News Archive 2004

21-12-2004	The movie The Dreamer will be released on DVD in February 2005.
20-12-2004	Bach Cantatas in ... Hamburg - Hamburger Abendblatt (20-12-2004): Schöne Bescherung Hamburg - Die Welt (20-12-2004): Himmelhoch jauchzend, Baß erstaunt Cologne - Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (16-12-2004): Wunder und Rätsel des vollendeten Gelingens, Markus Schwering Braunschweig - Braunschweiger Zeitung (15-12-2004): Wovon man nie genug hat, Harald Likus
8-12-2004	The live recording of the Jazz concert on 9 September 2004 with The Berlin Philharmonic Jazz Group has been released. The live performance of Shostakovich's 14th Symphony by Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker with soloists Karita Mattila and Thomas Quasthoff will be recorded by EMI in September 2005.
7-12-2004	A Romantic Songbook has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Classical Vocal Performance. The 47th Grammy Awards will take place on February 13; more at the Grammy website.
23-11-2004	Thomas Quasthoff has received the ring of honour of the city Hildesheim: article in the Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung of November 22nd: Bitte die Kultur nicht sterben lassen
15-11-2004	The schedule has been updated with the performances until December 2005.
4-11-2004	The movie The Dreamer will be broadcast by 3sat on 27 November.
13-10-2004	Deutsche Grammophon has announced that the recording with Mahler Song Cycles will be released in January 2005.
8-10-2004	Review in Le Figaro of October 8th: Quasthoff parfait (Winterreise in Paris).
7-10-2004	Thomas Quasthoff presented his biography Auf dem Blauen Sofa at the Frankfurt "Buchmesse" (incl. streaming video).
6-10-2004	Review in the Münchner Merkur of October 5th: Lebensnerv gekappt, Gabriele Luster (Winterreise in Munich).
4-10-2004	Review in the Allgemeine Zeitung of October 4th: Trotziger Optimist - Thomas Quasthoff singt Schuberts "Winterreise", Jan-Geert Wolff (Winterreise in Frankfurt).
30-9-2004	Interview in the Stuttgarter Nachrichten of September 30: Man muss sein Inneres nach außen kehren.
25-9-2004	Elias in Cleveland: New York Times (25-9-2004): The Passion of a Stormy Prophet, James R. Oestreich Cleveland Plain Dealer (25-9-2004): Ja, ja, English would be the best, Donald Rosenberg Akron Beacon Journal (25-9-2004): Fine start for Cleveland Orchestra, Elaine Guregian
23-9-2004	The world premiere of the International Documentary about Thomas Quasthoff by Michael Harder, The dreamer, will take place at the Vienna State Opera on October 10th, at 11 o'clock.
19-9-2004	Review in the Contra Costa Times of September 18: Quasthoff triumps in S.F. Symphony debut, Georgia Rowe.
17-9-2004	Review in the San Francisco Chronicle of September 17: Bass-baritone Quasthoff covers a lot of ground in remarkable San Francisco Symphony debut, Steven Winn.
11-9-2004	Review in Berliner Morgenpost of September 11: Er scattet und wirbelt und prustet und zischt, Elmar Krekeler.
6-9-2004	The Deutsche Phono-Akademie has awarded the Echo-Klassik 2004 to Thomas Quasthoff as Singer of the Year. The prize ceremony will take place on October 24th in Munich during the Gala Echo der Stars, which will be broadcast by ZDF.
27-8-2004	Review in Die Presse of August 27: Pantheismus und Prometheus.
24-8-2004	In September, the autobiography Die Stimme will be published.
21-7-2004	Thomas Quasthoff has been nominated for the "Echo Klassik 2004" award in the category Singer of the Year. The prize will be awarded on October 24th.
7-6-2004	Jedermann-Monologe in Berlin: Financial Times (7-6-2004): Claudio Abbado/Berlin Philharmonic, Shirley Apthorp Berliner Morgenpost (4-6-2004): Heiße Tränen vor Erschütterung, Klaus Geitel Der Tagesspiegel (5-6-2004): Die Tür zur Welt, Frederik Hanssen Münchner Merkur (4-6-2004): Ohrenbetäubende Ovationen, Markus Thiel web.de (4-6-2004): Triumphale Rückkehr von Claudio Abbado bei Berliner Philharmonikern
16-4-2004	Parsifal in Vienna: Frankfurter Neue Presse (15-4-2004): Mit Klingsor im Freudenhaus, Irmgard Schmidmaier Le Figaro (15-4-2004): Métaphysique et marivaudage, Christian Merlin Neues Deutschland (14-4-2004): Was ist schon der Gral?, Roberto Becker Wiener Zeitung (13-4-2004): Berührendes Hohelied des Mitleids, Edwin Baumgartner Neue Kärntner Tageszeitung (13-4-2004): Der Plattenbau, die leichten Mädchen und der "reine Tor", Christian T. Schwei Financial Times (12-4-2004): Music: Parsifal, Shirley Apthorp Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (9-4-2004): Siegreicher Leidensmann, Rainer Wagner Welt am Sonntag (11-4-2004): Kein Mitleid für den Sänger!, Axel Brüggemann Salzburger Nachrichten (10-4-2004): Parsifal bleibt ratlos, Derek Weberwien Kölnische Rundschau (9-4-2004): Verlorene Utopien und wenig Pathos, Irmgard Schmidmaier Neue Zürcher Zeitung (10-4-2004): Männerbund in Auflösung, Marianne Zelger-Vogt Die Oberösterreichischen Nachrichten (10-4-2004): Statt Weihespiel spannende Oper, Walter Beyer Die Welt (10-4-2004): Thomas Quasthoff ist "Amfortas, die Wunde", Ulrich Weinzierl Der Standard (10-4-2004): Ein Koitus der Erkenntnis, Ljubisa Tosic Märkische Oderzeitung (9-4-2004): Quasthoff feiert Erfolg an der Wiener Oper Die Presse (9-4-2004): Das letzte Gefecht der Gralsritter, Wilhelm Sinkovicz Tiroler Tageszeitung (9-4-2004): Mielitz' "Parsifal" erliegt präventiv der Konterrevolution, Georg Leyrer WEB.DE (9-4-2004): Verlorene Utopien und wenig Pathos Associated Press (8-4-2004): Denoke Shines As Kundry; Mielitz Booed, George Jahn (Newsday) ORF: Gemischte Reaktionen auf neuen "Parsifal"
24-3-2004	A new recording - A Romantic Songbook - has been released.
6-3-2004	The track listing and RealAudio sound samples of A Romantic Songbook are available on the Deutsche Grammophon website.
18-2-2004	The press about Quasthoff's 2nd Grammy: WDR: Quasthoff holt Grammy nach NRW DeutschlandRadio Berlin: Zweiter Grammy für Thomas Quasthoff, Peter Hornung ORF-Ö1: Konzertsänger, der "in die Oper hineinschnuppert" Berliner Morgenpost: Ein Grammophon steht schon da, Manuel Brug Frankfurter Allgemeine: Ausnahmebariton: Der Grammy-Preisträger Thomas Quasthoff, Gerhard R. Koch Der Tagesspiegel: Eine große Stimme, Christine Lemke-Matwey Frankfurter Allgemeine: German baritone wins Grammy, Kristina Merkner
10-2-2004	Deutsche Welle interviewed Thomas Quasthoff on the occasion of winning his second Grammy.
9-2-2004	The recording of Schubert Lieder with Orchestra has received a Grammy Award in the category Best Classical Vocal Performance.
24-1-2004	iClassics.com is webcasting a second performance from the Verbier Festival 2003: orchestrated Schubert Lieder with Christoph von Dohnányi conducting, and Brahms Lieder opus 94 with James Levine at the piano.
23-1-2004	PBS will telecast the concert of January 28th live from Lincoln Center.
9-1-2004	Deutsche Grammophon has announced that Thomas Quasthoff and Justus Zeyen have recorded a CD with Lieder from Brahms, Schumann and Strauss. The release is scheduled for April 2004.
1-1-2004	The schedule has been updated with the performances until June 2005.