ALBUMGeorg Anton Kreusser: Der Tod JesuMainzer Domorchester, Domkantorei St. Martin, Karsten Storck, Christoph Prégardien, Julia Sophie Wagner & Johannes Mayer
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ALBUMGeorg Anton Kreusser: Der Tod JesuMainzer Domorchester, Domkantorei St. Martin, Karsten Storck, Christoph Prégardien, Julia Sophie Wagner & Johannes Mayer
ALBUMBach: Cantatas BWV 56 & 82Le Concert Lorrain, Christoph Prégardien & Stephan Schultz
ALBUMSchubert: Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911Christoph Prégardien & Michael Gees
ALBUMAlphons Diepenbrock: Songs 1Robert Holl, Christoph Prégardien, Jard van Nes, Roberta Alexander & Rudolf Jansen
ALBUMDiepenbrock: Anniversary Edition, Vol. 5: Songs 1Christoph Prégardien, Rudolf Jansen, Jard van Nes, Christa Pfeiler, Robert Holl, Claron McFadden, Leo Van Doeselaar, David Kuyken & Roberta Alexander
ALBUMSerenade - Songs of Night and LoveJan Schumacher, Camerata Musica Limburg, Michael Armbruster, Zia Richter-Sonnen, Thomas Sonnen, Samuel Seidenberg, Andreas Frese, Christoph Prégardien, Martin Nyvall & Alison Browner
ALBUMR. Schumann: Requiem, Der Königssohn & NachtliedKammerChor Saarbrücken, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern & Georg Grün
ALBUMItalienisches Liederbuch (Italian songbook)Christoph Prégardien, Julia Kleiter & Hilko Dumno
ALBUMTelemann: Choral MusicHermann Max, Ursula Bundies, Christoph Lehmann, David Cordier, Anne Rohrig, Carsten Lohff, Das Kleine Konzert, Stephen Varcoe, Martina Lins, Rheinische Kantorei, Silke Weisheit, Christoph Prégardien, Hans-Georg Wimmer, Karl Kaiser, Pieter Dhont, Barbara Schlick, Michael Schneider, Hans Peter Westermann, Konrad Hunteler & Michael McCraw
ALBUMRobert Schumann: Der Rose PilgerfahrtAnna Lucia Richter, Christoph Prégardien, Michael Dahmen, Michael Gees, Süddeutscher Kammerchor & Gerhard Jenemann
ALBUMBach, J.S.: Christmas OratorioMonica Groop, Klaus Mertens, Frankfurt Vocal Ensemble, Ralf Otto, Ruth Ziesak, Christoph Prégardien & Concerto Cologne
ALBUMSongs of Love and DeathChristoph Prégardien & Tilman Hoppstock
ALBUMMendelssohn, Felix: The SymphoniesChristoph Poppen, German Radio Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern Philharmonic Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Christoph Prégardien, Claudia Mahnke & Sibylla Rubens
ALBUMBetween Life and Death - Songs and AriasChristoph Prégardien & Michael Gees
ALBUMMahler: Lieder (Songs)Christoph Prégardien & Michael Gees
ALBUMNeue Musik kommentiert: Einführung in die Neue MusikPeter Oswald, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Lothar Zagrosek, Annette Bik, Klangforum Wien, Hans Zender, Catherine Dubosc, Sylvain Cambreling, Christoph Prégardien, Beat Furrer, Sonia Turchetta, Carlo Sini, ensemble recherche, SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Michael Gielen, Emilio Pomarico, Ensemble musikFabrik, Salomé Kammer, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ken Takeseki, Péter Eötvös, Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart, Rupert Huber, Elizabeth Laurence, Marino Formenti & Florian Muller
ALBUMPregardien, Christoph: Mozart Concert Arias for TenorMichi Gaigg, L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, Christoph Prégardien & Samuel Zund
ALBUMSchumann: LiederChristoph Prégardien & Michael Gees
ALBUMBach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 (Remastered)Matthias Goerne, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien & Christoph Prégardien
ALBUMAlphons Diepenbrock: Songs 3Roberta Alexander, Jard van Nes, Christa Pfeiler, Christoph Prégardien, Robert Holl & Rudolf Jansen
ALBUMBach, J.S.: Christian LifeGächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Michael Behringer, Sibylla Rubens, Michael Gross, James Taylor, Gerhard Gnann, Andreas Schmidt, Ingeborg Danz, Christoph Prégardien & Stella Doufexis
ALBUMBach, J.S.: Jesus HymnsGächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Michael Behringer, Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gross, Stella Doufexis, Gerhard Gnann, Ingeborg Danz & Andreas Schmidt
ALBUMBach, J.S.: Magnificat In E-Flat Major, Bwv 243ASibylla Rubens, Ingeborg Danz, Marcus Ullmann, Klaus Häger, Ruth Sandhoff, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Christiane Oelze, Michael Volle, Christoph Prégardien, Anke Vondung & Andreas Schmidt
ALBUMBach, J.S.: Sacred Music In Latin 2Christoph Prégardien, Thomas Quasthoff, Ingeborg Danz, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Ruth Ziesak, Michel Brodard, Christiane Oelze & Birgit Remmert
ALBUMSchumann - Wolf: Eichendorff SongsMichael Gees & Christoph Prégardien
ALBUMHaydn: ArmidaCecilia Bartoli, Christoph Prégardien, Concentus Musicus Wien, Markus Schäfer, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Oliver Widmer, Patricia Petibon & Scot Weir
ALBUMFollow GoetheMichael Gees & Christoph Prégardien
ALBUMHans Zender: Schubert's WinterreiseChristoph Prégardien, Klangforum Wien & Sylvain Cambreling
ALBUMSchubert: Die WinterreiseAndreas Staier & Christoph Prégardien
ALBUMJ.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 173a & 201Gustav Leonhardt & Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
ALBUMBach, J.S.: St. Matthew PassionWilfried Jochens, Das Kleine Konzert, Hans-Georg Wimmer, Veronika Winter, Lena Susanne Norin, Christoph Prégardien, Monika Frimmer, Klaus Mertens, Rheinische Kantorei & Hermann Max
ALBUMSchubert: Lieder von Abschied und ReiseMichael Gees & Christoph Prégardien
ALBUMSchubert: Songs to Poems By GoetheAndreas Staier & Christoph Prégardien
ALBUMFranz Schubert: Mass No. 6 (Bernius)Frieder Bernius, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Christoph Prégardien, Cornelius Hauptmann, Martina Borst, Peter Grønlund, Soile Isokoski & Stuttgart Chamber Choir
ALBUMSchubert: Mass No. 6, D. 950Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Frieder Bernius, Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Peter Grönlund, Christoph Prégardien, Cornelius Hauptmann, Soile Isokoski & Martina Borst
ALBUMHyperion Schubert Edition, Vol. 23 – Songs of 1816Christoph Prégardien & Graham Johnson
ALBUMMonteverdi: Vespro Della Beata VergineChristoph Prégardien, Frankfurt Vocal Ensemble, Ralf Otto, Barbara Fleckenstein & Peter Schmitz
ALBUMSchubert: Songs to Poems By GoetheChristoph Prégardien & Andreas Staier
ALBUMHolzbauer: Günther von SchwarzburgLa Stagione, Michael Schneider, Clarry Bartha, Claron McFadden, Robert Worle & Christoph Prégardien
ALBUMJ. S. Bach: Cantates BWV 180, 49 & 115Christoph Prégardien, Barbara Schlick, Andreas Scholl, Christophe Coin & Ensemble Baroque de Limoges
ALBUMSongs to Poems by Heinrich HeineChristoph Prégardien
ALBUMSchubert: Songs to Poems By SchillerChristoph Prégardien & Andreas Staier
ALBUMBritten: Sinfonietta / Serenade / Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal / NocturneChristoph Prégardien, Ib Lanzky-Otto, Tapiola Sinfonietta & Osmo Vänskä
ALBUMSchubert: Die schöne MüllerinChristoph Prégardien & Andreas Staier
ALBUMMozart: Die Freimaurermusiken (The Freemason Musics)Martin Haselböck, Wiener Akademie, Christoph Prégardien, Helmut Wildhaber, Gottfried Hornik & Peter Schneyder
ALBUMBach: CantatasFrieder Bernius, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Christoph Prégardien, Michael Chance, Ruth Ziesak, Peter Kooij & Concerto Köln
ALBUMBach - Magnificat / Cantata No. 21Greta de Reyghere, Rene Jacobs, Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande, Peter Lika, Netherlands Chamber Choir & Christoph Prégardien
About Christoph Prégardien
Artist Biography
Tenor Christoph Prégardien is best known for his performance of lieder, opera, and oratorio. He has won several awards for his recordings. He has also established himself as a conductor and educator.
Prégardien was born in Limburg an der Lahn, Germany, on January 18, 1956. He began his musical education at the Limburg Cathedral Choir School. He went on to study at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule with Martin Gründeler, and later with Carla Castellani in Milan, Karlheinz Jarius in Frankfurt, and Alois Treml in Stuttgart.
He has built up a major reputation as a concert artist, performing the oratorios and passions of the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods. Prégardien's repertoire also encompasses the works of 17th century composers Monteverdi, Schütz, and Purcell, and 20th century composers Britten, Stravinsky, Killmayer, and Rihm. Among the conductors he has performed and recorded with are Brüggen, Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Hogwood, Jacobs, Koopman, Kuijken, Leonhardt, and Rilling. As an operatic tenor, Prégardien has given performances in many major venues, among them London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Montpellier, and Tokyo. His roles have included such characters as Monteverdi's Ulisse, Mozart's Tamino and Don Ottavio, and Rossini's Count Almaviva.
Prégardien's special love is lieder, which he studied at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule in classes with Hartmut Höll. After the great success of his first lieder recordings, Prégardien embarked on a major recording career. His outstanding achievements as a lieder singer have been acknowledged with numerous awards, such as the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Edison Award, Diapason D'or de l'année, and the Cannes Classical Award, among others.
Since 2012, Prégardien has worked as a conductor with Le Concert Lorrain, the Nederlands Kammerkoor, the Duisburger Philharmoniker, and Collegium Vocale Gent. He taught at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Zurich, the Academy of Music in Cologne, and has given master classes throughout the world.
Prégardien and Andreas Staier performed together internationally beginning in 1991, and in 1997, they signed an exclusive contract with Teldec. Their debut album for the label, Schubert's Winterreise, won numerous awards as well as being chosen for the German Record Critics' Quarterly List. His other favorite piano partner is Michael Gees, with whom he released Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin in 2008. Other releases by Prégardien have included an album of songs by Beethoven and his contemporaries Nikolaus von Krufft and Franz Lachner, Brahms' Die schöne Magelone, a recording of duets with his son Julian in 2014, and an album of Schumann and Wagner lieder in 2019. ~ Rovi Staff
Hometown
Limburg, Germany
Genre
Classical
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