[ Decca / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 21 January 2008
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Recital - "Were the position of World's Top Tenor available, there may be no stronger candidate at present than Kaufmann. For the most part this recital is a triumph." Gramophone Magazine, April 2008
1. Puccini "Che gelida manina" from La Bohème
2. Bizet "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" from Carmen
3. Flotow "Martha: Ach, so fromm" from Martha
4. Puccini "E lucevan le stelle" from Tosca
5. Verdi "Lo l'ho perduta… Io la vidi, a suo sorriso" from Don Carlos (Aria from Italian four act version)
6. Weber "Nein! Länger trag' ich nicht… Durch die Wälder, durch die Augen" from Der Freischütz
7. Verdi "Lunge da lei… De miei bollenti spiriti …O mio rimorso" from La Traviata (with Jana Sibera - soprano)
8. Massenet "Je suis seul… Ah! Fuyez, douce image" from Manon
9. Verdi "Ella mi fu rapita…Parmi veder le" from Rigoletto
10. Gounod "Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre?...Salut! Demeure chaste et pure" from Faust
11. Wagner "Morgendlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein" from Die Meistersinger
12. Berlioz "Invocation à la nature" from Damnation of Faust
13. Massenet "Pourquoi me réveiller" from Werther