Thomas Quasthoff - Nice 'N' Easy

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:57
Size: 135,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:36)  1. Nice 'N' Easy
(6:26)  2. Body and Soul
(5:42)  3. But Not for Me
(3:56)  4. Moonglow
(4:51)  5. Cry Me a River
(6:36)  6. Some Enchanted Evening
(6:08)  7. I Remember You
(3:30)  8. I've Got the World on a String
(3:47)  9. Stardust
(4:25) 10. Willow Weep for Me
(4:13) 11. Too Close for Comfort
(5:42) 12. Imagine

One of the most admired Lieder and concert singers of his generation, Bass-Baritone Thomas Quasthoff returns to the studio with his first solo album since 2010. Thomas Quasthoff is approaching standards such as Nice and Easy or Cry Me A River with new arrangements by Jörg Achim Keller. The results: exciting new versions of familiar jazz-classics. This release finds the singer partnering again with German trumpeter Till Brönner - featuring a solo and his Trio Partners Frank Chastenier, Dieter Ilg and Wolfgang Haffner as well as the unique NDR Bigband - The Hamburg Radio Jazz Orchestra. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Nice-N-Easy-Thomas-Quasthoff/dp/B079VQ4T7P   

Personnel: Vocals – Thomas Quasthoff;  Bass – Dieter Ilg;  Conductor [NDR Bigband] – Frank Engel, Jörg Achim Keller;  Drums – Jörg Achim Keller, Wolfgang Haffner;  Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Till Brönner;  Piano – Frank Chastenier

Nice 'N' Easy

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Thomas Quasthoff - A Portrait

Styles: Vocal

Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:20
Size: 192,2 MB
Art: Front

( 4:04)  1. Erlkönig (Schubert)
( 4:47)  2. Der Zwerg, op. 22,1 (Schubert)
( 5:33)  3. Prometheus (Schubert)
( 5:03)  4. Der Lindenbaum (Schubert)
( 3:40)  5. Mondnacht (Schumann)
( 1:25)  6. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (Schumann)
( 4:05)  7. Belsazar, op. 57 (Schumann)
( 4:30)  8. Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen (J. S. Bach)
( 4:10)  9. Mein teurer Heiland, laß dich fragen (J. S. Bach)
( 5:11) 10. Hai gia vinta la causa - Vedro mentre io sospiro (Mozart)
( 5:46) 11. Madamina, il catalogo e questo (Mozart)
( 2:00) 12. Deh! vieni alla finestra, o mio tesoro (Mozart)
( 2:52) 13. Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Mozart)
( 4:13) 14. Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (Mozart)
( 2:42) 15. pa-pa-pa-pa (Mozart)
( 4:41) 16. In diesen heil'gen Hallen (Mozart)
(12:31) 17. Des besten Königs Wink und Wille (Beethoven)

Quasthoff’s reputation has increased with each new disc‚ so it is a good idea of RCA’s to issue this composite picture of his achievements to date. We are here reminded that the eminent bass­baritone has just about every virtue called for in practically all the repertory included here. His voice is faultless in tonal production and technical assurance: he always sings with thought for the text; word and note become as one. These assets are controlled by a sharp‚ intelligent mind and an emotional impulse that makes every reading a sustenance for ear and mind. The Schubert group four dramatic songs‚ one reflective are delivered with a marked emphasis on firm tone‚ a refined legato and acute use of text. His Schumann is hardly less successful The two airs from Bach’s St John Passion have the breadth of line and sonorous voice that make them near­ideal. In Mozart‚ his imposing account of Count Almaviva’s outburst contrasts nicely with his suave Giovanni‚ but his Leporello is rather too well­behaved. The traversal of Sarastro’s second aria is the very epitome of wise authority and most beautiful to hear. He plays Papageno pretty straight‚ and then in the only new item here he’s joined by Caballé‚ of all singers‚ for the duet with Papagena‚ a real collector’s piece‚ the then 65­year­old diva just about keeping up with her partner. Finally comes the closing scene of Fidelio with Quasthoff‚ as I wrote when the set came out‚ as noble and warm a Don Fernando as one could wish. Sir Colin Davis is at his best in this extract from what overall is an uneven set. Elsewhere in the present compilation the piano playing and conducting are all worthy of this artist’s profoundly satisfying work.

A Portrait

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Thomas Quasthoff - Tell It Like It Is

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:44
Size: 129.9 MB
Styles: Soul-Jazz vocals
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[4:38] 1. I Can't Stand The Rain
[4:16] 2. Lost Mind
[4:25] 3. Have A Little Faith In Me
[3:13] 4. Have A Talk With God
[3:01] 5. The Seventh Son
[3:49] 6. Short People
[4:15] 7. Please Send Me Someone To Love
[4:46] 8. Kissing My Love
[4:43] 9. Ain't No Sunshine
[3:55] 10. Rainy Night In Georgia
[3:25] 11. The Whistleman
[4:16] 12. Rider In The Rain
[3:34] 13. Tell It Like It Is
[4:23] 14. Georgia On My Mind

Deutsche Grammophon's best-selling release of bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff's 'The Voice' astonished music lovers with tuneful proof of Quasthoff's ability to sing jazz as superbly as they knew him to sing classical music. With Tell It Like It Is, Thomas Quasthoff floors the music world again with this recording of American Soul with a jazz feeling. This world-class interpreter of Lieder brings the words to life with an immediacy that connects to the listener. Thomas Quasthoff digs into his music with a super quartet: Frank Chastenier, keyboards, Wolfgang Haffner, drums, Dieter Ilg, bass, and Bruno M ller, guitar. Tracks on this album, produced by the legendary Jay Newland, range from Bill Withers's 'Kissing My Love' to ballads such as 'Please Send Me Someone to Love' and 'Tell It Like It Is'.

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Thomas Quasthoff - The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:02
Size: 112.3 MB
Styles: Classical crossover
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[2:55] 1. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
[2:58] 2. Watch What Happens
[4:05] 3. Secret Love
[4:50] 4. You And I
[3:50] 5. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
[4:51] 6. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
[2:43] 7. Can't We Be Friends
[4:25] 8. Smile
[2:15] 9. They All Laughed
[5:55] 10. My Funny Valentine
[5:42] 11. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
[4:30] 12. In My Solitude

Thomas Quasthoff's acquaintance with jazz goes back quite a while to when he sang the music in nightclubs as a voice student. This is an experience he shares with other classically trained singers, although not so many German ones. He sings (and speaks) American English essentially without a foreign accent, and he is justified in his claims that when he sings jazz, he sounds like a jazz singer rather than a classical singer singing jazz. Yet if that were all there were to it, his performances would be less compelling than they in fact are. Quasthoff has the great virtue of approaching standards as songs that have new and personal meaning for him. Indeed, the booklet notes that "all the songs included in the present release are closely related to his own experiences and points of view." The listener can speculate on exactly what that means, but what's beyond speculation is that there's a certain wide-eyed quality of discovery in Quasthoff's jazz singing that's immensely appealing. A greater challenge than learning idiomatic American English for a German singer is learning idiomatic jazz vocal devices for a singer trained in the classics. Quasthoff croons, slides, caresses the microphone, whispers, and bends tones with the best of them. His upbeat numbers (try Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive or They All Laughed) have a solid, chunky rhythmic quality, but perhaps most compelling are the chances Quasthoff takes on some of the slower pieces -- specifically Stevie Wonder's "You and I," which is a song heavily influenced by jazz, to be sure, but that also implies soul vocals in some of the explosive expansions of its melodic line. It is here that one realizes most fully that one is hearing a rare vocal virtuoso, and that one enjoys a rare vocal delight to its fullest. ~James Manheim

The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens

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