Jonas Kaufmann; Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano
Boito: Dai campi, dai prati (Mefistofele) / Giunto sul passo estremo (from Mefistofele) Cilea: È la solita storia 'Lamento di Frederico' (from L'Arlesiana) / La dolcissima effigie (from Adriana Lecouvreur) / L'anima ho stanca (from Adriana Lecouvreur) U. Giordano: Amor ti vieta (from Fedora) / Ecco l'altare ... la mamma morte ... Vicino a te ... La nostra morte (from (from Andrea Chénier) / Un dì, all' azzurro spazio (from Andrea Chénier) / Come un bel dì di maggio (from Andrea Chénier) Leoncavallo: Recitar! Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) / Testa adorata (from La bohème) Mascagni: Apri la tua finestra (from Iris) / Viva il vino spumeggiante (from Cavalleria Rusticana) / Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) Ponchielli: Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) / Si… questa estrema grazia (from I Lituani) Zandonai: Giulietta, son io (from Giulietta e Romeo)
Gramophone Awards Winner 2011 - Recital Recording
Jonas Kaufmann returns to the Italian veristic tradition to sing arias that define opera’s most passionate and vulnerable leading men. Kaufmann’s international reputation is soaring as, going from strength to strength, he delivers consistently thrilling performances. The onyx-dark beauty of his tone and the refinement and unexpected insights of his delivery mark Jonas Kaufmann a poet of tenors. Timed for release when he makes his anticipated role debut as Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur at Covent Garden opposite Angela Gheorghiu, this disc includes excerpts from the Cilea work that helped put Caruso on the map. This album also entices with rarities from Zandonai’s dramatic Giulietta e Romeo and Puccini’s Le Villi. Supporting Jonas Kaufmann is Italy’s leading symphonic orchestra, the Santa Cecilia, under its dynamic music director Antonio Pappano. Both maestro and orchestra are utterly at home in this repertoire.
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