Jonas Kaufmann: the Sound of Movies

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Jonas Kaufmann (born July 10, Protected content a German-Austrian tenor opera singer. He is best known for the versatility of his repertoire, performing a variety of opera roles in multiple languages in recital and concert each season.

Great songs from classic movies have been a passion of Jonas Kaufmann throughout his life. His new album The Sound of Movies reflects the singer’s fascination with a selection of popular hits, in a variety of languages, that spans from the Weimar-era Germany (“Ich küsse ihre Hand, Madame” from Protected content “Bring Him Home” from the Protected content of the global hit musical Les Misérables.

Kaufmann initially became enamored by cinema music via tenors Joseph Schmidt and Richard Tauber, as well as the sublime orchestrations of the great golden-age film composers like Erich Korngold and Max Steiner who were steeped in the heritage of Puccini and Strauss.

Kaufmann is accompanied by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Choir conducted by Jochen Rieder. Guitarist Miloš Karadaglić joins Kaufmann for intimate interpretations of “Moon River” and “Edelweiss” (The Sound of Music)” as well as “She Was Beautiful,” based on the “Cavatina” from Stanley Myers’ score for the Oscar-winning film The Deer Hunter.