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The Telegraph, 11 Jan 2015
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By Rupert Christiansen |
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Jonas Kaufmann, You Mean the World to Me, review: 'enthralling' |
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It’s hard not to be charmed by these
plushly upholstered melodies, says Rupert Christiansen |
The
greatest tenor of our day tackles the light music of the
Twenties and Thirties associated with popular singers such as
Richard Tauber, Jan Kiepura and Joseph Schmidt. Whipped-cream
kitsch abounds here, as does the lilting waltz, but it’s hard
not to be charmed by these plushly upholstered melodies,
especially if they are consumed in small doses.
Kaufmann
is always an intelligently stylish singer, and here he cleverly
lightens his timbre and manner to give each number (some of them
sung in English) the appropriate air of easy and spontaneous
sensuality.
Lehár’s You Are My Heart’s Delight and
Korngold’s Glück, das mir verblieb may be the star attractions
of the programme, but some lesser-known pearls such as Kálmán’s
Grüss mir mein Wien and Benatzky’s Es muss was wunderbares sein
are also resuscitated. Aficionados of the genre will be
enthralled.
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