Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Verismo Arias (2010)

Jonas Kaufmann returns to the Italian verismo tradition to sing arias that define opera's most passionate and vulnerable leading men. Kaufmann's international reputation is soaring as, going from strength to strength, he delivers consistently thrilling performances. The onyx-dark beauty of his tone and the refinement and unexpected insights of his delivery mark Jonas Kaufmann a poet of tenors. Timed to coincide with his role debut as Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur at Covent Garden opposite Angela Gheorghiu, this disc includes excerpts from the Cilea work that helped put Caruso on the map. This album also entices with rarities from Zandonai's dramatic Giulietta e Romeo and Puccini's Le Villi. Supporting Jonas Kaufmann is Italy's leading symphonic orchestra, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, under its dynamic music director Antonio Pappano. Both maestro and orchestra are utterly at home in this repertoire.

Performer:
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Eva-Maria Westbroek, Maddalena (17)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Antonio Pappano, conductor

Track List:
Riccardo Zandonai (1883-1944)
01. Giulietta e Romeo: "Giulietta! Son io!"
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)
02. Andrea Chénier: "Colpito qui m'avete … Un dì all’azzurro spazio"
03. Andrea Chénier: "Come un bel dì di maggio"
Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)
04. L'Arlesiana: "È la solita storia del pastore"
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
05. La bohème: "Musetta! O gioia della mia dimora! - Testa adorata"
06.Pagliacci: "Recitar!…Vesti la giubba"
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
07. Cavalleria Rusticana: "Intanto, amici, qua…Viva il vino spumeggiante"
08. Cavalleria Rusticana: "Mamma! Mamma, quel vino è generoso"
Arrigo Boito (1842-1918)
09. Mefistofele: "Dai campi, dai prati"
10. Mefistofele: "Giunto sul passo estremo"
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)
11. Fedora: "Amor ti vieta"
Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)
12. Adriana Lecouvreur: "L'anima ho stanca"
13. Adriana Lecouvreur: "La dolcissima effigie"
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
14. I Lituani: "Sì, questa estrema grazia"
15. La Gioconda: "Cielo e mar"
Licino Refice (1883-1954)
16, Ombra di Nube
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)
17. Andrea Chénier: "Vicino a te s'acqueta"