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Klaus Mertens
classical singer, bass‐baritone
Since 1949
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Klaus Mertens (born 25 March 1949, in Kleve) is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach for bass voice.
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Klaus Mertens est un artiste lyrique allemand de tessitures basse et baryton-basse. Il naît le 25 mars 1949 à Clèves en Allemagne de l'Ouest. Il consacre l'essentiel de son activité au répertoire vocal baroque et il est connu pour son interprétation de l'œuvre vocale de Jean-Sébastien Bach.
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Discography
Albums
- 1990 Messe c-moll K. 427 / Kyrie d-moll K. 341
- 1994 Der Tod Jesu
- 1994 Matthäus Passion (excerpts)
- 1995 Jouluoratorio (osia)
- 1996 Christmas Oratorio / Christmas Cantatas 1761 & 1762
- 1997 Missa Corporis Christi / Motets
- 1998 Brockes Passion
- 1998 Messe BWV 232 h-moll
- 1998 The Cornett Cantatas
- 1999 Cantates, BWV 82 / 49 / 58
- 1999 Kantaten & Kammermusik
- 1999 Die Auferstehung / De Danske, Norske og Tydske
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- 1999 Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248
- 1999 Christmas Oratorio
- 2000 Der Tod Jesu
- 2000 Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas 1 - 5
- 2000 Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas 6 - 10
- 2000 Columbus / Cantatas et Sinfonias
- 2001 Das befreite Israel
- 2002 Ein deutsches Requiem
- 2002 Johann Friedrich Fasch: Cantatas / Carl Fasch: Psalm 119
- 2003 Matthäuspassion 1754: Danziger Passion TWV 5:53
- 2003 Vom Sein oder nicht Sein: Notturno, op. 47 / Hamlet-Fragmente
- 2003 J.S. Bach: Matthäuspassion BWV 244
- 2003 Der Messias / Concerti
- 2003 Oden 1741
- 2004 Requiem - Symphonies P9 & P16
- 2005 Dresden 1652
- 2006 Bass Cantatas
- 2006 Cantatas: Kantaten aus dem Harmonischen Gottesdienst
- 2008 Elegie, op. 36
- 2008 Semele
- 2009 Six Cantatas 1731
- 2009 Lobt Gott ihr Christen allzugleich: Baroque Bass Cantatas
- 2010 Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick
- 2012 Excerpts from: St. John Passion / Mass in B minor / St. Matthew Passion
- 2012 Theodora
- 2012 Opera Omnia XVI-Vocal Works: Membra Jesu Nostri
- 2013 Lieder & Oden
- 2014 Opera Omnia Works XVIII, Vocal Works 8
- 2016 Toccata: Toccatas & Motets
- 2017 Miserere mei / Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
- 2018 Christmas Oratorios
- 2021 Musicalisches Lob Gottes: Cantatas • Fantasies for Viola da Gamba
- 2023 Geistliche Lieder
- Arias / Overtures
