In an interview that serves as the booklet for this Sony release, tenor Jonas Kaufmann relates his various connections to the musical tradition of Vienna, including family vacations in Austria when he was young and close study of the music. He recalls being rebuked by a teacher for using the wrong Viennese accent, and there are still more arcane references that those of the German cultural sphere are more likely to get than others. This is all to the good (you can look them up), and all of this is to say that Wien is ...
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In an interview that serves as the booklet for this Sony release, tenor Jonas Kaufmann relates his various connections to the musical tradition of Vienna, including family vacations in Austria when he was young and close study of the music. He recalls being rebuked by a teacher for using the wrong Viennese accent, and there are still more arcane references that those of the German cultural sphere are more likely to get than others. This is all to the good (you can look them up), and all of this is to say that Wien is something more than a Viennese greatest-hits album from Kaufmann. There are indeed a few familiar operetta tunes here, such as Wiener Blut, Wiener Blut, and the arch-romantic " Komm in die Gondel ," one of a lovely trio of tunes from Eine Nacht in Venedig. However, there are also lesser-known operetta selections where Kaufmann excels. Sample the delicious "Zwei Märchenaugen" ("Two Fairy-Tale Eyes") from Die Zirkusprinzessin by the underrated Emmerich Kálman. Operetta occupies the...
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Add this copy of Wien to cart. $21.20, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Sony Classical.
