Credits:

Jonas Kaufmann

Description:

Jonas Kaufmann, the most popular tenor singer in the world today, sings Mahler's "Ode to the Earth" with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The work is a fusion of symphony and song, with lyrics freely adapted from Chinese poems by Li Bai, Meng Hao Chan, Wang Wei, and others, in six movements. This is a challenge to an unprecedented realm, and it can only be done by Kaufmann, who is in the groove. In Vienna, Kaufmann received rave reviews, saying, "It is moving to see the scale of the work's conception controlled by a single singer. The Vienna Philharmonic, which Mahler served as chief conductor and has produced masterpieces of "Songs of the Earth" for many generations, including Walter and Bernstein, has a clear and rich sound, and Jonathan Nott, born in England in 1962 and music director of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, is the perfect partner to conduct. Kaufman's recording of Mahler is backed up by the most suitable partners. ■Commemorative CD / Blu-spec CD2 / Recorded in June 2016 at the Musikvereinsaal, Vienna

Tracklisting:

1 DAS LIED VON DER ERDE 1.DAS TRINKLIED VOM JAMMER DER ERDE. ALLEGRO PESANTE / Jonas Kaufmann
2 DAS LIED VON DER ERDE 2.DER EINSAME IM HERBST. ETWAS SCHLEICHEND. ERMUDET / Jonas Kaufmann
3 DAS LIED VON DER ERDE 3.VON DER JUGEND. BEHAGLICH HEITER / Jonas Kaufmann
4 DAS LIED VON DER ERDE 4.VON DER SCHONHEIT. COMODO DOLCISSIMO / Jonas Kaufmann
5 DAS LIED VON DER ERDE 5.DER TRUNKENE IM FRUHLING. ALLEGRO / Jonas Kaufmann
6 DAS LIED VON DER ERDE 6.DER ABSCHIED. SCHWER / Jonas Kaufmann