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Lotte Wolf-Matthäus (Contralto) |
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Born: April 8, 1908 - Brünlos/Erzgebirge, Thuringia, Germany
Died: November 1979 - Ilten, near Hannover, Germany |
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The German contralto, Lotte Wolf-Matthäus, studied from 1926 to 1930 with Ilse Helling-Rosenthal in Leipzig.
In 1930 Lotte [Charlotte] Wolf-Matthäus began her career as concert and oratorio singer. She undertook extended concert tours, which brought her to the music centres in Germany as well as abroad. She proved herself above all as a splendid J.S. Bach interpreter, but also as interpreter of the music of the Baroque era. She appeared often as soloist with the Thomanerchor Leipzig. In 1938 she sang in Paris the alto part in Matthäus-Passion (BWV 244) by J.S. Bach. She resumed her career after the World War II, through radio programmes, which were broadcast by German stations, especially the NWDR Cologne, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Munich, Leipzig and other radio stations. She participated in the productions the cantatas of J.S. Bach, which brought some of the well-known cantatas to the public. The artist lived in Ilten near Hannover.
Recordings: Her voice can be heard particularly on the labels of Telefunken (Works by J.S. Bach, Heinrich Schütz, Georg Philipp Telemann, Monteverdi), Cantate and on other record labels. |
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Sources:
Operissimo Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (July 2001)
Großes Sängerlexikon (Authors: K. J. Kutsch / Leo Riemens, Expanded 3rd edition 1999/2000; K. G. Saur Verlag, Munich)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (July 2001, October 2004); Thomas Braatz (June 2006) |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Works |
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Helmut Barbe |
Alto |
BWV 13, BWV 166 |
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Ludwig Doormann |
Alto |
BWV 93, BWV 117, BWV 187 |
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Hans Grischkat |
Alto |
BWV 233-242 |
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Hans Heintze |
Alto |
[CR-29] (1959, Radio recording): BWV 29
[CR-146] (1959, Radio recording): BWV 146
[CR-174] (1959, Radio recording): BWV 174 |
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Diethard Hellmann |
Alto |
BWV 34, BWV 169 |
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Helmut Kahlhöfer |
Alto |
BWV 46 |
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Rolf Reinhardt |
Alto |
BWV 243 |
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Günther Ramin |
Alto |
BWV 110. BWV 117, BWV 128, BWV 144
Radio: BWV 112, BWV 146
Selections from BWV 232; BWV 243 [2nd]
[CR-248] (1952, Radio recording): BWV 248/1-3 [1st recording] |
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Karl Ristenpart |
Alto |
BWV 22, BWV 176
BWV 245, BWV 248 [Tape] |
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Karl Straube |
Alto |
Radio: BWV 34, BWV 79, BWV 80, BWV 86 |
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Max Thurn |
Alto |
Radio: BWV 20 |
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Heinz Wunderlich |
Alto |
BWV 100, BWV 175 |
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Links to other Sites |
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