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