Thomas Quasthoff
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Biography
[Edit]Thomas Quasthoff overcame remarkable personal challenges to emerge as one of the premier bass-baritones of his generation. Quasthoff was born in Hildesheim, Germany, on November 5, 1959. During pregnancy, his mother was prescribed the drug thalidomide to combat morning sickness, and as a result he was born with severe birth defects, never growing past the height of four feet and suffering phocomelia of the upper extremities. Because his condition left him physically unable to play piano — a requirement at the majority of Germany's preeminent music conservatories — Quasthoff instead studied voice with a private tutor, concurrently attending law school. He also served six years as an announcer for German public radio outlet NDR, and additionally worked as a television voiceover talent. Quasthoff launched his musical career in 1988, claiming top honors in the esteemed ARD international competition and earning plaudits from legendary baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. His EMI debut, a collection of Carl Loewe ballads, followed a year later. Still, many producers found it impossible to reconcile his rich, resonant voice with his physical limitations and Quasthoff resigned himself to a career in academia, teaching voice at the Detmold Music Academy and intermittently recording works by Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart, winning his first Grammy Award in 2000 for an interpretation of Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, recorded in collaboration with soprano Anne Sofie von Otter. Although Quasthoff's was first renowned for his efforts in Romantic lieder, over time he expanded his range from Baroque to improvisational jazz. Finally, in 2003 he made his staged operatic debut as Don Fernando in a production of Beethoven's Fidelio presented at the Salzburg Festival. Despite growing demand for services, Quasthoff restricted his performance schedule to roughly 50 appearances per year in order to continue teaching. After more than a decade in Detmold, he joined the staff of Berlin's Hanns Eisler School of Music. In 2007, he also issued his first jazz album, Watch What Happens.
Title: Italienische Sinfonie
Artist: Radio - Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Thomas Quasthoff, Roger Norrington
Genre: Gospel
Title: Mein Weihnachten - Gedichte & Songs
Artist: Thomas Quasthoff
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music, Classical
Title: Halleluja 2
Artist: Juliane Banse, Philippe Huttenlocher, Gabriele Schreckenbach, Lutz - Michael Harder, Franz - Josef Selig, Monica Groop, Christiane Oelze, Donna Brown, Claudia Schubert, Andreas Schmidt, Klaus Häger / Klaus Hager, Christoph Genz, Michael Schade, Christian Gerhaher, Sibylla Rubens, Lothar Odinius, Ingeborg Danz, Thomas Quasthoff, Marcus Ullmann, Michael Volle, Letizia Scherrer, Michael Nagy, James Taylor, Arleen Augér / Arleen Auger, Christine Schäfer / Christine Schafer, Yvonne Naef, Gilles Cachemaille, Diana Damrau, Matthias Goerne, Birgit Remmert, Stella Doufexis, Maximilian Schmitt, Marlis Petersen, Helmuth Rilling, Anke Vondung, Roxana Constantinescu, Stuttgart Gachinger Kantorei, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Of Heilbronn, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival Choir, Markus Marquardt, Katalin Halmai, Scot Weir, Daniela Sindram, Bach Collegium Berlin
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Collections
Title: Ultimate Mozart
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Title: Lyric Orchestral Songs
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Title: Jesu, meine Freude: Greatest Choral Masterpieces
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Title: Absolute Masterworks - High Energy
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Title: Handel Gold - Greatest Arias
Genre: Opera
Title: Bach Masterworks
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Title: Absolute Masterworks - Chill
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Title: Magic Moments 6 (In the Spirit of Jazz)
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Title: 111 More Classic Tracks
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Title: Schumann Greatest Hits
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Title: Aria: Bachs Schönste Arien
Genre: Classical
Title: 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon (CD5)
Genre: Classical
Title: The Power Of Mozart (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Autumnal Haydn (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Autumnal Haydn (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Autumnal Haydn (CD3)
Genre: Classical
Title: Mozart Cosy Moments (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Mozart - Winter Vibes (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Haydn - Legendary Recordings (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Mozart: Autumn Leaves (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Mozart For A Workday (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: The Most Beautiful Songs By Franz Schubert (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Featuring albums
Title: J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Artist: Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Windsbach Boys Choir, Karl-Friedrich Beringer
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Title: Mozart: Mass in C Minor, Requiem
Artist: West German Radio Chorus, West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gary Bertini
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Title: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)
Artist: Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker
Genre: Orchestral, Orchestral
Title: Mozart 250 - A Celebration of the Genius of Mozart
Artist: Wiener Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Mozarteum - Orchester Salzburg, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Tokyo String Quartet, English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn / Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
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Title: Aria - Bachs schönste Arien / Aria - Bachs schonste Arien
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Classical
Title: Romanza (Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov
Genre: Classical, Opera, Classical Crossover
Title: Happy Mothers Day With Mozart (CD4)
Artist: Samuel Ramey, Wilhelm Kempff, Rudolf Serkin, Emil Gilels, Lang Lang, Suzanne Danco
Genre: Classical
