The sound of movies CD Longplay Digipack

Launch September 15, 2023

CD Longplay Digipack Edition

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.

Great 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.

Recorded 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.

"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."

Kaufmann 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.

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.