German operatic tenor Jonas Kaufmann gets intimate with this sweeping tribute to Italian music. Songs like the heartfelt “Parla più piano”—better known as the sentimental theme from The Godfather—contain robust orchestrations and unforgettable melodies that will linger long after the record stops spinning.
- 2015
- Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Antonio Pappano
- Helmut Deutsch & Jonas Kaufmann
- Joyce DiDonato, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon & Riccardo Minasi
- Vittorio Grigolo
- Bryan Hymel, Prague Symphony Orchestra & Emmanuel Vuillaume