Kitsch has a new master
Daily Comfort ZoneFrom Jonas Kaufmann’s new Christmas album on Sony.
A free Mozartkugel for anyone who manages to listen to the end.
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What a voice. He could sing a McDonalds menu it would sound great
Yes, that’s what the birth of Jesus of Nazareth means to me, blond children, iconography of white saints and ministers, Austrian trachten loden jackets paired with American blue jeans…
Almost makes me forget to go to the mall on Black Friday to sustain this holiday
It’s Europe and there are only two children. What do you expect?
Perhaps the creators should follow the BBC and exclude blond children entirely? (Whilst quietly keeping their management white, naturally.)
Happy Holidays to you as well!
These would be Bavarian tract jackets since he is from Bavaria and not Austria.
There are superior versions by André Rieu and Andy Borg!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM2wfGm8j48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xQfujuxHBY
Where can I sent my address. Please a whole box
Kitsch? I would rather say beautiful, touching, thank you Jonas.
Miles better than his first Christmas album with its Mariah Carey cover. If the rest of the album is like this excerpt, it’s very listenable.
Not sure what’s so objectionable, but I’ll nevertheless claim my Mozartkugel.
Would you mind offering a Mozartkugel to your unnamed harpist, Mr Kaufmann?
Well, we had this here two years ago:
https://slippedisc.com/2020/11/my-cars-making-a-kauffing-noise/
The pandemic has reinforced many odd behavioral routines in human societies.
Dressing up like at the Octoberfest and singing with an Austro-Bavarian accent.
Celebrating Christmas in the midst of your “loved ones”, in pursuit of selfish commercial goals devoid of spiritual merit and socio-cultural impact.
The Grinch
A Mozart Kugel is decidedly Austrian, Kaufmann a Bavarian. So your freebie might be, instead, a scrumptious bayerische Creme with raspberry sauce…?
Kaufmann is now a Salzburg resident and an Austrian national.
The best Mozartkugeln are produced in Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria.
http://www.reber.com
Some quasi-far right , ultratraditional milieu for German/Austrian middle class audience and the suave and vacuous crooning of the star tenor Kaufmann. It cannot get any better on Christmas.
Did Andre Rieu or Helmut Lotti have anything to say about this?
He has a lovely voice. I find nothing to which one could object. It’s Christmas fare, and legitimate for general public enjoyment. If he makes people want to go hear an opera, that’s not a bad thing, either!
I ask for the Mozartkugel – I am a civilized and educated European
Loden seems to be of good quality.
But the only Xmas album I can listen to these days is “Still” by Otto Lechner and Klaus Trabitsch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svvQlTu0LUI
No, this falls short of the holiday heights of his earlier Mariah Carey cover : “All I Want For Christmas is You !”
He’s lip synching
Where’s my kugel? Are you objecting to the use of a harp, or how it is played, or his singing?
Mi piace. Gran dolcezza.
Mr. Lebrecht, „Es wird scho glei …“ is a really old Austrian Christmas Song, the melody is much much older, simple but beautiful as it should be for a Christmas song that you can sing together. A little research would not have been bad before you react reflexively to Kaufmann. And if you don’t understand the lyrics, look for someone because Google translate would not help; the lyrics are written in Austrian dialect. If you are looking for kitsch there are many American Christmas popsongs jostling for victory.