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Thomas Quasthoff

voc, b, *1959 DE, Hildesheim
Musician of Classical

Thomas Quasthoff (born November 9, 1959) is a German bass-baritone. Quasthoff has a range of musical interest from the Baroque cantatas of Bach, to Romantic lieder, and solo jazz improvisations. Born with severe birth defects, Quasthoff is 1.34 m tall (4' 4¾"), and has phocomelia.

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Bass
Genres
  • Classical
  • Jazz
  • R&B/Soul
Popular Tracks   
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 / Act I: "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" on The Mozart Album by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Thomas Quasthoff, Bryn Terfel & René Pape
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja on Mozart Arias by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Thomas Quasthoff
Seligkeit, D. 433 - Live on Thomas Quasthoff in Verbier by Franz Schubert, Thomas Quasthoff, Evgeny Kissin, Maurice Ravel, Martha Argerich, Emanuel Ax & James Levine
Magnificat anima mea (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) on Bach, J.S.: Magnificat in D Major, Bwv 243 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: Et exsultavit spiritus meus (Soprano) on Bach, J.S.: Magnificat in D Major, Bwv 243 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: Omnes generationes (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) on Bach, J.S.: Magnificat in D Major, Bwv 243 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Winterreise, D. 911: No. 24, Der Leiermann on Schubert: Winterreise by Franz Schubert & Thomas Quasthoff
Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: Quia respexit (Soprano) on Bach, J.S.: Magnificat in D Major, Bwv 243 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Winterreise, D. 911: No. 1, Gute Nacht on Schubert: Winterreise by Franz Schubert & Thomas Quasthoff
Tannhäuser / Act III: Wie Todesahnung... O du mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram) on Evening Star: German Opera Arias by Thomas Quasthoff, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Christian Thielemann

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Nice 'N' EasyThomas Quasthoff2018Album
Nice 'N' EasyThomas Quasthoff, The NDR Big Band2018Album
Lieder & Liebeslieder WaltzesJohannes Brahms - Magdalena Kožená · Matthew Polenzani · Thomas Quasthoff · Andrea Rost · James Levine · Yefim Bronfman2016Album
La Damnation De FaustHector Berlioz / The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilversum & Groot Omroepkoor, Bernard Haitink - Thomas Quasthoff, Charlotte Margiono, Vinson Cole, Jaco Huijpen2011Album
Tell It Like It IsThomas Quasthoff2010Album
Haydn Italian AriasJoseph Haydn, Thomas Quasthoff, Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried Von Der Goltz2008Album
Dialogue CantatasJohann Sebastian Bach – Thomas Quasthoff • Dorothea Röschmann2007Album
Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen / Kindertotenlieder / Lieder Aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"Thomas Quasthoff, Håkan Hagegård, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Gary Bertini, Gustav Mahler2007Album
The Jazz Album (Watch What Happens)Thomas Quasthoff2007Album
Ein Deutsches RequiemJohannes Brahms, Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker, Dorothea Röschmann, Thomas Quasthoff, Rundfunkchor Berlin2007Album
Betrachte, Meine SeelThomas Quasthoff / Staatskapelle Dresden / Sebastian Weigle2006Album
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 14Dmitri Shostakovich / Karita Mattila, Thomas Quasthoff, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle2006Album
The Mozart AlbumAnna Netrebko, Thomas Quasthoff, Bryn Terfel, Elīna Garanča, René Pape2006Compil.
The VoiceThomas Quasthoff2006Album
LiederGustav Mahler / Thomas Quasthoff, Violeta Urmana, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez2005Album
Die Schöne MüllerinFranz Schubert - Thomas Quasthoff, Justus Zeyen2005Album
Credo Messe/MassWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Limburger Domsingknaben, Barbara Schlick, Erika Schmidt-Valentin, Clemens Bieber, Thomas Quasthoff, Gürzenich Kammerorchester, Klaus Knubben2004Album
CantatasJohann Sebastian Bach – Thomas Quasthoff, Berliner Barock Solisten, Rainer Kussmaul2004Album
Widmung - Romantische LiederThomas Quasthoff2004Album
FidelioLudwig van Beethoven - Angela Denoke, Jon Villars, Alan Held, László Polgár, Juliane Banse, Rainer Trost, Thomas Quasthoff, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle2003Album
Lieder With OrchestraFranz Schubert - Anne Sofie Von Otter, Thomas Quasthoff, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Claudio Abbado2003Album
GurreliederArnold Schoenberg - Sir Simon Rattle - Berliner Philharmoniker - Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Thomas Moser, Philip Langridge, Thomas Quasthoff - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MDR Rundfunkchor, Ernst Senff Chor Berlin2002Album
Evening Star (German Opera Arias)Thomas Quasthoff, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Christian Thielemann2002Album
Thomas Quasthoff, BassoGeorg Friedrich Händel, Johann Sebastian Bach - Thomas Quasthoff2002Album
A ProtraitThomas Quasthoff2001Compil.
Schwanengesang / Vier Ernste GesängeFranz Schubert / Johannes Brahms - Thomas Quasthoff / Justus Zeyen2001Album
LiederJohannes Brahms . Franz Liszt . Thomas Quasthoff . Justus Zeyen2000Album
Secular Cantatas BWV 212, 213Johann Sebastian Bach / Christine Schäfer, Sibylla Rubens, Ingeborg Danz, Marcus Ullmann, Thomas Quasthoff, Andreas Schmidt, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bachcollegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling2000Album
Mass In B Minor BWV 232Johann Sebastian Bach - Sibylla Rubens, Juliane Banse, Ingeborg Danz, James Taylor, Andreas Schmidt, Thomas Quasthoff, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bachcollegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling1999Album
Des Knaben WunderhornGustav Mahler, Thomas Quasthoff, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1999Album
Secular Cantatas BWV 210, 211Johann Sebastian Bach, Sibylla Rubens, Christine Schäfer, James Taylor, Thomas Quasthoff, Bachcollegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling1999Album
Winterreise, D. 911Thomas Quasthoff, Charles Spencer1998Album
Mozart AriasThomas Quasthoff1997Album
GenovevaRobert Schumann, Ruth Ziesak, Marjana Lipovšek, Deon van der Walt, Oliver Widmer, Rodney Gilfry, Thomas Quasthoff, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt1997Album
LiederAribert Reimann, Christine Schäfer, Claudia Barainsky, Thomas Quasthoff, Ursula Hesse, Axel Bauni1996Album
Stabat Mater - Op. 58Antonín Dvořák, Helmuth Rilling, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival Choir, Marina Shaguch, Ingeborg Danz, Thomas Quasthoff1996Album
Fidelio/Leonore Overture No.2Ludwig van Beethoven, Deborah Voigt, Ben Heppner, Michael Schade, Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz, Matthias Hölle, Günter von Kannen, Thomas Quasthoff, Sir Colin Davis, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks Und Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks1996Album
Goethe - LiederFranz Schubert - Thomas Quasthoff, Charles Spencer1995Album
Missa In C, KV 317 <>; Vesperae Solennes De Confessore, KV 319; Ave Verum Corpus, KV 618Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edith MAthis, Jadwiga Rappé, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Thomas Quasthoff, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Peter Schreier1993Album
Balladen - Ballads - BalladesCarl Loewe, Thomas Quasthoff, Norman Shetler1989Album
Vocal SpiritThomas Quasthoff1986Album
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