Jonas Kaufmann – It’s Christmas!

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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.