Jonas Kaufmann - Decca Recordings (15CD)

First box-set anthology chronicling a major chapter in the recording life of supreme tenor Jonas Kaufmann Encompasses a period of a whole decade of glorious music-making: 2002–2012. Provides a rounded portrait of Jonas Kaufmann as opera star and Lieder recitalist, hear heard at the height of his vocal prowess. All recordings unfailingly received rave reviews at the time of release; many of them are standard-setting and are now returned to physical circulation as part of this set. All additional material recorded in sessions for respective albums included with those albums. Featured among the operatic repertoire is a rare recording of Humperdinck’s fairytale opera Königskinder with the late Armin Jordan. 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 (audio only, in German and English)

Original Jackets · Limited Edition.

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CD 1

MOZART, BEETHOVEN, SCHUBERT, WAGNER: ARIAS
Claudio Abbado; James Levine

CD 2

VERISMO ARIAS
Antonio Pappano

CD 3

ROMANTIC ARIAS
Marco Armiliato

CD 4-5

WAGNER: WESENDONCK-LIEDER; ARIAS
Donald Runnicles

JONAS KAUFMANN DISCUSSES WAGNER
(English / German)

CD 6

SCHUBERT: DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN; DER JÜNGLING AN DER QUELLE
Helmut Deutsch

CDs 7–8

WAGNER: OBERON
John Eliot Gardiner

CDs 9–10

BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO

Claudio Abbado

CDs 11–13

HUMPERDINCK: KÖNIGSKINDER
Armin Jordan

CDs 14–15

VERDI: MESSA DA REQUIEM
Daniel Barenboim