Jonas Kaufmann – Wagner (CD)
Composer:  Richard Wagner
Release Date:  February 12, 2013
Conductor:  Donald Runnicles
Artists:  Jonas Kaufmann
Orchestra: Orchester de Deutschen Oper Berlin
Chorus: Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin 
Label: Decca

Jonas Kaufmann recorded this solo album especially for the Wagner anniversary year commemorating the composer’s 200th birthday, and is joined by the chorus and orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin under the direction of Donald Runnicles.
This CD includes a selection of the great Heldentenor scenes and arias coupled with the complete (and rarely recorded by the tenor voice) Wesendonck Lieder, along with scenes from Die Walküre, Siegfried, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tannhäuser and Lohengrin (extended Grail  Scene – Gralserzählung – with its original second verse).

Track Listings:
1. Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater
2. Daß der mein Vater nicht ist...Du holdes Voglein!
3. Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab
4. Inbrunst im Herzen
5. Am stillen Herd
6. In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten
7. Der Engel
8. Stehe still
9. Im Treibhaus
10. Schmerzen
11. Träume

“From the baritonal colorings, unforced power and lyrical elegance of Mr. Kaufmann’s Wagner singing on the new recording, he seems born to the [Wagner] style.” – New York Times

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