Jonas Kaufmann - Chanson triste (Henri Duparc)

[@carmeparera490]

Ahora tenemos que recordar èsta voz maravillosa 🎶👏😘👍🌹❤️👑

[@reyanny2706]

Magnifique ❤️

[@sisifus100]

Bravoooo Jonas Kaufmann....thanks for posting...so great

[@drillienify]

Jonas Kaufmann sang this lied on February 20th 2012 at Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris and in Zürich on september 24th :: It was a moment of miracle!

[@Iheartlifting]

Léonore Lemmens sorry but this is not a Lied, it is a French Melodie.

[@JacksLove3254]

I'd tap that. Sincerely, a soprano that is in love with his sound!

[@parati1309]

lovely rich voice.

[@joga1943]

Habe JK im September u.a. mit Duparc Liedern in Hamburg gehört. Es war einzigartig!

I like how he sang this song, I'm a student of singing, and I like I really like, the way how he makes everything !!

[@operaFan-tn8ng]

Wow! This is lovely ❤ Difficult to sing I would guess. Up and down the register, not to mention the meandering though the keys. Jonas sounds fantastic- as always. ❤

[@13herva]

You can find more Duparc songs in the rendition of JK on Unofficial Website, you know that? The Bamberg concert, 22. 07.2011

[@aliciasarramida]

beautiful, delicate ♥

[@joshuawilliams9507]

what were you listening to? lol

[@aliciasarramida]

sublime!!!

[@Hanako5100]

Damian Ga, Thank you for posting this. I presume this is from JK's and Helmut Deutsche's recital on Oct. 30, 2011 at the Met. I'm kicking myself for not taking the trouble of traveling to hear that concert, which everyone told me was terrific.

[@shishirth]

Beautifully passionate

[@jpdemers44]

merveilleux

[@nancyrevzen7798]

his voice has a beautiful bloom on it which he has lost in these last years. Too bad!!

[@opera888able]

Bravo, Not my favorite version of this 'gem' but sung with restraint and genuine sincerity- when he he could have easily 'murdered' it with his power. Ditto for the accompanist.

[@renepariente7675]

René Pariente: Magnifique voix, sensible

[@alanhalliday6236]

Heartrending but uplifting too.

[@elenaviolin]

BELLO!!!

[@joshuawilliams9507]

Sounds like a tenor who doesn't want to be a tenor. Also didn't realize wagner wrote this song. That being said, I wish I was as consistent as this guy.. what a beast.

[@TedinNY]

Since you mention it ... Duparc was made fully acquainted with Wagner's work by his teacher César Frank and even engaged in a correspondence with Wagner. He personally visited Wagner and Liszt in Weimar in 1869 and composed Chanson Triste (and some other songs) in 1870. As Duparc was a 19th century composer of "Mélodies", many people (especially French singers) blindly lump him in with Debussy and company and interpret his songs as if they were impressionistic. They are absolutely NOT. All one has to do is listen to his "La Vie Antérieure", "Le Manoir du Rosemonde" or, especially, "La Vague et la Cloche" to see where his real tendencies lay. True, these songs are often sung in that precious, overly intimate and "delicate" way one associates with standard singing of French mélodies, But I would encourage everyone to try to "listen through" that generic style to figure out for yourselves what Duparc really had in mind. Then listen to Maestro Kaufmann again. It should also be noted that Jonas Kaufmann sang this song as part of a set of Duparc songs in a concert in Germany. The set included "La Vie Antérieure", "Phydilée" and this "Chanson Triste" was sung right after "Le Manoir du Rosemonde". All these can be found on KZbin. And if you found this Wagnerian, Joshua, "you ain't heard nothing yet". :)) Also, if you listen to this again after hearing "Le Manoir" you will see that it is, by way of comparison, indeed "Beautiful and delicate" in the words of Alicia. (LOL)

[@TedinNY]

Hi Joshua I just came across this again, years later. Since you didn't reply, I thought I'd add a link to the aforementioned "Wagnerian" La Vague et la Cloche by Duparc. I hope you enjoy it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHKyd4RuityVrM0

[@manellydia6035]

woooooooooow

[@nancyrevzen7798]

a mishmash of an aria and a song. Which do you want jonas?

[@farkasagnes1974]

JK.tudja az érzelmek húrjait a legjobban pengetni !

[@davidsolomon8203]

I am a HUGE fan of this magnificent singer, whose voice dwarfs most other tenors singing today; however, this art song requires a more intimate approach: he has the ability to produce hauntingly beautiful pianissimos and mezza voce, but he, unfortunately, chose an operatic approach!

[@ThePatidou]

I love Jonas Kaufmann but for the chanson triste Jean-François Lapointe is the best I know!

[@Natarwen]

Oui Jean-François Lapointe est un excellent mélodiste!

[@dapheneo]

Et Regine Crespin, Francoise Pollet....

[@johnrondeau9222]

The pianist as well

[@joanabanyeres]

Jonas chante tout bien , ....

[@andrer.newcomb6516]

Wonder what his record collection is like.

[@Iheartlifting]

He is good for what he is. A tenor with a very dark timbre, almost like a baritone. That said, he doesn’t sound all that great when he sings in French. Brighten it up!

[@indirasadykbaeva1556]

i agree with crubs54

[@Tenortalker]

Kaufmann is a great artist and we are lucky to hear him, however , even if he likes this melodie, his vocal approach is wrong for it. The performance is very earnest and commands respect for that. However over those wonderful arpeggios of the piano accompaniment sits a flowing vocal line which needs to be spun and caressed with colours of melancholy , then hope and finally a wistful last phrase. Unfortunately the high note on 'tant' sounds more like Lohengrin and doesn't emerge as a consequence of the musical phrase. A pity, but wonderful that he is interested in this repertoire.

[@ludwigstephani4575]

The moment he started singing, I knew Kaufmann wouldn't do justice to the song. The more it progressed, the more unpleasant it became. This song is supposed to be dramatic in emotion, but not in the way it is sung. This isn't Nessun Dorma. This is a French art song. It should not be so grand. I recall the sheet music marked "très doux" and "lent, avec un sentiment tendre et intime" and he failed to accomplish that.

[@marcocito]

Attention Jonas! C'est un peu costaud comme envolée vocale! Ce n'est pas un air d'opéra!!!

[@nancyrevzen7798]

this young Kauffmann's voice is beautiful for this. unfortunately now his voice is dead sounding, no bloom , difficult to manage. Too bad/

[@nancyrevzen7798]

I always think that his e vowels are tooooooooo closed!

[@fatherman73]

This is not opera. This is melodie. His approach is not nearly lyrical enough. Listen to Gerard Souzay,Sean Daniel, Leopold Simoneau

[@whatsyournameish]

AMEN!

[@KZ-cm9rt]

Ha ha the French of a duck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Horrible, ridiculous.

[@glb289]

Although an accomplished singer, his voice is too heavy in this performance.

[@nunesantoine9181]

Mauvaise prise de son. La voix est couverte par le piano. Dommage.

[@ricfogg]

I am HUGE Jonas Kaufmann fan, but he should stay away from French art songs. This is some of the worst singing I have ever heard. The longer it went on, the worse it got. At some point listening to this song became physically painful. Everything is off the way he sings this Duparc; the voice is too dark, the vowels are all swallowed, the expressions are too dramatic, the emotions are misplaced. NO, NO, NO!!! Love you Jonas, but French art songs are not your thing.

[@millasilva9169]

Arreter j ai deja perdu mon copin

[@fourstrings48]

Too extraverted, too Heldentenorish for my taste. Where's the intimacy?

[@vincero1979]

It's a 4,000 seat hall...the scale changes accordingly

[@ciociosan]

@@vincero1979 THANK YOU!

[@cynthiachase3427]

This doesn't sound like him at all.

[@sfhsfh999]

Weird vowels! Sounds like he's singing through a paper towel dispenser. Otherwise really great!