Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Jonas Kaufmann – Video Preview of "The Verdi Album"

Here is the new promotional video for Herr Kaufmann's forthcoming Verdi Album (mid-September in the U.S.). It's always a joy to watch him at work, and to hear him talk about singing and about the music,  

Also, over at his official website there is a great video about his recital activities, including excerpts from several lieder and chansons. (I am not sure how new it is, but it's new to me, at least!) 




THE VERDI ALBUM – Jonas Kaufmann
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813–1901)
Rigoletto
1 “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
2 “Se quel guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida” (Radamès)
Un ballo in maschera
3 “Di’ tu se fedele” (Riccardo)
4 “Forse la soglia attinse … Ma se m’è forza perderti” (Riccardo)
Il trovatore
5: “Ah! sì, ben mio … Di quella pira” (Manrico)
with Giovanni Gregnanin Ruiz · Erika Grimaldi Leonora
Luisa Miller
6 “Oh! fede negar potessi … Quando le sere al placido” (Rodolfo)
Simon Boccanegra
7 “O inferno! Amelia qui! … Sento avvampar nell’anima … Cielo pietoso, rendila” (Gabriele)
Don Carlo
8 “È lui! desso, l’Infante! … Dio, che nell’alma infondere” (Don Carlo)
with Franco Vassallo Rodrigo · Daniele Cusari un frate
La forza del destino
9 “La vita è inferno all’infelice … O tu, che in seno agli angeli” (Alvaro)
I masnadieri
10 “Destatevi, o pietre! … Giuri ognun questo canuto” (Carlo)
Otello
11 “Dio! mi potevi scagliar” (Otello)
12“Niun mi tema” (Otello)
with Franco Vassallo Jago
BONUS TRACK
Macbeth
13 “O figli, o figli miei! … Ah, la paterna mano” (Macduff)

Coro del Teatro Municipale di Piacenza
Orchestra dell’Opera di Parma
PIER GIORGIO MORANDI

2 comments:

  1. I like how he qualifies Otello, and how they tack it on last in the track order, so that people have their expectations simultaneously raised and just a bit dampened.

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    1. Yes. Managing the customers' expectations is a valuable business skill! Frankly, I'd rather he stay away from stuff like Otello, anyway, but I guess that's really not up to me. :-)

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