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Special offer. Quasthoff - Betrachte, Meine Seel

Quasthoff presents his favourite arias from oratorios by Bach, Händel, Haydn and Mendelssohn, including Händel's "The trumpet shall sound" from the Messiah and "Schon eilet froh der Ackermann" from Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten.

Thomas Quasthoff

Staaskapelle Dresden, Sebastian Weigle

…there's much to enjoy in Quasthoff's jaunty ploughman's song from Haydn's The Seasons, his majestic invocation to 'Herr Gott Abrahams' from Mendelssohn's Elijah - and in a shamelessly sentimentalised... More…

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Contents

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Work length4:45
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  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Sebastian Weigle
  • Recorded: 2006-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden

No.8 "Großer Herr, o starker König"

Track length4:45
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Work length7:34
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  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Sibylla Rubens (soprano)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Sebastian Weigle
  • Recorded: 2006-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden

No.29 Duett (Sopran, Baß): "Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen"

Track length7:34
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Work length6:39
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  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Matthias Brauer
  • Staatsopernchor Dresden, SEE: Dresden State Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Sebastian Weigle
  • Recorded: 2006-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden

31. Arioso: "Betrachte, meine Seel"

Track length2:31
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No.32 Aria (baß) - Chorus: " Mein teurer Heiland "

Track length4:08
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Work length6:19
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  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Sebastian Weigle
  • Recorded: 2006-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden

No.75 Aria (Bass): "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein"

Track length6:19
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Handel: Messiah3

Work length9:17
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  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Sebastian Weigle
  • Recorded: 2006-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden

45. Behold, I tell you a mystery - 46. Aria: The trumpet shall sound

Track length9:17
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Excerpt, Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3

Work length4:25
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  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Sebastian Weigle
  • Recorded: 2006-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden

Nos.3&4 "Vom Widder strahlet jetzt"-"Schon eilet froh"

Track length4:25
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Excerpt, Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3

Work length4:42
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  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Sebastian Weigle
  • Recorded: 2006-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden

No.38 Arie / Rez.: "Erblicke hier, betörter Mensch"

Track length4:42
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Excerpt, Haydn: The Creation

Work length4:50
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  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Sebastian Weigle
  • Recorded: 2006-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden

Und Gott sprach...Rollend in schäumenden Wellen

Track length4:50
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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70

Work length3:28
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  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Sebastian Weigle
  • Recorded: 2006-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden

No.14: "Herr Gott Abrahams"

Track length3:28
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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70

Work length5:15
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  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Sebastian Weigle
  • Recorded: 2006-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden

No.26 "Es ist genug! So nimm nun, Herr"

Track length5:15
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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36

Work length5:38
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  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Sebastian Weigle
  • Recorded: 2006-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden

No.18 Arie: "Gott, sei mir gnädig"

Track length5:38
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trad.: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Arr. Friedrich Meyer

Work length3:05
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  • Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Sebastian Weigle
  • Recorded: 2006-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden