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Background: Jonas Kaufmann is without question the most versatile tenor of his generation, and his current repertoire includes an astonishing range of opera roles. He is also a celebrated Lieder interpreter, equally at home on the concert platform. This album celebrates a luscious range of Romantic opera arias, showcasing the astonishing diversity of his voice.

Jonas Kaufmann has made stunning debuts in many of the world's leading opera houses in recent seasons. For example, to fabulous acclaim he appeared as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera and Chicago Lyric Opera - 'smoothly burnished, beautifully focused... and always disarmingly musica' New York Magazine. He was Don Jose in the 2007 new production of Carmen at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden - 'superb' The Guardian.

'Kaufmann, his voice rearing with desire and choking with emotional agony, is the finest Jose to be heard for ages.' The Guardian - 11-Dec-2006

'...rapidly emerging as one of the most important, and versatile, singers of our age.' The Times - 24-Dec-2006

'With his full, warm voice rich in russet and ebony colours, he sings Italian and French with as much aplomb as he does his native German...' The Telegraph - 26-Feb-2007

'One of the most important, and versatile, singers of our age' The Times

CATALOGUE NR: 4759966
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jan-2008

COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Romantic Arias
TRACKS: La Boheme : Che gelida manina (Puccini). Carmen : La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Bizet). Martha : Martha - Ach so fromm (Flotow). Tosca : E lucevan le stele (Puccini). Don Carlos : Lo l'ho perduta … Io la vidi a suo sorriso (Verdi). Der Freischutz : Nein! Langer trag' ich nicht … Durch die Walder durch die Auen (Weber). La Traviata : Lunge da lei … De miei bollenti spiriti … O mio rimorso (Verdi). Manon : Je suis seul … Ah! Fuyez douce image (Massenet). Rigoletto : Ella mi fu rapita … Parma veder le (Verdi). Faust : Quel trouble inconnu me penetre? … Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (Gounod). Die Meistersinger : Morgendlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein (Wagner). Damnation of Faust : Invocation a la nature (Berlioz). Werther : Pourquoi me reéveiller (Massenet).
ORCHESTRA: Prague Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Marco Armiliato
ARTISTS: Jonas Kaufmann      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Aug-2007 - Apr-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This superb tenor builds on his Award winner with opera arias to be savoured.'

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