Strauss: Lieder ~ Kaufmann

Jonas Kaufmann - Strauss: Lieder ~ Kaufmann

Strauss: Lieder ~ Kaufmann
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Artist: Jonas Kaufmann
Composer: Richard [1] Strauss
Performer: Helmut Deutsch
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2006-08-08
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Soundtracks:
  1. Zueignung Op.10 No.1
  2. Nichts Op.10 No.2
  3. Die Nacht Op.10 No.3
  4. Wer Hat's Getan Op.10 No.6
  5. Befreit Op.39 No.4
  6. Allerseelen Op.10 No.8
  7. Ruhe, Meine Seele Op.27 No.1
  8. Cacilie Op.27 No.2
  9. Heimliche Aufforderung Op.27 No.3
  10. Morgen! Op.27 No.4
  11. Freundlichhe Vision Op.48 No.1
  12. Ich Liebe Dich Op.37 No.2
  13. All Mein Gedanken... Op.21 No.1
  14. Du Meines Herzens Kronelein Op.21 No.2
  15. Ach Lieb, Ich Muss Nun Scheiden! Op.21 No.3
  16. Ach Weh Mir Ungluckhaftem Mann Op.21 No.4
  17. Die Frauen Sind Oft Fromm Und Still Op.21 No.5
  18. Traum Durch Die Dammerung Op.29 No.1
  19. Nachtgang Op.29 No.3
  20. Wozu Noch, Madchen Op.19 No.1
  21. Breit' Uber Mein Haupt Op.19 No.2
  22. Schon Sinid, Doch Kalt Die Himmelssterne Op.19 No.3
  23. Wie Sollten Wir Geheim Sie Halten Op.19 No.5
  24. Hoffen Und Wieder Verzagen Op.19 No.5
  25. Mein Herz Ist Stumm Op.19 No.6
  26. Ich Trage Meine Minnie Op.32 No.1
  27. Sehnsucht Op.32 No.2
  28. Schlectes Wetter Op.69 No.5

Music reviews of Strauss: Lieder ~ Kaufmann

Music Review: Strauss with hair on its chest - but sung with delicacy, too
Rating: 5 Stars

In a world increasingly enamoured of gargly German baritones and weedy English tenors it is such a pleasure to those of us who value "real" voices to hear this music sung full-throatedly by a proper tenor who offers hefty tone with the ability to fine it down to an attractive mezza voce; thus there is a true distinction between Kaufmann's operatic top B's and his whispered pianissimi rather than just different degrees of microphone-caressing bleating in mixed falsetto.

Since this disc first won Lieder-lovers' attention, it then took the Gramophone 2007 award for the best vocal recital and Kaufmann has gone on to release several more wonderful recitals while establishing himself as a rising Wagnerian tenor who also sings Don Carlo, Don José and still do justice to Mozart. Of course some will accuse him of bellowing and never be reconciled to his beefy, grainy tone, very reminiscent of Jon Vickers'. (I cannot for the life of me understand why commentators persist in apparently hearing similarities between, and making comparisons with, Fritz Wunderlich; apart from the fact that they are both German tenors and great artists they have virtually nothing in common.)

The intensity and commitment he brings to these gorgeous songs is a shock to those who want to hear pallid little voices aping emotion instead of testosterone-pumped outpourings of passion. His diction is of course a joy and his willingness to shade the dynamics from one phrase to the next - and indeed within phrases - brings enormous variety and drama. The best illustration of this width of tonal range, ability to shade dynamics and broad palette of vocal colours is perhaps to be found in his mesmerising account of "Ruhe, meine Seele" - but you could drop in on any song and find those qualities displayed to advantage.

Drawbacks are the brittle recorded sound of the piano and even the rather polite accompaniments from Helmut Deutsch, who is the regular partner to the whole current generation of German Lieder singers and more restrained here than in "Die Schöne Müllerin" with Kaufmann - or perhaps that restraint is partly a function of the slightly recessed, clattery sound and Deutsch is intermittently decidedly more extrovert, such as at the climactic end of "Ich liebe dich". Either way, these minor cavils are not enough to make me withhold a star from these captivating readings; as I listen, one song after another vies to be my favourite the way they are performed here.
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