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Contents trad.: Engel haben Himmelslieder / Gloria in excelsis Deo Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Franz Farnberger (chorus master), St. Florianer Sängerknaben /Jochen Rieder Mendelssohn: Hark! the herald angels sing Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Alois Glaßner (chorus master), Bachchor Salzburg /Jochen Rieder trad.: Süßer die Glocken nie klingen Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Wade, J F: O come, all ye faithful Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Adam: Cantique de Noël (Minuit, Chrétiens) / O Holy Night Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Praetorius, M: In dulci jubilo Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder trad.: Kommet, ihr Hirten Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Handel: Tochter Zion Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Alois Glaßner (chorus master), Bachchor Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Christoph von Schmid: Ihr Kinderlein, kommet Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Traditional, Ralph Greaves, Ralph Vaughan Williams: What Child Is This? Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Gruber, F: Silent Night Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder trad.: Es wird schon glei dumpa Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Florian Pedarnig (harp) trad.: Still, still, still Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Florian Pedarnig (harp) trad.: Maria durch ein’ Dornwald ging Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Franz Farnberger (chorus master), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, St. Florianer Sängerknaben /Jochen Rieder Franz Xaver Rambold: Im Woid is so staad Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Florian Pedarnig (harp) Silcher: Alle Jahre wieder Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Berlin, I: White Christmas Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Pierpont: Jingle Bells Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder trad.: Was soll das bedeuten? Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder trad.: Vom Himmel hoch, ihr Englein, kommt! Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Yon: Gesu bambino Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Franz Farnberger (chorus master), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, St. Florianer Sängerknaben /Jochen Rieder Josef Annegarn: Lasst uns froh und munter sein Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Franz Farnberger (chorus master), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, St. Florianer Sängerknaben /Jochen Rieder trad.: Leise rieselt der Schnee Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Carl Gottlieb Hering: Morgen, Kinder, wird’s was geben Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder trad.: Entre le boeuf et l’ane gris Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Holst: In the Bleak Mid-winter (Cranham) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Praetorius, M: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder trad.: Macht hoch die Tür Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Alois Glaßner (chorus master), Bachchor Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Johann Sebastian Bach, Martin Luther: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469 Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Franz Farnberger (chorus master), St. Florianer Sängerknaben /Jochen Rieder trad.: O du fröhliche Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Alois Glaßner (chorus master), Bachchor Salzburg, Jochen Rieder trad.: O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder trad.: Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Luther: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder trad.: O Tannenbaum Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Köhler, Emmy: Nu tandas tusen juleljus Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Cologne Studio Big Band /Wieland Reissmann Gruber, F: Stille Nacht Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Florian Pedarnig (harp) trad.: Still, still, still Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg /Jochen Rieder Martin, Hugh: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Till Brönner (fluegelhorn), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Cologne Studio Big Band /Wieland Reissmann Bernard, F: Winter Wonderland Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Cologne Studio Big Band /Wieland Reissmann Tormé: Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Cologne Studio Big Band /Wieland Reissmann Styne: Let it snow Till Brönner (trumpet), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Cologne Studio Big Band /Wieland Reissmann Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff: All I Want For Christmas Is You Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Cologne Studio Big Band /Wieland Reissmann In a Christmas album that is a gift itself, Jonas Kaufmann – the most acclaimed operatic tenor of the age – echoes his own holiday memories and joys with It’s Christmas!, celebrating the most festive time of the year with a unique selection of beloved songs and carols. This uniquely rich and diverse holiday album features 40 favorites that reflect the many facets of Christmas, from ancient Christian hymns to contemporary pop classics.“When I think of Christmas, many memories spring to mind,” Kaufmann writes, in his liner note for It’s Christmas! “In this I’m probably like everyone else. Christmas is the festival of contemplation and remembrance, of joy and light.”Christmas has had a special meaning for Kaufmann ever since he landed on the front page of a Munich newspaper – at the age of eight – after describing his family’s lively, musical Christmas Eve so vividly that he won a school prize. The songs he has chosen for It’s Christmas! reflect that happy experience and the many moods and pleasures of the Christmas holidays, from grateful worship to the exhilaration of celebrating with family and friends.The most versatile and exciting tenor on the world’s operatic and concert stages today, Jonas Kaufmann brings his all-encompassing style to this one-of-a-kind Christmas collection.His choices include a rich selection of traditional German holiday songs (“O du fröhliche,” “O Tannenbaum,” “Still, still, still”) the young Kaufmann sang around the Christmas tree with his family every Christmas Eve. Also included are haunting English carols (“What Child is This”, “In the Bleak Midwinter”) and such beloved worldwide favorites as “O Holy Night” and “Silent Night.”The album’s breadth of variety is also illustrated by the inclusion of rare intimate German-Alpine Christmas songs for voice and harp accompaniment. Then, a highly personal selection of American pop holiday favorites – “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!,” “Winter Wonderland,” “The Christmas Song,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “White Christmas.” For Jonas Kaufmann, these casual, intimate holiday classics bring back a special memory.“The moment when everyone sat around the tree surrounded by gifts and mountains of wrapping paper, completely exhausted yet overjoyed,” he recalls, “and my father brought out his record collection to indulge his not-so-secret passion for the swinging American Christmas of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and the rest.”To provide the perfect settings for the songs that comprise It’s Christmas!, Kaufmann collaborates with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, the Bachchor Salzburg and the St. Florianer Sängerknaben, all conducted by Jochen Rieder, as well as harpist Florian Pedarnig and the Cologne Studio Big Band, conducted by Wieland Reissmann with guest artist Till Brönner playing Trumpet and Flugelhorn on two songs. |