Opera, Operettas, Kalman (composer)
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She scales back her voice in all the right places...And when she doesn't scale back? The full-voiced climax to 'Zueignung' gives a ringing emphasis to the song's profound gratitude. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2026, Editor's Choice
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Wien
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (tenor), Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Ádám Fischer
He embraces the style, the timbre, the allure, even the specific accent of this repertoire with complete conviction and self-evident delight. The great thing about these performances is that... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Klassik ohne Grenzen
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Special offer. Operette
RecommendedWien - Berlin - Paris
Diana Damrau (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ernst Theis
Ever the intelligent artist Darmrau knows how to lighten the voice to create that distinctive soprano sound demanded by operetta – a light sparkling tone, spiralling coloratura and the story... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th December 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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He embraces the style, the timbre, the allure, even the specific accent of this repertoire with complete conviction and self-evident delight. The great thing about these performances is that... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th October 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Bradman has it all – a richness and range of colour in the middle voice that puts many mezzos to shame, extreme high notes of extraordinary fullness, and the sparkling-clean coloratura that... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th August 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Stephen Hough fashions a viable programme culled from a bottomless piano bench of transcriptions, encores and other sundry ear-ticklers.
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You Mean the World to Me
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (tenor), Julia Kleiter (soprano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder
Kaufmann offers a more intimate, less full-throated approach than [Tauber or Schmidt], but it's highly effective and both his musicianship and his attention to text are characteristically impeccable.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th September 2014
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Special offer. Kalman: Die Csárdásfürstin
Yvonne Kenny, Michael Roider, Mojca Erdmann, Karl Michael Ebner, Marko Kathol, Heinz Holecek, Hellmuth Klumpp, Yvonne Kálmán
Slovak Philharmonic Choir and Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
The English title of Kálmán's most celebrated operetta is a misnomer. The heroine is a princess not of gypsies but (as the German title, DieCsárdásfürstin, indicates) of the csárdás; she's a... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Editor's Choice
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This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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