Born: Zwickau, Saxony, Germany

The German bass, Gotthold Schwarz, son of a cantor from Zwickau (Saxony), began his musical career as a member of the Thomanerchor Leipzig. At the Hochschule für Musik there he studied singing (Gerda Schriever) and organ (Prof. Wolfgang Schetelich and Prof. Hannes Kästner). Later he continued private singing studies with, among others, Prof. Peter Schreier.

Since 1986 Gotthold Schwarz has been a lecturer at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschule für Musik in Leipzig. Extensive international engagements as soloist have taken him, interalia, to the USA, Finland and Japan. In Germany he has been a guest at all famous festivals. His repertoire embraces a wide spectrum of concert and oratorio literature. He has taken part in numerous radio and record productions.

Source: Liner notes to Capriccio CD 60023-2 (Johannes-Passion, conducted by Hermann Max, 1991)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2001)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss

Bass

BWV 127, BWV 180, BWV 232, BWV 236, BWV 244

Frieder Bernius

Bass

BWV 249

Georg Christoph Biller

Bass

BWV 232, BWV 245

Christophe Coin

Bass

BWV 6, BWV 41, BWV 49, BWV 68, BWV 85, BWV 115, BWV 175, BWV 180, BWV 183

Matthias Eisenberg

Bass

BWV 439-507

John Eliot Gardiner

Bass

BWV 16, BWV 98, BWV 133, BWV 139

Werner Hümmeke

Bass

BWV 248

Leipziger Concert Ensemble

Bass

Movements from BWV 140, BWV 245

Martin Lutz

Bass

BWV 245

Hermann Max

Bass

BWV 245

Martin Schirrmeister

Bass

BWV 232

Michael Schneider

Bass

BWV 56, BWV 82, BWV 158

Wolfgang Unger

Bass

BWV 198

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