Hans Hotter
Hans Hotter (1909-2003) was a German bass-baritone, one of the towering Wagner singers of the twentieth century. He was especially celebrated as Wotan, Hans Sachs, the Dutchman and in German Lieder.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears extensively in Wagner, Strauss, Mozart and German opera, with conductors including Knappertsbusch, Karajan, Jochum and Stiedry.
Hotter’s singing combined vast vocal authority with inwardness, verb...
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Live broadcast performance, 1949
Total duration: 4hr 16:47
Hans Hotter
Günther Treptow
Annelies Kupper
Benno Kusche
Max Proebstl
Franz Klarwein
Karl Hoppe
Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Conducted by Eugen Jochum
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde
Live festival recording, 1952
Total duration: 3hr 48:33
Tristan - Ramón Vinay
Isolde - Martha Mödl
Brangaene - Ira Malaniuk
Marke - Ludwig Weber
Kurwenal - Hans Hotter
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Herbert von Karajan
R. STRAUSS Aus Italien
Live and studio recordings · 1951 & 1953
Total duration: 2hr 19:29
Irmgard Barth (Herodias)
Hans Hotter (Jokanaan)
Max Lorenz (Herod)
Lorenz Fehenberger (Narraboth)
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra
Joseph Keilberth, conductor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9
BEETHOVEN Große Fuge
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
Recorded 1956-1960
Aase Nordmo Løvberg soprano
Christa Ludwig alto
Waldemar Kmentt tenor
Hans Hotter bass
The Philharmonia Chorus
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Recorded in stereo 1957 & 1960
Total duration: 2hr 22:41
Aase Nordmo Løvberg soprano
Christa Ludwig alto
Waldemar Kmentt tenor
Hans Hotter bass
The Philharmonia Chorus
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer conductor
MOZART Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"*
Studio and Live recordings · 1962 & 1954
Total duration: 3hr 15:21
Richard Lewis - Tamino
Geraint Evans - Papageno
Joan Carlyle - Pamina
David Kelly - Sarastro
Hans Hotter - Speaker
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Covent Garden
*Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
