First box-set anthology chronicling a major chapter in the recording life of supreme tenor Jonas Kaufmann.The album encompasses a period of a whole decade of glorious music-making: 2002–2012, and provides a rounded portrait of Jonas Kaufmann as opera star and Lieder recitalist, hear heard at the height of his vocal prowess.Featured among the operatic repertoire is a rare recording of Humperdinck’s fairytale opera Königskinder with the late Armin Jordan.The box set also includes a disc devoted to Kaufmann speaking about Wagner’s music and the roles he portrays on his Decca recital disc of music for Wagner.
Tracks:
Beethoven, Ludwig vanFidelio, op.72Boito, ArrigoMefistofele» Dai campi, dai prati (Act 1)» Giunto sul passo estremoCilea, FrancescoAdriana Lecouvreur» L'anima ho stanca» La dolcissima effigieL'Arlesiana» E la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico'Giordano, UmbertoAndrea Chenier» Come un bel di di maggio» Un di all'azzuro spazio» Vicino a teFedora» Amor ti vieta (Act 2)Humperdinck, EngelbertKonigskinder (The King's Children)Leoncavallo, RuggieroLa Boheme» Testa adorataPagliacci» Vesti la giubba (Act 1)Mascagni, PietroCavalleria rusticana» Mamma, quel vino e generoso» Viva il vino spumeggiante (Brindisi)Iris» Apri la tua finestra (Act 1)Mozart, Wolfgang AmadeusDie Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K620» Die Weisheitslehre... fuhrt mich der Ton zu ihr» Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schonPonchielli, AmilcareI Lituani» Si, questa estrema graziaLa Gioconda» Cielo e mar! (Act 2)Puccini, GiacomoLa Rondine» Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso (Act 2)Refice, LicinioOmbra di nubeSchubert, FranzAlfonso und Estrella, D732» Schon, wenn es beginnt zu tagen, wird in mir die Sehnsucht wachDer Jungling an der Quelle, D300Die schone Mullerin, D795Fierrabras, D796» Was qualst du mich, o Missgeschick! ... In tief bewegter BrustVerdi, GiuseppeRequiem (Messa da Requiem)Wagner, RichardDie Meistersinger von Nurnberg» Am stillen Herd (Act 1)Die Walkure» Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater» Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Siegmund's Love-Song)Lohengrin» In fernem Land» Mein lieber SchwanParsifal» Amfortas! Die Wunde! (Act 2)» Nur eine Waffe taugt (Act 3)Rienzi» Allmacht'ger Vater, blick herab (Act 5)Siegfried» Dass der mein Vater nicht istTannhauser» Inbrunst im Herzen (Act 3)Wesendonck-Lieder (5) (orch. Felix Mottl)Weber, Carl Maria vonOberon, J306Zandonai, RiccardoGiulietta e Romeo» Giulietta, son io
