1 - OPERA NEWS, June 1999:
LOEWE: Die Drei
Wünsche |
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- There's gold in this recording in the magnificent lyric tenor
Jonas Kaufmann, who sounds eerily like Fritz Wunderlich and has the
musical instincts and brains to match. Like Wunderlich, Kaufmann is a
compellingly intense singer who pays attention to inflection and motivic
articulation in the context of a cumulative, goal-oriented rhythm. He
navigates the elaborate fioriture of his Act III cavatina
("Philosophie oder liebe") with uncommon ease, impeccable legato and a
clarion yet full-bodied sonority richly supported in every register. I
look forward to hearing much more from this singer, whose contribution
here makes having this set all the more worthwhile. |
