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Jonas Kaufmann Opera arias by Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner Kaufmann (tenor); Mahler CO/Abbado ‘Kaufmann is the German tenor we have been waiting for’

Michael Tanner

Published: September 28, 2009 at 1:49 pm

‘Jonas Kaufmann is the German tenor we have been waiting for’ Michael Tanner

Jonas Kaufmann Opera arias by Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner Jonas Kaufmann (tenor); with Margarete Joswig (mezzo-soprano), Michael Volle (bass-baritone), Valdis Jansons (bass); Mahler CO/Claudio Abbado Decca 478 1463 69:25 mins

For a full review of this disc, take a look at the November issue of BBC Music Magazine

Audio clip: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - ‘Dies Bildnis ist bezubernd schön’

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Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.