KAUFMANN,JONAS - It's Christmas - Import 2 CD

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KAUFMANN,JONAS

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The "World's Greatest Tenor" sings a bouquet of Christmas classics in a gorgeous and gentle manner. The best-selling album has been further enhanced with seven new recordings! Jonas Kaufmann's wonderful Christmas present is a two-disc set of Christmas masterpieces! Kaufmann presents a wealth of familiar Christmas carols and beloved songs from his own Christmas memories and joys. From ancient Christian hymns to modern pop classics, there are 49 of Kaufman's favorites reflecting the many facets of Christmas! This is an expanded edition of last year's worldwide best-selling "It's Christmas! which was a worldwide bestseller when it was released last year. I have many memories of Christmas," said Kaufman. At the age of eight, his vivid description of the Kaufman family's lively and musical Christmas Eve won a school prize and appeared on the front page of a Munich newspaper. Ever since it appeared on the front page, Christmas has had a special meaning for him.The songs he' chose for this album reflect that happy experience and the many emotions and joys of the Christmas holiday, from the worship of thanksgiving to the happiness of celebration with family and friends. The traditional German Christmas songs are exactly the ones Kaufmann sang around the Christmas tree with his family every Christmas Eve as a child. The collection also includes unforgettable English carols ("Sing the Messenger" and "The Wood Blows Cold") and world favorites such as "The Stars Are Twinkling Softly" and "Silent Night". Included are some relatively rare but heartwarming German Alpine Christmas songs with harp accompaniment. In addition, there are the classic American pop holiday songs, "Let It Snow," "Winter Wonderland," "The Christmas Song," "Have a Small but Happy Christmas," and "White Christmas," which is literally a Christmas extravaganza! For Kaufman, these casual, intimate holiday classics bring back special memories. He said, "The moment everyone sat around the tree, surrounded by piles of gifts and wrapping paper, they were overjoyed, all the exhaustion they had felt up to that point gone.And my father would bring out his record collection and play jazz records by Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald...," he recalls. On this album, he is accompanied by the St. Florian's Boys Choir, the Salzburg Bach Choir, the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, and Florian Pedernich's Tyrolean harp. The Cologne Studio Big Band and guest Till Brenner (trumpet & flugelhorn). Sony Music

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