You Mean the World to Me

Kaufmann offers a more intimate, less full-throated approach than [Tauber or Schmidt], but it's highly effective and both his musicianship and his attention to text are characteristically impeccable.... — BBC Music Magazine, More…

Release Date: 15th Sep 2014
Catalogue No: 88843087712
Label: Sony
Length: 66 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

Opera Choice
Presto Recording of the Week

15th September 2014

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Lehár: Paganini: "Gern hab ich die Frau'n geküsst"

3:23

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Heymann: Ein blonder Traum: "Irgendwo auf der Welt"

2:55

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Tauber: Du bist die Welt für mich

3:52

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Lehár: Frasquita: "Hab' ein blaues Himmelbett"

3:42

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Stolz, R: Liebeskommando: "Im Traum hast Du mir alles erlaubt"

3:06

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Kalman: Gräfin Mariza: "Grüß mir mein Wien"

5:27

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns)

3:39

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

May, H: Ein Lied geht um die Welt

2:40

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Lehár: Giuditta: "Freunde das Leben ist lebenswert!"

3:25

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Abraham: Victor und ihr Husar: "Reich mir zum Abschied noch einmal die Hände"

4:20

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Julia Kleiter (soprano)

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Benatzky: Es muss was wunderbares sein

2:58

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Abraham: Die Blume von Hawaii: "Diwanpüppchen"

4:06

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Julia Kleiter (soprano)

Stolz, R: Das Lied ist aus: "Frag nicht, warum ich gehe"

3:49

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Spoliansky: Das Lied einer Nacht: "Heute Nacht oder nie"

3:10

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Künneke, Eduard: Die große Sünderin: "Das Lied vom Leben des Schrenk"

4:26

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Korngold: Die tote Stadt: "Glück, das mir verblieb"

6:12

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jochen Rieder
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Julia Kleiter (soprano)

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Recording of the Week, Jonas Kaufmann sings popular German music from the 1920s and 30s

15th September 2014

Katherine listens to German tenor Jonas Kaufmann's latest release, an enchanting collection of German operetta and light music numbers.

Jonas dedicates his new album to the golden era of German music which flourished in Berlin between 1925 & 1935. He shows an undeniable mastery of this demanding repertoire, which was written for the leading tenors of the time.

‘Lied vom Leben des Schrenk’ by Künneke in particular has only been recorded 3 times before and is hugely challenging vocally. Jonas draws inspiration from an artistically rich and fascinating time of European musical history. The repertoire ranges from the Lehár-Tauber-Hits of the Roaring Twenties until the heyday of the mid 1930s which saw the eventual expulsion and banning of the composers, lyricists and singers who had defined the genre.

The repertoire draws from 3 strands of musical history (Talking movies, Operetta and Polystylistic composers) and shows Jonas’ voice at its most flexible.

The album naturally also includes operetta evergreens by the unbeatable composer-tenor pairing of Franz Lehàr and Richard Tauber – including “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz”, “Hab’ ein blaues Himmelbett ” and “Gern hab ich die Frauen geküßt”.

Jonas’ favoured encores - Richard Tauber’s famous self-penned “Du bist die Welt für mich” and “Ein Lied geht um die Welt” made famous by Joseph Schmidt in the movie of the same title - are also included.

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Kaufmann offers a more intimate, less full-throated approach than [Tauber or Schmidt], but it's highly effective and both his musicianship and his attention to text are characteristically impeccable. Also noteworthy are the orchestrations, which - wherever possible - are the originals, and elsewhere stylish copies...Kaufmann devotees will find him the perfect matinee idol.

December 2014

It should be wonderful - and it sometimes is. Kaufmann certainly has the vocal range to deliver both the heroics of Kunneke's 'Lied vom Leben des Schrenk' and the close-to-the-mic smooch of Abraham's 'Diwanpuppchen'...But he sounds at times uncertain of what emotional line to take...But nobody in this country...should be put off a chance to hear such repertoire so well sung.

15th September 2014

Kaufmann’s affinity with this material goes far beyond his matinee-idol image...He must surely have one of the widest dynamic ranges of any singer around, which pays especially rich rewards in this music: the ‘crooner’ numbers never sound either oversung or undersupported, even in the upper reaches of the voice...For me, though, it’s the big dramatic showpieces that really bring the house down.

26th October 2014

Kaufmann sings more heroically than the lyric tenors Richard Tauber and Joseph Schmidt, who made songs by Lehar, Kalman, Stolz and co international hits. But it’s thrilling to hear a Siegmund voice in Lehar’s best-known Tauber Lied, You Are My Heart’s Delight, and Freunde, das Leben ist Lebenswert.

11th January 2015

it’s hard not to be charmed by these plushly upholstered melodies, especially if they are consumed in small doses. Kaufmann is always an intelligently stylish singer, and here he cleverly lightens his timbre and manner to give each number...the appropriate air of easy and spontaneous sensuality...Aficionados of the genre will be enthralled.

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