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Wolfgang Katschner

fl, *1961 DE
Singer / Musician / Conductor of Classical

Wolfgang Katschner (born in 1961 in Kyritz) is a German lutenist and conductor. He is director of the ensembles Capella Angelica and Lautten Compagney which specialise in Baroque music—notably the operas of Handel.Katschner studied guitar at the Academy of Music Hanns Eisler Berlin and lute at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Frankfurt am Main.The Lautten Compagney won the Rheingau Music Prize in 2012. In 2013 they played the annual Marienvesper of the Rheingau Musik Festival at Eberbach Abbey, Monteverdi's Vespers with the ensemble amarcord and five guest singers.

     
Instruments
  • Flute
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
Genres
  • Classical
  • Soundtrack
  • Spoken Word
Popular Tracks   
Larghetto (after Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B Minor, Op. 3, No. 10 / RV 580, arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner) on New Vivaldi by Antonio Vivaldi, Lautten Compagney & Wolfgang Katschner
La Verità in Cimento, RV 739: Dopo i nembi, e le procelle (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner) on New Vivaldi by Antonio Vivaldi, Lautten Compagney & Wolfgang Katschner
Norwegian Wood / Greensleeves (Arr. for baroque orchestra and saxophone) on Time Travel by Lautten Compagney, Asya Fateyeva & Wolfgang Katschner
The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 4: They Tell Us That Your Mighty Powers (Arr. for baroque orchestra and saxophone) on Time Travel by Lautten Compagney, Asya Fateyeva & Wolfgang Katschner
Orlando furioso, RV 728: Nel profondo cieco mondo on Baroque Gender Stories by Vivica Genaux, Lawrence Zazzo, Lautten Compagney & Wolfgang Katschner
Alcina, HWV 34: È gelosia on Baroque Gender Stories by Vivica Genaux, Lawrence Zazzo, Lautten Compagney & Wolfgang Katschner
Distressed Innocence, Z. 577: Air II on Time Travel by Lautten Compagney, Asya Fateyeva & Wolfgang Katschner
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble & Saxophone by Bo Wiget) on Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! by Lautten Compagney, Asya Fateyeva & Wolfgang Katschner
Because (Arr. for baroque orchestra and saxophone) on Time Travel by Lautten Compagney, Asya Fateyeva & Wolfgang Katschner
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, No. 23: Thanks to these Lonesome Vales (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble by Wolfgang Katschner) on Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, No. 23: Thanks to these Lonesome Vales by Henry Purcell, Lautten Compagney & Wolfgang Katschner

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Band Members
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
La Dolce VitaClaudio Monteverdi, Dorothee Mields, Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner2017Album
Die Reisen des Marco PoloLautten Compagney, Eva Mattes, Wu Wei, Wolfgang Katschner2015Album
Best Of Lautten CompagneyLautten Compagney / Wolfgang Katschner2014Compil.
Marienvesper - Vespro Della Virgine - Vespers 1610Claudio Monteverdi, Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner, Amarcord2014Album
Die MotettenJohann Sebastian Bach, Amarcord, Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner2012Album
TimelessTarquinio Merula / Philip Glass - Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner2010Album
La Diva Handel Arias for CuzzoniGeorg Friedrich Händel, Simone Kermes, Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner2009Album
WeihnachtshistorieHeinrich Schütz, Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Theile, Johann Philipp Krieger, Susanne Rydén, Christoph Prégardien, Capella Angelica, Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner2007Album
Membra Jesu NostriDieterich Buxtehude - Capella Angelica, Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner2006Album
TeseoGeorg Friedrich Händel, Jacek Laszczkowski, Sharon Rostorf-Zamir, Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Lautten Compagney2004Album
Handel With CareLautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner2002Album
Handel's Beard (Arien Von Georg Friedrich Händel)Georg Friedrich Händel - Kobie Van Rensburg, Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner2000Album
Clori, Tirsi E Fileno (Cantata A Tre Con Stromenti HWV 96)Georg Friedrich Händel - Suzie LeBlanc, Jörg Waschinski, David Cordier, Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang KatschnerAlbum
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