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
- Rolando Villazón
- Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov
- Elīna Garanča
- Marcelo Álvarez, The Kühn's Choir, Paris Opera Orchestra, Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Roma Sinfonietta, Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Salvatore Licitra, Renée Fleming, Jorge Calandrelli, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi, Daniel May, Eugene Kohn, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Marcello Viotti & Sir Mark Elder
- Luciano Pavarotti & Franz Isaak