“You are my Heart’s Delight”, “My Song Goes Round the World”, “My Happiness that Remained”, “Don’t Ask Me Why” – these evergreens are the musical expression of one of the most artistically rich and thrilling eras in European cultural history: Berlin during the last years of the Weimar Republic. Everybody who is anybody in the bohemian world was there. Every evening the producers of revues and operetta performances were wooing audiences. Due to the political and economic instability light music flourished. The gigantic supply of popular entertainment fostered a convenient escape from the rigors of daily life. The production of records, radio programmes and films ran full speed. Each week was marked by a new hit song.
Jonas Kaufmann pays tribute to this repertoire, which was especially written for tenors by composers such as Franz Lehar, Robert Stolz, Paul Abraham, Richard Tauber, Hans May, Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Together with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under the guidance of Jochen Rieder, one of the most sought-after tenors of our time will bring these hit numbers alive in the legendary recording studios of the Funkhaus Berlin, Nalepastraße.
09 Richard Heymann: Der blonde Traum
Irgendwo auf der Welt
10 Franz Lehár: Frasquita
Hab’ ein blaues Himmelbett
11 Franz Lehár: Paganini
Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküsst
12 Franz Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
13 Erich W. Korngold: Die Tote Stadt
Glück, das mir verblieb
Duet with Julia Kleiter
14 Paul Abraham: Viktoria und ihr Husar
Reich mir zum Abschied noch einmal die Hände
Duet with Julia Kleiter
15 Paul Abraham: Die Blume von Hawaii
Ich hab’ ein Diwanpüppchen
Duet with Julia Kleiter