Hans Hotter & Thomas Quasthoff - Winterreise 1991

[@jpdosk]

What a surprise to see this piece on the web I was there during the recording - a film by Mildred Clary for french TV . It took place in my father's home in Paris , himself a Thomas Quasthoff good friend The whole film is fabulous but the end when Hans Hotter sings Der Leiermann is absolutely poignant - In dact, he was hesitating with singing but after this encounter with Thomas he was enthusiast and did it naturally. In memoriam Hans, Marc and Mildred

[@mehitabel1290]

Wow!

[@walterbenjamin1386]

Beautiful story. Thank you.

[@PiraticalMaid-of-All-Work]

Quite amazing! Do you have any more knowledge about this film for French TV? Just asking, as I’m curious, and also a Hans Hotter enthusiast! In addition, was there any other little interesting thing that went on? I figure why not ask and possibly find out while I have the chance…

[@sheilamillar]

I saw Hans Hotter years ago taking a masterclass at the Edinburgh Festival, just wonderful, and now to find this….heavenly episode in my Thomas Quasthoff journey. Thankyou so much.

[@100Singers]

The young Quasthoff and the elder Hotter - what a couple of voice-legends! To see them singing together in one room brings tears to my eyes. How amazing!

[@doGreatartistsgrowontrees]

Wonderful to find this. Very touching to hear Hotter sing so late in life.

[@guyolivier948]

ces deux minutes sont extraits d'un film de 45 minutes réalisé par GUY OLIVIER, en 1992, produit par Myldred Clary dans la collection OPUS de l'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, où il peut être visionné et acheté dans son entier

[@heathermeyers3155]

It brought tears to my eyes to see this! I still have his voice resounding in my ears and heart! He worked with me like this on Wagner arias and Schwanengesang. It was one of the great privileges of my life!! Thank you for posting this! ❤️❤️

[@englandcalling22]

Wenn ich mit 82 Jahren noch viertelwegs so gut singen kann schätze ich mich glücklich!

[@embenadorfinearts]

The heavy breathing is due to allergies which Hans Hotter battled all his life. Thank you for your comment ! I thought you would be interested to know this info.

[@jefolson6989]

Did Hotter have asthma top or was it just the alergies? I head Hotter sinh Winterreise late in the game. It was the ghost of a great voice. And he sprayed a fine mist of saliva when he sang.

[@embenadorfinearts]

@@jefolson6989 Good afternoon. Thank you for your comment. Hans Hotter suffered from high allergies that caused him to have trouble breathing and produce asthma-like sounds.

[@kedimy]

It is a captivating performance by two talented singers. Thank you for sharing the video.

[@AntW11]

@ducksoup57 I too sat here with tears in my eyes. I am deeply moved by Hotter's interpretation, his sharing, his gift to us all in his recordings. I never sang with him but know of singers who studied with him. they all said how kind and generous he was. He is the greatest interpreter of lieder that I have heard (on recordings)

[@Bravilor]

Always loved seriousness in music. Think I found a new level of it in this video.

[@HeavyOpera1]

Beautiful performance. Have always loved Hotter's voice and he still sounds great here.

[@photo161]

After only the first phrase the depth of expression that the elser Hans Hotter still so beautifully conveys reveals how very much was missing from Quastoff, who in that respect is, sadly, typical of what we have come to expect from his generation of singers.

[@gaugirl4570]

Quasthoff was young. Age has improved him, as it did Hans Hotter.

[@MrAristaeus]

Quasthoff, for all of his flaws is an exceptional artist. Hotter had flaws too, by the way... if one only makes direct like-for-like comparisons one will ALWAYS hear ‘omissions’ and ‘inconsistencies’. Great artists, like Quasthoff and Hotter (and of course, Schubert) show us the beauty that can exist not only despite but within human frailty.

[@gaugirl4570]

I agree. No artist is perfect. I would add Wagner to the list, but that may be another discussion.....

[@milankucera1148]

I heard some of Hans Hotter's singing from his young(er) years and I must say that he had a beautiful baritone timbre then and although his timbre has shifted with age, he still has (different) pleasant timbre today. Darker, thicker, and I know age has taken its toll on him overally, but the timbre is so pleasant... I wish I heard his Wotan or Gurnemanz today!

[@andrewmargrave7518]

Milan Kucera Hotter sang as a bass from about 1959 on. Before, he was the last great Heldenbariton, the last great Wotan voice and the last great Elijah voice. He ditched baritone roles for bass ones, even the same opera. In "Capriccio", he moved from the Count to LaRoche. In "Fidelio", he abandoned Pizarro for Rocco. In Wagner, he went from Amfortas to Gurnemanz, from Kurwenal to King Mark, from Sachs to Pogner. But he was a great artist and a great singer always.

[@vayasaberlo8]

Just found this. . how wonderful, thank you

[@ErwinSchmiedel]

Hans Hotter was a real giant of all kind of classical songs and opera. I met him 98 at Feldkirch (Schubertiade in Austria). Thank you for this Video.

[@PiraticalMaid-of-All-Work]

Sorry if I might be a bit bothersome, but do you have any memories to share of that event?

[@manuelp8671]

Merveilleux... Je suis infiniment touché...

[@uppityglivestockian]

Absolutely glorious. Wow. It's late for me so I'll be back. Wow. Mil gracias!

[@gustavyeung]

Hans Hotter was amazing: All the "flaws" of singing: heavy breathing, broken voice, insufficient timing of notes, when maneuvered well, simply contribute to the sadness of the song. Der Leiermann IS a song of a lonely old man.

[@GhemF0X]

Yes, written by such a young man....

[@seanmarshall7529]

this is Quasthoff singing!!!!!

[@MrAristaeus]

sean marshall keep watching the video until the end.

[@seanmarshall7529]

@@MrAristaeus I like quasthoff!

[@seanmarshall7529]

I'm sure everyone knows this a Leiermann is a hurdy-gurdy man

[@Franchissse]

Thank you for this amazing recording.

[@sukramebar]

Thank you so much for uploading this wonderful document of two incredible singers and men interpeting a third. Simply breathtaking.

[@franzitaduz]

Im Atemholen liegt allerlei. Tief mit Gravitas von Hotter. Begrenzt mit Vielversprechen von Quasthoff. Tolle Video.

[@TheLReader]

You would definately have cried if you knew what Hotter was singing.

[@novailspoesie6097]

yes I know what he he singing .... when you want to cry, try hotters & thomas quasthoff winterreise from 1991 ! :)

[@jaykauffman4775]

The most moving Leiermsnn from Hotter

[@georgelucas1476]

At the risk of being morbid Hotter sings this the way it should be sung.....with one foot in the grave.

[@achmedmohamed4708]

No! Franz Schubert wrote the Winterreise for tenor! A tenor is not the voice of a man who stands with one foot in the grave. Hotter here was 82 years. Hotter died 2003 with 94 years !!!

[@alancrabb]

The 1954 Hans Hotter/Gerald Moore recording can be found at kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpC7Z4p4i7dko7c

[@petergraham8681]

After hearing & seeing the Staatsoper Video from 1989 I thought I had experienced that LAST example of Hotter's work. Maybe even at age 82 there may be more? Hotter is still my #1 male lieder singer, which since he was the first singer of this music that I ever heard, is perhaps not too surprising. Not a very objective way of evaluating the situation, I realize. I never saw him live whereas I did experience Quasthoff twice & he comes very close in my estimation to Hotter & was the singer I heard first in the Loewe Balladen. This occurred in Germany since one hardly (up to the around 1994 anyway) seldom heard these Balladen in America. I was sorry that some I knew could not bring themselves to attend a Quasthoff recital due to the VISUAL element which they could not deal with. I am glad they remained in the minority.

[@foldsfissures2397]

Very moving. Thank you !

[@truthterrain3484]

I don´t know who´s idea this was, some agent or Hochschule head of Lied program or whatever, but this is a really invaluable document. Thank you.

[@gustavyeung]

Quasthoff was in high spirit.

[@anthonyboxell5628]

Hans Hotter is with the Leiermann now :(

[@ruthvieten6107]

Danke,

[@植松京子]

Hotter1909～2003

[@skakdosmer]

Wonderful. But I wish there was sound in the right channel also.

[@gretzel9]

unfassbar berührend...

[@carstenstampe]

Wunderliche Alter...

[@achmedmohamed4708]

wunderlicheR Alter.

[@carstenstampe]

Achmed Mohamed Ok, never were very good at German :-)

[@achmedmohamed4708]

@@carstenstampe Is O.K. It was only a notice not an instruction.

[@ransomcoates546]

Very moving.

[@newhotmailit]

oh wow.

[@BassoDeckeur]

Dans les yeux de Thomas Quasthoff le texte semble prendre tout son sens en écoutant son mentor

[@neilwalsh6335]

My GOD!

[@cme1447]

It is a frightening experience to watch him singing, especially his facial expressions and his seemingly toothless mouth. But it creates the right experience

[@Carlan1945]

A classic

[@AfroPoli]

This is the great old German school (Hotter). Compare this to the terrible Dieskau singing white sounds and spitting consonants.

[@brunegilda2453]

You're absolutely right.

[@maximilianbjorklund6544]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXqshGCLnM6rfac Spitting consonants? You have no idea what you are talking about!

[@AfroPoli]

@@maximilianbjorklund6544 thanks for the vid. Great demonstration: he spits consonants in every phrase. If you don't hear it, then don't talk about it.

[@maximilianbjorklund6544]

@@AfroPoli Well, it’s called diction. Which for his diction he has won several prices. But you maybe don’t care about the words?

[@AfroPoli]

@@maximilianbjorklund6544 Don't be polemic. I care about diction, but what he does is a style that over emphasizes diction. As you can see above, I prefer Hotter, who had great diction without spitting. The same goes for Schlusnus, Lorenz, Teschemacher and so on and on and on.

[@仏陀伽耶]

2:51辻音楽師🎵

[@lizardking1979]

wotan.

[@guyolivier948]

Je regrette que ce découpage arbitraire dénature le discours que j'avais voulu tenir 45 minutes pour en arriver à cette conclusion.