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Review Gramophone Don't judge this album from the first aria - the Puccini arias are the weakest here. The French repertoire finds Kaufmann on excellent form. The most encouraging thing about him is his musical intelligence - a genuine soft high note to crown his Carmen Flower Song - and elsewhere he strives to serve the music. The voice can't quite do all he asks yet, but it's full of brooding, Vinay-like darkness.
Over ambitious? Yes, it's a stupendous voice, and Kaufmann is one of the great singers currently before the public, but some of these arias just don't suit him. Where is Rodolfo's good humour, Alfredo's youthful ebullience? The "Traviata" aria must be one of the least buoyant ever recorded. He floats a lovely voix mixte top C at the end of "Salut, demeure", but where is the sense of rapture and wonder? It's all a bit frowny and charmless, and all these varied characters sound more or less like the same person. He's at his... more info
Spectacular! THIS IS A VERY FINE VOICE OF SPECTACULAR QUALITY AND DRAMATIC ABILITY .kAUFFMANS VOICE REMINDS ME veryMUCH OF GIUSSEPPI giacominni.It is wonderfull to hear of a new tenor with such an incredible instrument instead of the usual trend that universal seem to indulge in of picking a performer for good looks and youth with substandard vocal abilities no names mentioned!!The A and R personel should look closer under their noses to find diamonds like Kaufmann believe me there are plenty of them all over the globe... more info
Tracks:
"Che gelida manina"
La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Ach, so fromm
"E lucevan le stelle"
Io l'ho perduta... Io la vidi, a suo sorriso
"Nein, länger trag' ich nicht die Quälen" - "Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen"
Lunge da lei...De miei bollenti spiriti...O mio rimorso - Jonas Kaufmann, Jana Sibera, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato
Je suis seul...Ah, fuyez, douce image
"Ella mi fu rapita...Parmi veder le lagrime"
Quel trouble inconnu...Salut! Demeure chaste et pure
