모차르트, 슈베르트, 베토벤, 바그너 작품들로 구성된 이 앨범은 레코딩이면 레코딩, 라이브면 라이브, 어느 하나 빠질게 없는 전천후 테너 카우프만의 야심작이다. 데카에서의 최초 성악 리사이틀을 녹음한 아바도의 노련미와 세계적으로 극찬 받는 테너의 호흡은 가히 환상적이다.


Beethoven : Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! from Fidelio
Mozart : Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte)
Die Weisheitslehre….. führt mich der Ton zu ihr from Die Zauberflöte
Schubert :Was quälst du mich… In tiefbewegter Brust from Fierrabras
Schon, wenn es beginnt zu tragen….und mein Herze will ihm nach from Alfonso und Estrella
Wagner : In fernem Land (Lohengrin)
Mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin)
Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond (Siegmund) - Lenzlied
Amfortas, die Wunde!
Nur eine Waffe taugt… from Parsifal

Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - Awards Issue 2009


BBC Music Magazine Awards 2010 Vocal Finalist


“This disc, which has the luxury of Claudio Abbado's magisterial, refined conducting, shows that Kaufmann is at least as fine a Mozart singer as a Wagner one… His outburst from Act II of Parsifal… is a thrilling foretaste of things to come… In Florestan's great aria from Fidelio we have a perfectly controlled expression of agony and exaltation. Everything here makes you crave to listen to this major artist in complete recordings, preferably, given his acting, on DVD.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2009 *****


“…Fidelio, is the centrepiece of this disc: it receives a powerful performance from both tenor (his opening "Gott" is heart-piercing) and conductor. Kaufmann ends where he began, with Wagner. …his beautiful phrasing and controlled singing in the "Winterstürme" shows why he has become the most sought-after tenor of his generation, and is a highlight of this exciting new release.” Gramophone , Awards 2009


“No other compilation that has crossed my path comes within striking distance of this collection...The baritone-like richness to his singing in the Wagner extracts is especially compelling. That Kaufmann has Claudio Abbado and the superlative Mahler Chamber Orchestra to accompany him only makes the project even more special.” The Guardian, 27th November 2009 *****