Gramophone Award Finalist 2010

Buy a copy of Jonas Kaufmann singing Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner and receive a copy of the Universal Classics and Jazz DVD/CD sampler ‘See How Great They Sound’.

Beethoven: Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! from Fidelio

Mozart: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte)

Mozart: Die Weisheitslehre….. führt mich der Ton zu ihr from Die Zauberflöte

Schubert: Was quälst du mich… In tiefbewegter Brust from Fierrabras

Schubert: Schon, wenn es beginnt zu tragen….und mein Herze will ihm nach from Alfonso und Estrella

Wagner: In fernem Land (Lohengrin)

Wagner: Mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin)

Wagner: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond (Siegmund) - Lenzlied

Wagner: Amfortas, die Wunde!

Wagner: Nur eine Waffe taugt… from Parsifal

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Claudio Abbado

Jonas Kaufmann is now established as the most successful and versatile tenor of his generation, attracting rave reviews for his live performances and recordings.

Following the international success of Romantic Arias, Jonas Kaufmann returns with this album of outstanding arias from German opera; music of his homeland which he grew up hearing.

The great opera conductor Claudio Abbado directs the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Arnold Schoenberg Chor in his first ever vocal recital recording for Decca, and his first Decca recording for almost 40 years.

The album cover shows Jonas Kaufmann as ‘Wanderer’ - inspired by the much-loved paining by German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich.

Jonas Kaufmann’s recording of Schubert’s great German song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin with pianist Helmut Deutsch, will be released in 2010. This album will be packaged as a ‘sister product’ to this album of German arias.