Thomas Quasthoff proves a wonderfully eloquent baritone soloist in all three of these cantatas, accompanied by orchestra, that manage to combine the best of both worlds - the tonal power and richness ...
The Bach Festival has many things to celebrate on its 40th anniversary, but one is the massive boost Maestro Helmuth Rilling gave to bass/baritone Thomas Quasthoff’s career. When the OBF brought ...
It's nice to see that Bach is still winning Grammy's, even after all these centuries. An album of Bach cantatas won Bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff a Grammy. He sings "World, Adieu," from Cantata 158, ...
A compare and contrast exercise on Bach and Handel makes sense. Exact contemporaries who grew up within 60 miles of one another, the two composers never met, and their music seems rooted in different ...
Thomas Quasthoff, one of the great singers of our time and certainly one of the most remarkable of any time, is not a force of nature. Or maybe he is. It’s all very confusing. This German ...
Thomas Quasthoff gets top billing, but the star of this disc is Dorothea Röschmann, who sings Bach's music with precision and tenderness. The repertoire includes three of Bach's dialogue cantatas, ...
has announced its lineup of concerts next summer in Eugene (and a few in Portland). The big news -- German baritone Thomas Quasthoff sings Schubert's "Die Schone Mullerin." This will sell out. MORE BY ...
Bach und Schubert sind die Themen. Bach liegt nahe – warum Schubert? QUASTHOFF: Ich wollte einen Gegenpol setzen. Es sollte auf jeden Fall Lied dabei sein, und Schubert ist einer der kreativsten ...
Messiah, Movements: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth Thomas Quasthoff, Bass Oregon Bach Festival Choir Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Helmuth Rilling, Conductor George Frideric Handel, ...
What will it be like, Thomas Quasthoff’s Hollywood Bowl debut, when many in the audience will see him for probably the first time? On stage, the German bass baritone makes a first impression unlike ...