René Jacobs
Text in englischer Sprache verfügbarRené Jacobs began his career as a countertenor and quickly earned the reputation as one of the finest of his time. He gradually turned to conducting and, since the turn of the new century, has rarely sung in concert. As a countertenor, Jacobs championed a string of forgotten Baroque composers on his recordings: Antonio Cesti, Sigismondo d'India, and Luca Marenzio, to name a few, but he also sang, in both concert and opera, many standards by Monteverdi, J.S. Bach, and Handel, among others. As a conductor, he has led many performances of sacred music by Bach and Buxtehude and has focused heavily on the operas of Monteverdi, Handel, and Mozart. He has conducted purely orchestral music as well, notably symphonies by Haydn and Mozart. In 2021, Jacobs issued a recording of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, conducting the Freiburger Barockorchester and Berlin RIAS Kammerkor. Jacobs was born in Ghent, Belgium, on October 30, 1946. As a child, he was a chorister at St. Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent. After obtaining a degree in philology from Ghent University, he studied voice with Louis Devos and Lucie Frateur. Later, he took master classes with countertenor Alfred Deller. Already active on the concert stage, Jacobs made his operatic debut in Amsterdam in 1974, singing Clerio in Francesco Cavalli's Erismena. In 1977, Jacobs founded Concerto Vocale, an ensemble he would appear with in many concerts, operatic productions, and recordings. By the 1980s, Jacobs was steeped in conducting commitments, though he continued to sing, often in the same concerts. He was also editing performing editions of operas, as he famously did for the 1989 performance he led at the Opera de Montpellier of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea. In the 1990s, Jacobs established his credentials as one of the finest conductors on record of Mozart's operas. His 1998 Così fan tutte, for Harmonia Mundi, became one of the label's best-selling recordings, but it wasn't just his Mozart that drew attention: Jacobs' performances of Haydn's Il mondo della luna at the 2001 Innsbruck Early Music Festival and at the Staatsoper unter den Linden the following year drew lavish critical praise. Jacobs served as the artistic director of the Innsbruck Early Music Festival from 1996 until 2009. He hasn't slowed down his performing and recording pace in the 21st century, and his more than 200 releases are available on a variety of labels, including Harmonia Mundi, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, and Berlin Classics, among others. Jacobs has earned many awards in his career, including several Cannes Classical Awards (one for his recording of Handel's Rinaldo in 2004), the prestigious Diapason d'Or more than ten times (one for his recording of Haydn's The Seasons in 2005), and a Grammy Award in 2005 for his recording of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. In 2021, he led the Freiburger Barockorchester and Berlin RIAS Kammerkor in a recording of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, on Harmonia Mundi.
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René Jacobs began his career as a countertenor and quickly earned the reputation as one of the finest of his time. He gradually turned to conducting and, since the turn of the new century, has rarely sung in concert. As a countertenor, Jacobs championed a string of forgotten Baroque composers on his recordings: Antonio Cesti, Sigismondo d'India, and Luca Marenzio, to name a few, but he also sang, in both concert and opera, many standards by Monteverdi, J.S. Bach, and Handel, among others. As a conductor, he has led many performances of sacred music by Bach and Buxtehude and has focused heavily on the operas of Monteverdi, Handel, and Mozart. He has conducted purely orchestral music as well, notably symphonies by Haydn and Mozart. In 2021, Jacobs issued a recording of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, conducting the Freiburger Barockorchester and Berlin RIAS Kammerkor.
Jacobs was born in Ghent, Belgium, on October 30, 1946. As a child, he was a chorister at St. Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent. After obtaining a degree in philology from Ghent University, he studied voice with Louis Devos and Lucie Frateur. Later, he took master classes with countertenor Alfred Deller. Already active on the concert stage, Jacobs made his operatic debut in Amsterdam in 1974, singing Clerio in Francesco Cavalli's Erismena. In 1977, Jacobs founded Concerto Vocale, an ensemble he would appear with in many concerts, operatic productions, and recordings. By the 1980s, Jacobs was steeped in conducting commitments, though he continued to sing, often in the same concerts. He was also editing performing editions of operas, as he famously did for the 1989 performance he led at the Opera de Montpellier of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea. In the 1990s, Jacobs established his credentials as one of the finest conductors on record of Mozart's operas. His 1998 Così fan tutte, for Harmonia Mundi, became one of the label's best-selling recordings, but it wasn't just his Mozart that drew attention: Jacobs' performances of Haydn's Il mondo della luna at the 2001 Innsbruck Early Music Festival and at the Staatsoper unter den Linden the following year drew lavish critical praise. Jacobs served as the artistic director of the Innsbruck Early Music Festival from 1996 until 2009.
He hasn't slowed down his performing and recording pace in the 21st century, and his more than 200 releases are available on a variety of labels, including Harmonia Mundi, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, and Berlin Classics, among others. Jacobs has earned many awards in his career, including several Cannes Classical Awards (one for his recording of Handel's Rinaldo in 2004), the prestigious Diapason d'Or more than ten times (one for his recording of Haydn's The Seasons in 2005), and a Grammy Award in 2005 for his recording of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. In 2021, he led the Freiburger Barockorchester and Berlin RIAS Kammerkor in a recording of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, on Harmonia Mundi.
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Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
René Jacobs
Messen, Passionen, Requiems - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 13.05.2022
Ganz abgesehen von der Spielweise und den Instrumenten ist diese neue Version der h-moll-Messe weit entfernt von der in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren v ...
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Weber: Der Freischütz
René Jacobs
Oper - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 29.04.2022
Choc de ClassicaWie bei vielen Interpreten, die sich auf Barockmusik spezialisiert haben, folgt René Jacobs‘ Karriere der Chronologie der Musikgeschichte. Nachdem er ...
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Bach : St Matthew Passion (Matthäus-Passion)
René Jacobs
Messen, Passionen, Requiems - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 07.10.2013
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Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 (Süssmayr - Dutron 2016 Completion)
René Jacobs
Klassik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 27.10.2017
1791: a busy year for Mozart who, when he received a commission for a Requiem, was already working on Die Zauberflöte and had a deadline to deliver La ...
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Mozart : Die Entführung aus dem Serail
René Jacobs
Klassik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 15.10.2015
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
René Jacobs
Klassik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 28.09.2001
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Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
René Jacobs
Klassik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 01.12.1991
Qobuz’ Schallplattensammlung16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Intégrale)
René Jacobs
Oper - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 07.10.2010
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J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio
René Jacobs
Klassik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 20.10.1997
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Handel: Messiah
René Jacobs
Klassik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 02.10.2006
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Bach : St Matthew Passion (Édition 5.1)
René Jacobs
Klassik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 07.10.2013
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Georg Friedrich Händel : Agrippina
René Jacobs
Gesamtaufnahmen von Opern - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 29.09.2011
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi : Septem verba a Christo (Les sept paroles du Christ)
René Jacobs
Geistliche Vokalmusik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 11.03.2013
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Joseph Haydn : Les Saisons
René Jacobs
Weltliche Oratorien - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 01.01.2004
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (René Jacobs)
René Jacobs
Oper - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 22.08.1995
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Famous Scenes)
René Jacobs
Klassik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 29.12.2014
In den zwanzig Jahren seit der aufsehenerregenden Veröffentlichung von Così fan tutte im Jahr 1999 (mit Gens, Fink, Güra) ist es René Jacobs gelungen, ...
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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
René Jacobs
Klassik - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 21.04.2006
Stereophile: Record To Die For16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Symphonies n°38 "Prague" & n°41 "Jupiter" (René Jacobs)
René Jacobs
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 15.08.2007
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
René Jacobs
Oper - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 01.01.2004
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Bach: St John Passion, BWV 245 (Johannes-Passion)
René Jacobs
Messen, Passionen, Requiems - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 25.03.2016
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Mozart: Idomeneo
René Jacobs
Gesamtaufnahmen von Opern - Erschienen bei harmonia mundi am 22.05.2009
Prise de Son d'ExceptionChoc de Classica16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo