Christoph Prégardien
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.
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Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 (Remastered)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/2001
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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Schwanengesang & Winterreise
Andreas Staier, Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gees
Classical - Lançado por Challenge Classics em 07/05/2021
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Brahms: Complete Songs, Vol. 1
Christoph Prégardien, Ulrich Eisenlohr
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Naxos em 03/12/2021
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Hasse: L'Olimpiade (Live)
Cappella Sagittariana; Wolfram Just
Opera - Lançado por Profil Edition Guenter Haenssler em 01/09/2023
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Elysium: The Complete Choral Works for Male Voices by Franz Schubert, Vol. 5
Camerata Musica Limburg, Christoph Prégardien, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Tilman Hoppstock, Jan Schumacher, Andreas Frese
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por Genuin em 03/05/2019
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J. S. Bach: Cantates BWV 180, 49 & 115
Christoph Pregardien, Barbara Schlick, Andreas Scholl, Christophe Coin, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges
Classical - Lançado por naïve classique em 01/01/1994
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Schubert: Die Winterreise
Andreas Staier, Christoph Prégardien
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Warner Classics International em 29/08/1997
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Bach: Cantatas BWV 56 & 82
Le Concert Lorrain, Christoph Prégardien, Stephan Schultz
Classical - Lançado por Etcetera em 01/09/2023
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Bach/Telemann: Cantatas for Baritone
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi em 27/04/2018
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Schubert: Winterreise
Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gees
Classical - Lançado por Challenge Classics em 19/11/2014
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Father & Son (Schubert, Brahms, Schumann...)
Christoph Prégardien, Julian Prégardien
Lieder (German) - Lançado por Challenge Classics em 21/11/2014
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Reger : Der Einsiedler - Requiem (Live)
Christoph Prégardien, Camerata Vocale Freiburg, Kammerorchester Basel, Winfried Toll
Classical - Lançado por Solo Musica em 22/11/2019
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Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin
Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gees
Classical - Lançado por Challenge Classics em 22/03/2008
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Wanderer (Arrangement for small ensemble)
Christoph Prégardien, Ensemble Kontraste
Classical - Lançado por Challenge Classics em 27/09/2011
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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi em 17/08/1992
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Schubert: Lieder von Abschied und Reise
Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gees
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/1996
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Dichterliebe, Op. 48 / Lenau-Lieder und Requiem, Op. 90 / Wesendonck Lieder
Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gees
Classical - Lançado por Challenge Classics em 06/09/2019
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Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por CapriccioNR em 01/01/1996
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Wehmut: The Complete Choral Works for Male Voices by Franz Schubert, Vol. 3
Camerata Musica Limburg, Alison Browner, Christoph Prégardien, Tilman Hoppstock, Jan Schumacher, Andreas Frese
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por Genuin em 29/09/2017
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Schubert: Winterreise (Arr. for Chamber Ensemble)
Christoph Prégardien, Pentaedre, Joseph Petric
Classical - Lançado por ATMA Classique em 15/01/2008
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Schubert: Lieder after Mayrhofer
Andreas Staier, Christoph Prégardien
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Warner Classics International em 10/08/2001
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