{"product_id":"kaufmann-jonas-kaufmann-its-christmas-cd","title":"Kaufmann - Jonas Kaufmann: It's Christmas (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eIn a Christmas album that is a gift itself, Jonas Kaufmann - the most acclaimed operatic tenor of the age - echoes his own holiday memories and joys with It's Christmas!, celebrating the most festive time of the year with a unique selection of beloved songs and carols. This uniquely rich and diverse holiday album features 40 favorites that reflect the many facets of Christmas, from ancient Christian hymns to contemporary pop classics.\r\n\r\n\"When I think of Christmas, many memories spring to mind,\" Kaufmann writes, in his liner note for It's Christmas! \"In this I'm probably like everyone else. Christmas is the festival of contemplation and remembrance, of joy and light.\"\r\n\r\nChristmas has had a special meaning for Kaufmann ever since he landed on the front page of a Munich newspaper - at the age of eight - after describing his family's lively, musical Christmas Eve so vividly that he won a school prize. The songs he has chosen for It's Christmas! Reflect that happy experience and the many moods and pleasures of the Christmas holidays, from grateful worship to the exhilaration of celebrating with family and friends.\r\n\r\nThe most versatile and exciting tenor on the world's operatic and concert stages today, Jonas Kaufmann brings his all-encompassing style to this one-of-a-kind Christmas collection.\r\n\r\nHis choices include a rich selection of traditional German holiday songs (\"O du fröhliche,\" \"O Tannenbaum,\" \"Still, still, still\") the young Kaufmann sang around the Christmas tree with his family every Christmas Eve. Also included are haunting English carols (\"What Child is This\", \"In the Bleak Midwinter\") and such beloved worldwide favorites as \"O Holy Night\" and \"Silent Night.\"\r\n\r\nThe album's breadth of variety is also illustrated by the inclusion of rare intimate German-Alpine Christmas songs for voice and harp accompaniment. Then, a highly personal selection of American pop holiday favorites - \"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!,\" \"Winter Wonderland,\" \"The Christmas Song,\" \"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\" and \"White Christmas.\" For Jonas Kaufmann, these casual, intimate holiday classics bring back a special memory.\r\n\r\n\"The moment when everyone sat around the tree surrounded by gifts and mountains of wrapping paper, completely exhausted yet overjoyed,\" he recalls, \"and my father brought out his record collection to indulge his not-so-secret passion for the swinging American Christmas of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and the rest.\"\r\n\r\nTo provide the perfect settings for the songs that comprise It's Christmas!, Kaufmann collaborates with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, the Bachchor Salzburg and the St. Florianer Sängerknaben, all conducted by Jochen Rieder, as well as harpist Florian Pedarnig and the Cologne Studio Big Band, conducted by Wieland Reissmann with guest artist Till Brönner playing Trumpet and Flugelhorn on two songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngel Haben Himmelslieder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Süßer Die Glocken Nie Klingen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e In Dulci Jubilo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Kommet Ihr Hirten\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tochter Zion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ihr Kinderlein Kommet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Alle Jahre Wieder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Was Soll Das Bedeuten?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Vom Himmel Hoch O Englein Kommt!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lasst Uns Froh Und Munter Sein\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Leise Rieselt Der Schnee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Morgen Kinder Wird's Was Geben\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Macht Hoch Die TÜR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ich Steh An Deiner Krippen Hier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e O Du Fröhliche\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Still Still Still\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e O Heiland Reiß Die Himmel Auf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Kling Glöckchen Klingelingeling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Es Wird Scho Glei Dumpa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Maria Durch Ein Dornwald Ging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Im Woid Is So Staad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Vom Himmel Hoch Da Komm Ich Her\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e O Tannenbaum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Stille Nacht\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Still Still Still\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Adeste Fideles \/ O Come All Ye Faithful\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cantique de Noël \/ O Holy Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gesù Bambino\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hark! the Herald Angels Sing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e In the Bleak Midwinter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nu Tändas Tusen Juleljus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Entre Le Bœuf Et L'ne Gris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What Child Is This?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Silent Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e White Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Jingle Bells\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Winter Wonderland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on An Open Fire)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Let It Snow! 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