The Music Pages | September 2009


	Cat. No.: 478 1442 Barcode: 0028947814429 Label: Decca CD Release Date: September			Marcelo Álvarez \| The Verdi Tenor ARTISTS Marcelo Álvarez, tenor Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra Daniel Oren TRACK LISTING VERDI 1. "Se quel guerrier Io fossi...Celeste Aida" from Aida 2. "Di tu se fedele" from Un ballo in maschera 3. "Forse la soglie attinse...Ma se me forza perderti" from Un ballo in maschera 4. "Fede negar" from (Luisa Miller) 5. "Quando le sere al placido" from Luisa Miller 6. "L'ara, o l'avello apprestami" from Luisa Miller 7. "La vita e un inferno all'infelice" from La forza del destino 8. "O tu che in seno" from La forza del destino 9. "Quale d'armi fragor poc'anzi intesi?" from Il Trovatore (featuring Annalisa Raspagliosi as Leonora) 10. "Ah! si, ben mio" from Il Trovatore 11. "L'onda de suoni mistici" from Il Trovatore (featuring Annalisa Raspagliosi as Leonora and Arturo Chacon Cruz as Ruiz) 12. "Di quella pira" from Il Trovatore (featuring Annalisa Raspagliosi as Leonora) 13. "La mia letizia" from I Lombardi 14. "Merce diletti amici...Come rugiada al cespite" from Ernani 15. "Dell'esilio nel dolore...O tu, che l'alma adora" from Ernani 16. "Io l'ho perduta...Io la vidi" from Don Carlos 17. "O figli, o figli miei...Ah, la paterna mano" from Macbeth 18. "Niun mi tema" from Otello From one of the greatest Verdi singers on today's operatic stage, a disc of the most glorious music Verdi wrote for the tenor voice "Alvarez performs with generosity and compassion, throwing himself into the high emotions demanded. He scales his high notes joyfully, boldly, never indulgently. This is familiar Pavarotti territory, but in Alvarez's hands a more tormented and impassioned experience." Evening Standard, London (on Il Trovatore at Covent Garden) Marcelo Álvarez showcases the voice that has made him THE Verdi tenor on today's operatic stage, in his first disc for Decca. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 478 1463 Barcode: 0028947814634 Label: Decca CD Release Date: September			Jonas Kaufmann \| Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Wagner ARTISTS Jonas Kaufmann, tenor Mahler Chamber Orchestra Arnold Schoenberg Chor Claudio Abbado TRACK LISTING WAGNER 1. "In fernem Land...bin Lohengrin genannt" from Lohengrin 2. "Mein lieber Schwan... Leb wohl!" from Lohengrin MOZART 3. "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön...Ware sie dann mein" from Die Zauberflöte 4. "Die Weisheitslehre...führt mich der Ton zu ihr" from Die Zauberflöte SCHUBERT 5. "Was quälst du mich...In tiefbewegter Brust" from Fierrabras 6. "Schon, wenn es beginnt zu tragen...und mein Herze will ihm nach" from Alfonso und Estrella BEETHOVEN 7. "Gott, Welch Dunkel...In des lebens Frühlingstagen" from Fidelio WAGNER 8. "Wintererstürme wichen dem Wonnemond" from Die Walküre 9. "Amfortas! Die Wunde!...Ewig von mir" from Parsifal 10. "Nur eine Waffe taugt" from Parsifal Jonas Kaufmann is now established as the most successful and versatile tenor of his generation, attracting rave reviews for his live performances and recordings. Following the international success of Romantic Arias, Jonas Kaufmann returns with this album of outstanding arias from German opera; music of his homeland which he grew up hearing. It includes outstanding German tenor arias from the great operas of Wagner, as well as the challenging leading role of Beethoven's only opera Fidelio, favourite arias by Mozart, and rarely heard opera arias by Schubert. Jonas Kaufmann has already sung most of these roles on the world's great opera stages. To boot, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Arnold Schoenberg Chor are conducted by the great opera conductor Claudio Abbado in his first ever vocal recital recording for Decca, and his first Decca recording for almost 40 years. “The ideal tenor: he is sexy like Brad [Pitt], has curls like Antonio [Banderas], acts like George [Clooney] and sings like no other. When the Munich-born Jonas Kaufmann opens his mouth, the audience falls at his feet” Der Stern “The Munich-born tenor Jonas Kaufmann is supposed to revive the great tradition of German tenors of the 1950s. His CD of opera arias shows that he’s worth the hype.” Der Spiegel “…you can hear a powerful tenor that is coloured with baritone who continues the German tradition of Anders and Wunderlich…which he continues outstandingly" Die Welt RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 476 3627 Barcode: 0028947636274 Label: ABC Classics CD Release Date: September			Karin Schaupp \| Spain: Great Guitar Concertos ARTISTS Karin Schaupp, guitar Cantillation Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Northey, Philip Chu, conductors TRACK LISTING RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Romancero Gitano BACARISSE: Concertino for guitar and orchestra in A minor, Op. 72 One of Australia’s leading guitarists, Karin Schaupp, brings her passionate playing style to these jewels of the concerto repertoire. Her interpretation of the famous Rodrigo concerto will win all hearts, while the smouldering emotion of the Romancero Gitano commands attention. Bacarisse’s little-known Concertino has a slow theme of outstanding beauty – everyone will want to hear it again and again! This inspiring album confirms Karin’s status as a rare musical talent. RETURN TO THE TOP