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Jonas Kaufmann: Nessun Dorma
RecommendedThe Puccini Album
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Kristine Opolais (soprano)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Although he does not sound very Italian, Kaufmann draws strength from staying true to himself, a gloriously bronze-voiced German tenor, welding musicianship with smouldering emotion...Pappano... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th September 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Recital
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Opera, November 2015, Recording of the Month
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Anima Rara
RecommendedErmonela Jaho (soprano), Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Andrea Battistoni
She has a slender tone, definitely more lyric than spinto, and is often so deeply invested in her role that it’s not always a very ‘pretty’ sound. Yet it’s exactly these qualities that are her... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th September 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Opera Arias
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt
This is [Dreisig’s] debut album and it is phenomenally good. First there is the concept of juxtaposing arias for the same dramatic character by different composers…Next, stylistic variety enables... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Opera Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Jeune Talent
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Vocal Recital
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Butterfly), Jonas Kaufmann (Pinkerton), Enkelejda Shkosa (Suzuki), Fabio Capitanucci (Sharpless), Gregory Bonfatti (Goro) & Raymond Aceto (Bonzo)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
In many respects Gheorghiu's singing reminds me of Callas's: in Act I they both adopt a 'little girl' voice, and in Act II they both sound more mature… so that by the tragic climax they present... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd March 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Opera
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Opera, April 2009, Recording of the Month
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Puccini: Tosca
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Tosca), Jonas Kaufmann (Cavaradossi), Bryn Terfel (Scarpia), Lukas Jakobski (Angelotti), Jeremy White (Sacristan)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Jonathan Kent (director)
Pappano's mastery of Puccinian pace and phrasing intensifies this turbulent score's onward surge, but he's also noticeable attentive to his singers...[Kaufmann's] cries of 'Vittoria!' are thrilling...and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, DVD of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, DVD Award (Performance)
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Paris, mon amour
RecommendedSonya Yoncheva (soprano), Etienne Dupuis (baritone), Celso Albelo (tenor)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Frederic Chaslin
gleaming, virtuoso singing. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Recital
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Opera, May 2015, Recording of the Month
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Puccini: La Bohème
RecommendedAnna Netrebko (Mimi), Rolando Villazón (Rodolfo), Nicole Cabell (Musetta), Boaz Daniel (Marcello), Stéphane Degout (Schaunard), Vitalij Kowaljow (Colline), Kevin Connors (Parpignol), Tiziano Bracci (Benoit/Alcindoro)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bertrand de Billy
As Rodolfo, Rolando Villazón is magnificent, by turns ardent and angry and there's a stream of bright golden tone in a ringing 'O soave fanciulla'. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
RecommendedCarol Neblett (Minnie), Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson), Sherrill Milnes (Jack Rance)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Zubin Mehta
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Lifetime Achievement Award
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Jonas Kaufmann - Romantic Arias
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato
This is an exciting disc, for it shows that at long last there is a German tenor whose voice is rich and warm enough to encompass the Romantic Italian reportoire, while being as much at home... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Recital
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2008, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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