has created it with her son-in law Andrew (NZSO's Principal Cello) and daughter Julia (Principal Viola with the NZSO). |
VARIOUS OPERETTA COMPOSERS
Jonas Kaufmann Wien Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Ádám Fischer, with Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] "There is enough cream and sugar in his selection of golden and silver-age serenades by Johann Strauss II and Franz Lehár to satisfy the sweetest tooth....The orchestral sound glistens like Cellophane" The Times |
PONCHIELLI / MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO / PUCCINI / 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 / CD - 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). This summer... |
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). |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2016) Dresden Opera / Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Tomasz Konieczny, Georg Zeppenfeld / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] ".Netrebko brings a sensuality and an outraged awareness of how this woman is exploited not that common in Elsas, and the role lies well for her vocally at the moment" Gramophone |
BOITO / CATALANI / CILEA / GIORDANO / LEONCAVLLO / PUCCINI
Anna Netrebko: Verismo Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, with Yusif Eyvazov (tenor) [ Deutche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] "all sung with plenty of voice and abandon...when she settles into a long extract from Puccini's Manon Lescaut, with tenor husband Yusif Eyvazov and Antonio Pappano conducting, the recital hits an impressively impassioned peak" Financial Times |