It's Christmas! (Extended Edition) Jonas Kaufmann

• 1 Traditional: Engel haben Himmelslieder / Gloria in excelsis Deo 02:47
• 2 Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 03:05
• 3 Traditional: Süßer die Glocken nie klingen 03:11
• 4 Wade: Adeste fideles 02:25
• 5 Adam: Cantique de Noël (Minuit, Chrétiens) / O Holy Night 05:20
• 6 Holmès: Trois anges sont venus ce soir 03:19
• 7 Praetorius: In dulci jubilo 02:25
• 8 Traditional: Kommet, ihr Hirten 01:36
• 9 Händel: Tochter Zion 03:05
• 10 Schmid: Ihr Kinderlein, kommet 02:40
• 11 Williams, Greaves, Traditional: What Child Is This? 03:04
• 12 Gruber: Silent Night 03:23
• 13 Traditional: Es wird scho glei dumpa 02:51
• 14 Traditional: Still, still, still 02:31
• 15 Traditional: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging 02:50
• 16 Rambold: Im Woid is so staad 02:05
• 17 Silcher: Alle Jahre wieder 02:13
• 18 Berlin: White Christmas 03:28
• 19 Pierpont: Jingle Bells 02:19
• 20 Traditional: Was soll das bedeuten? 02:12
• 21 Traditional: Vom Himmel hoch, ihr Englein, kommt! 02:41
• 22 Yon: Gesù bambino 04:04
• 23 Annegarn: Lasst uns froh und munter sein 02:46
• 24 Traditional: Leise rieselt der Schnee 01:43
• 25 Hering: Morgen, Kinder, wird's was geben 02:04
• 26 Traditional: Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris 01:59
• 27 Traditional: Der englische Gruß 02:36
• 28 Traditional: Auf, ihr Hirtensleut 02:23
• 29 Traditional: Als Maria übers Gebirge ging 03:01
• 30 Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter 03:45
• 31 Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen 02:11
• 32 Traditional: Macht hoch die Tür 03:06
• 33 Luther, Bach: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469 03:46
• 34 Traditionell: Zu Bethlehem geboren 02:26
• 35 Reiser: Jetzt fangen wir zum Singen an 03:41
• 36 Traditional: Mariä Wiegenlied 01:42
• 37 Traditional: O du fröhliche 02:16
• 38 Traditional: O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf 01:15
• 39 Traditional: Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling 02:26
• 40 Luther: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her 01:38
• 41 Traditional: O Tannenbaum 01:55
• 42 Köhler: Nu tändas tusen juleljus 03:21
• 43 Gruber: Stille Nacht 04:19
• 44 Traditional: Still, still, still 03:33
• 45 Blane, Martin: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 04:20
• 46 Bernard: Winter Wonderland 02:15
• 47 Wells, Tormé: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) 02:54
• 48 Styne: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 02:40
• 49 Afanasieff, Carey: All I Want For Christmas Is You 03:45
• Total Runtime 02:17:20

Info for It's Christmas! (Extended Edition)

In 2020, Jonas Kaufmann’s recording of It’s Christmas! was an outstanding success that captured the spirit of the holiday season. Now the album has been extended to include seven newly recorded songs and will be re-released on October 29 on Sony Classical ahead of Kaufmann’s highly anticipated concert tour this winter.

“The wonderful success of my first Christmas album, and the pleasure that it gave not just me personally but others, too, has lured me into returning to the studio this year to pay tribute to another holiday musical genre – intimate Alpine Stubnmusi – that for someone like myself, who grew up in Bavaria and Tyrol, invariably evokes the holiday spirit,” said Jonas Kaufmann.

New tracks on in this year’s release are Der englische Gruß, Auf, ihr Hirtensleut, Als Maria übers Gebirge ging, Zu Bethlehem geboren, Jetzt fangen wir zum Singen an and Mariä Wiegenlied. These six short gems are accompanied by Kaufmann’s Chiemgau colleague Stefanie Irányi in “original Stubnmusi scoring” for dulcimer, harp, violin, clarinet and double bass. Yet another new track is the French Trois anges sont venus ce soir with a string ensemble. This song was brought to Kaufmann’s attention by his friend and fellow opera singer, Ludovic Tézier. The instrumentalists for the album were carefully selected based on their suitability, and include Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, the Bachchor Salzburg and the St. Florianer Sängerknaben, all conducted by Jochen Reider, as well as harpist Florian Pedarnig and the Cologne Studio Big Band, conducted by Wieland Reissmann. Star trumpeter Till Brönner makes cameo appearances on Let It Snow! and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.

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