{"title":"Jonas Kaufmann","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-sound-of-movies-cd","title":"The sound of movies CD Longplay Digipack","description":"\u003cp\u003e Launch September 15, 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eCD Longplay Digipack Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The limited edition deluxe digi-pack includes a personal introduction by Jonas Kaufmann, complete booklet in English, German and French, as well as several original film posters and multiple photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreat classic movie songs have always been tenor Jonas Kaufmann's passion, and his new album for Sony Classical The Sound of Movies celebrates him with nearly a century of unforgettable movie songs that have thrilled audiences around the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eRecorded with spectacular sound, together with the National Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the Czech Republic, conducted by Jochen Rieder, Kaufmann also features the collaboration of the famous guitarist Miloš Karadaglić on three of the tracks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Immersing yourself in this world for a few hours and forgetting everything around you is incredibly fascinating - similar to theater or opera,\" Kaufmann says of classic film music. \"I have traveled extensively over many years, often alone for weeks and months at a time in foreign cities on the other side of the world. In addition to museums, it was cinema - that great opportunity to entertain yourself when you are alone - that captured my imagination.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003eKaufmann fell in love with film music through the leading tenors of the Weimar era, Joseph Schmidt and Richard Tauber, as well as the sublime orchestrations of the great film composers of the Golden Age, such as Erich Korngold and Max Steiner. that were steeped in the heritage of Puccini and Strauss. For Kaufmann, The Sound of Movies presents the undeniable influence of opera on the most popular of art forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Sound of Movies reflects Kaufmann's fascination with a collection of popular hits, in several languages, spanning from Weimar-era Germany (a song written to accompany the 1929 silent film Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame ) to \"Bring Him Home\" from the 2012 film of the worldwide hit musical Les Misérables.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonas Kaufmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46791493812561,"sku":"19658811552","price":19.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0581\/0559\/4006\/files\/Kaufmann_SoundofMovies_embargoed_JUNE_21.jpg?v=1687246775"},{"product_id":"parsifal-de-wagner-4-cd-s","title":"Wagner's Parsifal 4 Cd's","description":"\u003cp\u003e Release March 1, 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eDeluxe Limited Edition 4 CDs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eJonas Kaufmann sings the title role in the new live recording of Wagner's Parsifal, from the Vienna State Opera's celebrated 2021 production, under the direction of Philippe Jordan, with the announced debut of Elīna Garanča as Kundry, Georg Zeppenfeld as Gurnemanz, Ludovic Tézier as Amfortas and Wolfgang Koch as Klingsor. The press response after the premiere was unanimous: \"A sensational cast\" (Der Standard), and \"A luxury ensemble performance\" (Die Zeit).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSony Classical will publish the complete opera on March 1, 2024 in a deluxe hardcover book that includes 4 CDs and a 284-page booklet in German, English and French, with numerous photos of director Kirill Serebrennikov's stunning production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jonas Kaufmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47695051850065,"sku":"19439947742","price":42.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0581\/0559\/4006\/files\/wagner.jpg?v=1701944198"},{"product_id":"puccini-love-affairs-cd-digipack","title":"Puccini: Love Affairs CD Digipack","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelease September 13, 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD Digipack Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Berlin, July 19) Following the phenomenal success of his first Puccini album, 2015 Grammy-nominated \"Nessun Dorma\", Jonas Kaufmann now presents a new album of Puccini highlights on the occasion of the composer's 2024 anniversary. For the new recording, he has selected six great duets and scenes with six outstanding sopranos: legendary love scenes, emotionally charged Love Affairs.\u003cbr\u003e\"What really appealed to me was to record these very different duets with different partners,\" says Kaufmann. \"With almost all of them, I've had unforgettable moments on stage.\"\u003cbr\u003eManon Lescaut is sung by Anna Netrebko, with whom he has performed many times throughout his career. This year, audiences have heard them together in two productions of Ponchielli's La Gioconda. Tosca is sung by Sonya Yoncheva, who recently partnered with him at the Arena di Verona. The role of Butterfly is sung by Maria Agresta, who will be touring with Kaufmann next October for Puccini's centenary and will perform some of the repertoire from this album. Following their astonishing success in the new Vienna production of Turandot in December 2023, Asmik Grigorian and Jonas Kaufmann now embody the tragic lovers in Il Tabarro. And as in the opera performances at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Malin Byström is once again his partner here in La Fanciulla del West. The album also features a debut, that of Jonas Kaufmann and Pretty Yende, who are heard together for the first time in the famous love duet from La Bohème. \u003cbr\u003eAsher Fisch, the album's conductor, is a frequent collaborator with Kaufmann: \"We've known each other for many years. This is also our second album, after Dolce Vita, which we recorded in Palermo in 2016. This time we went to Bologna, and to the brilliant Orchestra del Teatro Comunale, with whom I gave a concert a few years ago.\"\u003cbr\u003eThe new album also includes two of Puccini's tenor hits that did not appear on the first album in 2015: \"Che gelida manina\" from La Bohème and \"E lucevan le stelle\" from Tosca. \u003cbr\u003eFor Jonas Kaufmann, Puccini's music is and remains a unique phenomenon: \"The buttons he presses with his music still work, a hundred years after his death, and they do so in a modern society completely jaded by an endless deluge of bad news and experiences. Much has been written about Puccini, but, in my opinion, no one has been able to explain how he managed to evoke such incredibly powerful emotions with hardly any notes. That's a mystery that probably no AI in the world can understand.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonas Kaufmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49045880963409,"sku":"19802806712","price":19.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0581\/0559\/4006\/files\/876778.jpg?v=1721380268"},{"product_id":"puccini-love-affairs-cd-estandar","title":"Puccini: Love Affairs Standard CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelease September 13, 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStandard CD Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Berlin, July 19) Following the phenomenal success of his first Puccini album, the 2015 Grammy-nominated \"Nessun Dorma,\" Jonas Kaufmann now presents a new album of Puccini highlights to mark the composer's 2024 anniversary. For the new recording, he has selected six great duets and scenes with six outstanding sopranos: legendary love scenes, emotionally charged Love Affairs.\u003cbr\u003e\"What really appealed to me was to record these very different duets with different partners,\" says Kaufmann. \"With almost all of them, I have experienced unforgettable moments on stage.\"\u003cbr\u003eManon Lescaut is sung by Anna Netrebko, with whom he has performed many times throughout his career. This year, audiences have heard them together in two productions of Ponchielli’s La Gioconda. Tosca is sung by Sonya Yoncheva, who recently partnered with him at the Arena di Verona. The role of Butterfly is sung by Maria Agresta, who will be touring with Kaufmann next October to mark Puccini's centenary and will perform some of the repertoire from this album. Following their amazing success in the new Viennese production of Turandot in December 2023, Asmik Grigorian and Jonas Kaufmann now embody the tragic lovers in Il Tabarro. And as in the opera performances at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Malin Byström is once again his partner here in La Fanciulla del West. The album also features a debut, that of Jonas Kaufmann and Pretty Yende, who are heard together for the first time in the famous love duet from La Bohème.\u003cbr\u003eAsher Fisch, the album's conductor, is a regular collaborator of Kaufmann's: \"We have known each other for many years. This is also our second album, after Dolce Vita, which we recorded in Palermo in 2016. This time we went to Bologna, and to the brilliant orchestra of the Teatro Comunale, with whom I gave a concert a few years ago.\"\u003cbr\u003eThe new album also includes two of Puccini's tenor hits that did not appear on the first album from 2015: \"Che gelida manina\" from La Bohème and \"E lucevan le stelle\" from Tosca.\u003cbr\u003eFor Jonas Kaufmann, Puccini's music is and remains a unique phenomenon: \"The buttons he presses with his music still work, a hundred years after his death, and they do so in a modern society completely jaded by an endless barrage of bad news and experiences. Much has been written about Puccini, but, in my opinion, no one has been able to explain how he managed to evoke such incredibly powerful emotions with hardly any notes. 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This production reimagines the cycle through a contemporary theatrical lens, adding a powerful visual and narrative dimension to Schubert’s final songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs a special bonus, the release includes six previously unreleased recordings from Kaufmann’s private archive: selections from Dichterliebe recorded in 1994 during his student years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhile Dichterliebe is one of the most beloved song cycles of the Romantic era—capturing the full spectrum of love, from rapture to heartbreak, with exquisite sensitivity and poetic depth—the Kerner-Lieder reveal a more introspective and dramatic side of Schumann. These songs explore themes of solitude, nature, and spiritual longing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe DVD features the acclaimed theatrical production of Doppelgänger, directed by Claus Guth and performed at New York’s Park Avenue Armory. Taking its name from the final song, \"Der Doppelgänger\"—in which a soldier confronts the unsettling reality that he did not survive the war—this Armory commission poignantly explores the yearning for life’s beauty and the idea that death is not an abrupt end, but a final, reflective journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eCD Content: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eSchumann: Dichterliebe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eSchumann: Kerner-Lieder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eExclusive bonus content: Six songs from 1994 from Jonas Kaufmann’s private archives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDVD Content: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe celebrated and visually spectacular New York stage production of Schubert’s “Schwanengesang,” Doppelgänger, directed by Claus Guth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"language: es; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; mso-vertical-align-alt: auto; mso-line-break-override: none; word-break: normal; punctuation-wrap: simple; margin: 0pt 0in 0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; font-variant: normal; color: black; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; language: es; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; mso-text-raise: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonas Kaufmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51470248706385,"sku":"19439781382","price":24.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0581\/0559\/4006\/files\/jkcd_305963c1-1235-4b7a-bcee-dda3cc5becfa.png?v=1752837128"}],"url":"https:\/\/store.sonymusic.es\/en-eu\/collections\/jonas-kaufmann.oembed","provider":"Sony Music Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}