Matthias Goerne
Baritone Matthias Goerne has been noted for his interpretations of German lieder and orchestral song. He has also had success in a variety of operatic roles, both mainstream and contemporary, and not all of them in German.
Goerne was born in Weimar, then in East Germany, on March 31, 1967. He sang youth roles with the Weimar City Opera. Goerne studied in Leipzig with Hans-Joachim Beyer, and then with the cream of the German lieder singers of the day, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and took several major competition prizes before singing in Bach's St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, under legendary conductor Kurt Masur in 1990. He made his operatic debut in 1992 in Cologne, in Hans Werner Henze's opera Der Prinz von Homburg. Another break was a prominent substitute appearance, in Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, for the ailing Fischer-Dieskau, in 1997. He has often sung vocal parts in works by Mahler.
A cast member at the Dresden Staatsoper for many years, Goerne has appeared increasingly often at other houses. He made his Covent Garden debut as Wozzeck in Berg's opera of the same name in 2002, and the role of Marcello in Puccini's La bohème, in Italian, is part of his repertory. Goerne was an artist-in-residence at the New York Philharmonic for the 2018-2019 season, and in 2019 he made return visits to the Salzburg Festival in Austria. Goerne has performed many recitals devoted to the German lied, and among his major recording projects is a 12-volume Schubert edition that appeared on the Harmonia Mundi label between 2008 and 2014.
Goerne's recording catalog is large and includes albums on Decca, Hyperion, and other labels, in addition to Harmonia Mundi. As his voice has deepened, he has essayed Wagnerian roles and issued the album The Wagner Project in 2017. On Harmonia Mundi, he was heard on a recording of Brahms' A German Requiem, Op. 45, in 2019, with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Also, in 2019, he released an album of Schumann lieder with Leif Ove Andsnes that was nominated for a Grammy award.
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Fauré : Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine, Super flumina Babylonis
Philippe Jaroussky, Matthias Goerne, Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics on 5 sep. 2011
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Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 (Remastered)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne
Koormuziek - Released by Warner Classics on 1 jan. 2001
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Schubert Revisited: Lieder Arranged for Baritone and Orchestra
Matthias Goerne, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Florian Donderer
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 6 jan. 2023
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14
Mikko Franck, Asmik Grigorian, Matthias Goerne
Klassiek - Released by Alpha Classics on 20 okt. 2023
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Brahms : Viola Sonatas, Op. 120 - Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91
Antoine Tamestit, Cédric Tiberghien, Matthias Goerne
Kamermuziek - Released by harmonia mundi on 12 feb. 2021
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Bach: Cantatas for Bass
Matthias Goerne, Freiburger Barockorchester and Gottfried von der Goltz
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 25 aug. 2017
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Lieder (Berg, Schumann, Wolf, Shostakovich, Brahms)
Matthias Goerne, Daniil Trifonov
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 10 jun. 2022
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Beethoven Songs
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 20 mrt. 2020
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Franz Schubert : "Erlkönig" (Lieder, vol. 7)
Matthias Goerne and Andreas Haefliger
Liederen - Released by harmonia mundi on 25 feb. 2013
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Franz Schubert : Winterreise (Lieder, vol. 9)
Matthias Goerne and Christoph Eschenbach
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Brahms : Ein deutsches Requiem
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding, Christiane Karg, Matthias Goerne, Swedish Radio Choir
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 6 sep. 2019
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Im Abendrot: Songs by Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss
Matthias Goerne, Seong-Jin Cho
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 16 apr. 2021
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Franz Schubert : Nacht und Träume (Lieder, vol. 5)
Matthias Goerne and Alexander Schmalcz
Liederen - Released by harmonia mundi on 4 jan. 2011
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Schumann : Einsamkeit - Lieder
Matthias Goerne and Markus Hinterhäuser
Liederen (Duitsland) - Released by harmonia mundi on 31 mrt. 2017
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Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. 960
Matthias Goerne, Christoph Eschenbach
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 17 apr. 2012
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Franz Schubert : Wanderers Nachtlied (Lieder, vol. 8)
Matthias Goerne, Helmut Deutsch and Eric Schneider
Liederen (Duitsland) - Released by harmonia mundi on 10 feb. 2014
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Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge
Christoph Eschenbach, Matthias Goerne
Liederen - Released by harmonia mundi on 13 mei 2016
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Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 24 & Kernerlieder, Op. 35
Leif Ove Andsnes, Matthias Goerne
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 19 apr. 2019
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Anniversary Edition
Klassiek - Released by Capriccio on 4 jun. 2021
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Schubert: String Quintet, Op. 163 & Lieder
Quatuor Ébène, Gautier Capuçon, Matthias Goerne
Klassiek - Released by Erato - Warner Classics on 8 apr. 2016
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Berio: Sinfonia: Berio & Mahler: Frühe Lieder
Matthias Goerne, The Synergy Vocals, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Josep Pons
Symfonieën - Released by harmonia mundi on 9 sep. 2016
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