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The Observer, 6 September 2015 |
Fiona Maddocks |
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Jonas Kaufmann: Nessun Dorma: The Puccini Album CD review – pinging essence of Puccini |
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This
will delight those who adore chunks of Puccini or of Jonas Kaufmann or both,
and who do not mind the coincidence of the CD coming out within hours of the
Last Night of the Proms, where the 46-year-old German tenor with the dark
brown voice sang some of the same repertoire: the kind of launch party
promoters can only dream of. Having released some Puccini on Decca, Kaufmann
has switched to Sony and recorded familiar and less obvious repertoire
afresh with Antonio Pappano and the impassioned choir and orchestra of Santa
Cecilia, Rome. All the operas (except the all-female Suor Angelica) are
represented, ending with a pinging, thrilling Nessun Dorma. It’s as far from
Pavarotti as you can get, yet still captures the essence of Puccini.
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